Add Functional and Inexpensive Accent Furniture to your Home

Are you looking for affordable accent furniture to fill up bare entryways in your home? Look no further. Just check out the new storage cubbie benches by Prepac. They are functional without sacrificing good furniture taste. They each have 18 compartments that will fit even your bulky shoes. You won’t have to put up with piles of shoes in your entryway or even in your utility room. You can keep your footwear organized without having to shell out much of your hard-earned money.

This sleek storage cubbie bench is available in black and white finishes. Whichever color you use would be easy to match with other furniture pieces in your home. You can piece together your dream home, even to the last piece of accent furniture, without going over your budget because our furniture collection is offered at low, wholesale prices.

Browse through our main accent furniture gallery for more choices of pieces to furnish your home with. Call our toll free number at (866) 595-8930 for any questions.




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6 easy-to-follow tips on how to turn your bargain beach rental into a fresh retreat

Everybody may be cutting back and one way is to rent the little beach bungalow instead of vacationing at the fancy beach resort. But, there are drawbacks! In this fresh look, Interior Designer Susan Corson offers 6 easy-to-follow tips on how to turn your bargain beach rental into a fresh retreat. She says:

Simple is beautiful and just a little smart planning can really help bridge the luxury gap.

First: Expect a moist environment.

Everything from pillows to sofas may have that way-too beachy feel. The solution: bring a bunch of coverlets . These are light-weight, cotton bed covers that make wonderful slipcovers for sofas, chairs, etc. The best part is, they’re clean & fresh and can be washed if needed. Buy white or chambrey – it goes with everything.

Second: Don’t be afraid to remove the moist stuff.

Roll up offending area rugs and stash in the closet. Much easier to sweep up the sand without them anyway.

Third: Nothing makes a place cozier than candles & flowers.

Bring a bunch of CHUNKY pillar candles and a few of those vases that have piled up from flower deliveries. The wild flowers you gather or the cut flowers you buy yourself will be perfectly at home.

Fourth: Kitchen not gourmet?

Maybe you’re not going to pack your pots and pans but definitely bring some knives. Your chopping chef’s knife and a sharpie for those summer tomatoes. Find the big salad bowl and FILL IT with fruits and veggies from the farm. And don’t forget to buy BUNCHES of their local wildflowers (Remember the empty vases you're bringing along.) Plentiful displays have visual power so overdo it.

Fifth: Making a luxurious bed means bringing your own sheets AND pillows.

What’s worse than sticky, scratchy poly sheets and a rubbery pillow? Two words: WHITE COTTON. And of course some of those flowers & candles.

Sixth: After a day at the beach what’s more delicious than a hot outdoor shower and a soft absorbent bath towel? Either bring your towels from home or grab a few from Target. White is always the softest since it has no dye and it has that spa-like feel. Loofahs, scented soaps and essential oil body scrubs keep skin pampered and a rich body lotion is the finishing touch.

Now your temporary beach home feels and smells good.

Susan Corson Designs, founded in 1986, is a national interior design firm recognized for elegant simplicity.

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Bridget Otto Thursday On Saturday

Photos by Doug Beghtel/The Oregonian

Yes, it's Saturday and I'm late with Bridget A Otto. This weeks Otto subject was friend Kathryn Delaney owner of ColorSplashes. Delaney found Portland via a circuitous route from South Africa and claims Portland, Oregon is the best place on Earth to live. Her art started with faux finishes, to murals and then original art. Recently, she's gone digital.

"I've been getting into taking my art digital. Once I've done the piece, I get them professionally scanned."

From this digital source, she has them printed using the giclée method, which reproduces an archival-quality print.

It appears to be an easy jump to wall decals when your art is digital. Delaney is an infrequent, but interesting blog poster at ColorSplashes.

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That's Green Living!

Isn't this a great idea:



You do your business, the water is recycled and sanitized and then you can drink it or wash your hands in case you are a food preparer!

Well, not really! It's a new sink-toilet combo for living areas that are short on space. The Profile Smart is from Caroma and received the Popular Mechanics Product Breakthrough award for innovative design and engineering in 2008. It is a standard looking toilet with an elongated tank that has a sink instead of a lid.

It might be easier for a man than a woman to use it, however.

