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Oak Furniture

Charles — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 10:42:55 +0000

When it comes to picking the right Oak Furniture for your house you need to ensure you look not only at the cost but the type of wood used. On the Internet there is always cheaper alternatives and the furniture industry is no different. The recommended type of oak furniture is “solid oak” this is as it sounds durable and quality.

Solid Oak Furniture can again fall into different price brackets so do shop around but don’t go for the cheapest. Ensure the company you buy one item from has all other pieces of furniture your looking for in the same range (even if you don’t require a sideboard currently to match the table you may in the future and you will need to buy matching).

Birds, cats and furniture

Charles — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:14:00 +0000

Yesterday there was a bird in the office and it took me back to my childhood when we used to get birds that would fly down the chimney in my parent’s house and get stuck behind the gas fire. There would be an awful lot of struggling and banging behind the fire and I would cry until my Dad took off the fire from the wall and set the bird free. Once this happened, each time, the bird would go skitz and dart around the room, closely followed by the cat (the first two times this happened) who thought all his Christmases had come at once and this would undoubtedly result in the bird and cat knocking most of my dad’s antiques off the sideboard and the second time this happened the flat screen TV was knocked off the wall. After that anything that could be knocked over had to be packed away and the cat had to be locked in the kitchen. My Dad’s not dumb.

So-fa so good!

Charles — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 09:57:04 +0000

When I moved in with my last housemate we bought some furniture before we moved into the flat because it was an unfurnished flat. We invested in a lovely cream sofa with chunky sides and cushions which we bought second hand from an advert online. We got our Dads to help us pick it up in a big van and had it stored for two weeks before we moved in. On moving day we arrived and unpacked our stuff, however for some reason our Dads were taking a long time to bring the couch in from outside. It turns out that the doors were too narrow and it was impossible to get the couch in and also because it was rented, we couldn’t take the windows off to get it in. Moral of the story is take your measurements before you buy furniture and make sure you can get it in!

Room themes

Charles — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 17:07:30 +0000

When choosing your furniture for a room, you really should think about the theme of the room you are creating. Think about this, if you had a new house and you were creating the theme from scratch you wouldn’t put mis matched furniture into each room, you’d pick a theme and go hunting for perfect items to stick to it. Therefore if it’s a pre existing room you should consider the current status of the room and choose new furniture to boost and update it rather than just buying something that will look really out of place. Unless you’re doing the room up new and then just go for a brand new theme!

Jewellery hangers

Charles — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:03:58 +0000

In my house and in life in general I have always been very organised, with somewhere for everything I own to go so there is not stuff laying about the house. There has been an issue area that has plagued me however and that is my jewellery. I have a bowl for my rings, an egg cup for my earring studs, hang my necklaces on a coat hanger and hang my dangly earrings on the edge of my lamp in the bedroom. For my birthday last week, a friend gave me a decorative china cat with a long tail sticking up onto the air for my rings to go onto, and also a miniature coat stand which is designed to hold my necklaces and look good doing it! Genius!

Furniture pals

Charles — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:16:26 +0000

You know you are meant to live together when you move in with someone you don’t know very well and it turns out you both own the same armchair! You’d expect when you first move into a shared home that there will be a miss match of styles as everyone brings their own belongings and you end up with a kooky student looking environment. My housemate and I both have large square armchairs big enough for two people, hers is in cream suede and mine is in brown leather with a cream suede cushion. They are exactly the same dimensions and look like they were bought from the same manufacturer! Fashion soul mates!

What To Put On The Walls

Harley — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 09:23:24 +0000

Every house has walls – but what do you put on them? Do you put bookcases against them? Or sideboards? Or big “light reflecting” mirrors to “enhance the proportions of the room? Or family portraits? Or scenic views?

There’s no hard or fast rule to this, and I like a bit of everything, something different in each room. But when it comes to decorating blank walls (i.e. I’ve got all the furniture sorted, and any more would be over-kill) I like photos. Some colorful, some artistic, but all worth looking at and all personal to me and those under the roof.

There are numerous places online now where you can get your favorite prints blown up and printed onto canvas or framed. I’m currently sorting through all of my pictures to find those worthy of wall space.

Furnishing a New Property

Charles — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:24:08 +0000

One of the most exciting things about getting your new place is furnishing for the first time. You may want your dream bed, your dream sofa, a fantastic table and chairs dining set and much more. However if you are on a budget you may want to identify the items you need to be your favourites – and get the best you can, other items you may want to look for cheaper alternatives, often there are swap sites and freebies you can get. Obviously you will want a new bed but in terms of tables, wardrobes etc you could consider second hand stuff unti you can afford something better.

Funky Furniture

Charles — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:33:00 +0000

Im sure we have all done it, sat there dreaming about how we would spend the outcome of a huge Lottery win.

You draw up your list of cars, houses, holidays etc and then it comes to filling the house with a load of trendy furniture. It got me thinking of how the ‘other’ half live and all the interesting things you could have.

Anyway, the two things that really caught my eye were :

1. Magnetic floating bed – costs around $1.5 million and allows the user to sleep on the floating mattress which sits 40cm off the floor and can hold up to 900kg. Visually its stunning, but obviously comes at a cost.

2. Chair by Pininfarina – the famous Italian car manufacturer has designed what has been described as the world’s comfiest chair. Again at a shade over $1.5million it comes at a price.

Best start adding to the list though as I am feeling lucky this week, could be time to win the lottery I think !!

Organising a room

Charles — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:06:38 +0000

I recently found myself lay in bed thinking how boring my room had got and that really i should do something about it. It seems to happen on a recurring basis and find myself re-arranging furniture just for the sake of it.

So if you are looking at doing your bedroom, what do you look at moving first ??

For me it is all about where the bed sits, its the focal point of the room and everything should really revolve around it. I would love to say that its something to do with Feng Shui, but its more personal opinion than anything.

Would be good to know what other people’s views are on organisation of rooms.

Where do you start? How much planning goes into it ?

let me know your thoughts