Furniture

You want furniture that's affordable but also built to last. Here's how you figure that out.

What to look for:

1. Know your wood types. Wood furniture falls into three categories:

• Solid wood furniture is typically more expensive than other types and looks great, but can be susceptible to scratches and water rings.
• Veneers have an inexpensive

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Dutch designer Jorrit Taekema has created the Layer Chair to represent his views on the future of the production of furniture that will use new sustainable materials.
For the Layer Chair, he used a composition consisting of coconut fibers and natural latex.

Furniture-lovers rejoice as a new selection of Amish furniture dining tables debuts at Northern Indiana solid wood furniture retailer.

While their dress may be plain and their lifestyles simple, the Amish are no strangers to ingenuity or creative design. Ask the tens of thousands of visitors who travel each year to Shipshewana, Indiana (located in Northern Indiana’s Amish ...

Measure twice, cut once, the old saying goes. But if you’re in a hurry, designer Pål Rodenius saves you the tape and the time with these pre-measured patterns for plywood furniture.

His project is called “2440×1220, Saw, Assemble,” and it’s basically a DIY furniture choose-your-own-adventure. The project’s base is a sheet of plywood covered with a giant sticker of color-coded ...

Leather is and always has been the king of furniture upholstery material. Durable, easy on the eye and comfortable... However, unkept leather can quickly turn your interior’s exclusive look into a ‘cheap nightclub’ feeling. If you want your leather furniture to keep its perfect condition for years, you have to maintain it from the very first day. Leather furniture is low-maintenance, not ...

When you consider furniture for storage, then it does not always have to be cupboards and cabinets. In our modern small homes, furniture serves more purpose than just one. Most often, we do not have space to spare for huge cupboards. Building too many wall cabinets eat up the space in the room. But, we still have to store thing while we decorate our small apartments appropriately. ...