Hat tip to 3Rings. and Designer Pages

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Suffering In The Heat

You know that when summer arrives here in the northwest on October 30th, we will need some relief from the searing heat. I'm thinking of adding a home misting system like I've seen in Las Vegas outside near the bus shuttles. Read this:

To escape the oppressive heat during the summer days, an outdoor misting system, based on evaporation of water, can bring the temperature down and provide cool comfort to open spaces. The misting system converts hot air into cold air and brings relief from a scorching summer.

I got a request to add Cool-Off to our blogroll. I don't want to do that, but I will write about their products, misting systems, shade sails, outdoor cooling system, shade structures, home, garden and sun shades with a little humor.

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$400 OFF Exclusive Coupon for Madison Bedroom Set - Sale Ends May 28

Wholesale Furniture Brokers has added the new Madison Platform Bedroom Furniture Set by Lifestyle Solutions. It starts at $1699 and includes a queen size platform bed, dresser, mirror, and nightstand. Until May 28, you can get an additional $400 OFF when you order online at Wholesale Furniture Brokers. You can use this coupon code: LS400OFF

Your price will be $1299 with this coupon until May 28!



You can customize your order by adding a chest for $449, nightstand for $179, and upgrade your bed frame to an Eastern King or California King size bed for only $50!

You will get FREE Shipping and you will not have to pay sales tax when you order online at GoWFB.com. This set is in stock and it will usually ship in 3 to 5 days.

Bring Sleek Style to your Dining Room with Modloft’s New Glass Top Dining Table

Wondering how you can infuse your dining place with sleek modern style? Buy the Howard Glass Dining Table by Modloft and let its aesthetic appeal wow friends and family alike. It has a solid glass top and features hardwood legs. This glass top dining table simple yet striking design will surely enrich your dining room atmosphere.

To complete your modern dining room ensemble, you can add chairs which feature the same sleek design. If you want a more unique dining set, browse through our collection of dining chairs to mix and match your order.

Check out more choices of glass dining tables at our main glass dining tables gallery. Call our toll free number at (866) 595-8930 for any questions.



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Book Review: "Putting the Luxe Back in Luxury " by Pam Danzinger

The Sunday San Diego Union-Tribune says what all of us are feeling: Homeowners slowly open wallets for improvements. We've certainly noticed a pick-up in business and we are seeing long-lost interior designers in our store. However, Pam Danziger, President of Unity marketing, says in her new book, "Putting the Luxe Back in Luxury," that the consumer is different from the one we knew from 2000 to 2006.

First, Danziger writes, there has been a demographic change in the luxury consumer. More than half of luxury consumers were in the $100,00 to $149,000 annual income. Now, more numerous luxury consumers are in the $250,000 incomes and up and many of of the lower income luxury consumers have dropped out. Where once there were over 21 million consumers in the $100,000 and up bracket, there are only 2.5 million in the highest income level.

Second, there appears to be a "luxury drought." The luxury drought is characterized by affluents sharply reducing their spending on luxury as they reevaluate, reprioritize and reassess their lifestyles. No longer valid is the motto: He who dies with the most toys, wins. Now there is evaluation of ones lifestyle.

Third, luxury brands lost their "mojo." Is it really worth it to pay ten to fifty times for a luxury brand name product.

Part of the reason for this shift is Fourth, the recession has consumers rejecting their materialism. for the goal of achieving personal happiness and fulfillment. After all, when you are dead and gone, maybe all that's left is stuff that your kids put in a box and place the box on a shelf in the garage.

You can download the first chapter of "Putting the Luxe Back in Luxury" and sign up to receive a signed copy of her completed book.

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A New Bedding Line From Very Influential Celebrity

Beyonce Knowles, whom Forbes listed as fourth on the list of the 100 Most Powerful and Influential Celebrities in the world, has teamed with Arrow Home Furnishings to turn out a bedding line geared to the master bedroom. The collections feature "European inspired prints and colors, bohemian patchwork pieces, metallic threads, shams with diamond quilt stitching and feminine dressmaking details."

The collections are being presented to major department and specialty stores with retail prices ranging from $149.99 to $199.99 for House of Deréon and $49.99 to $99.99 for Deréon.

House of Deréon addresses the master bedroom, while the more print-oriented Deréon line targets a younger customer, age 15 to 30.

Sheet sets in House of Deréon will feature richly embroidered cuffs in four embroidery colors on white or ivory that can tie back into the bedding ensembles. Sets will retail for $69.99.

Look for details soon on her House of Deréon website. In Oregon so far, only Joy's Uptown carries Beyonce's fashions.

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It's Bridget Otto Thursday!

Today, in The Oregonian, Bridget A Otto has two articles. The first offers information before you shop on carpet basics and terminology. Otto is a little sketchy on Berber, however. You might want to check my blog at Home Accents Today for What Are Berber Area Rugs?

The second article is titled A 1949 video on the ideal kitchen shows what's changed -- and how much still rings true. The "...1949 movie clip out of the federal Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics advocates and demonstrates how the U-shaped kitchen can help ease the chores of the "housewife" in the "modern farm kitchen." Otto talked with four interior designers and got their reactions to the film.

• Lori Brock, interior designer, of Brock Designs
• Interior designer Julie De Jardin of De Jardin Design
• Designer Arlene Lord, one of the principals of Mosaik Design
• Designer Deb Seeley of Deb Seeley Designs

We always enjoy Otto's articles and it's great to see our friends mentioned as resources.

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Wholesale Furniture Brokers on Top 100 Furniture Sites

Wholesale Furniture Brokers has been included in the Top 100 Furniture Sites, a list of furniture stores that have been sorted according to popularity ratings on the Internet. The website www.top100furnitures.com, features the best furniture sites, which were sorted and ranked according to Internet searches and number of quotations of a website’s address.

GoWFB.com garnered 14,100 points, landing it on 90th place. The Wholesale Furniture Brokers’ site offers a wide selection of contemporary living room, bedroom, dining room, and home office furniture as well as patio furniture and kitchen furniture pieces.

The sites on the Top 100 Furniture Stores feature care advice for furniture pieces, furnishing and styling ideas for the living room, dining room, and bedroom as well as shopping guides.

The Process Of Upholstery

Some may not be aware of the labor that goes into upholstering or re-upholstering a chair or sofa. It can be expensive;, sometimes you are better off to buy new. However, Amanda and Lizzie, two Austin, TX based gals, have combined a long tradition of skills with a savvy design eye.

SpruceHome has made a business not only upholstering vintage chairs, couches, and headboards, they also go so far as to make their own pillows and lampshades featuring the same vintage and designer textiles that they use for their furniture.

The video is from Etsy?

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How To Age In Place With Julie DeJardin

Julie DeJardin is giving two seminars this weekend. Chown Hardware will be host on Friday at 10:00am and Saturday at 10:00am. DeJardin knows as much about how to live in a small spaces as she does about designing them. With a background in gourmet cooking as well as kitchen and bath design, she will show you some creative ideas on how to design beautiful and functional living environments.

She was the regional winner of the Sub Zero – Wolf kitchen design contest with her previous condo. Now she’s doing another makeover in her new Pearl Condo creating again more space and ergonomically friendly additions She knows ins and outs of urban living, it’s challenges as well as the benefits of small space design.

At the seminar you will learn:

• How to make the most of the space you are in
• How to evaluate the way you live and work
• How to find space you didn’t think you had
• How to create beautiful environments
• Tips on adapting your space to age in place

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Space is limited, so call Chown Hardware at 503-243-6500 to reserve your space.

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BTW, on DeJardin's new blog DeJardin Design you can follow her kitchen makeover.

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15 Reasons To Buy A New Sofa!

You know it's time to buy a new sofa from Landfair Furniture + Design Gallery when

1. There's a large red tag on it marked "Evidence".

2. The cushions begin crawling away.

3. The fabric on the back has been repaired with a "Vote for Sam Adams" bumper sticker.

4. What you thought was powdered sugar from a doughnut appears to be moving.

5. It appears to have reached its present location by being dragged several miles on its side.

6. You seem reluctant to actually sit on or touch it

7. There are mushrooms growing on the back.

8. It seems to generate its own heat.

9. Stuffing is protruding from bullet holes.

10. There appears to be more duct tape than vinyl on the cushions.

11. It has a faint smell of ammonia.

12. You can occasionally pause to pick things off of it and nosh before the TV .

13. It appears to have been spray-painted its present color.

14. You hear scampering noises inside.

15. Under the cushions you find:

+ half a bottle of ketchup
+ empty shotgun shells
+ an entire squirrel skeleton
+ Jimmy Hoffa's wallet
+ a glass eye
+ ticket stubs from the 1939 World's Fair

Hat tip to Chris Blippit

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