The South West’s brightest design-led furniture showroom uncovers this year’s must have furniture designs
Choosing furniture for your home can prove a tricky business with a number of important factors to consider such as size, shape, colour, style and feel. Not forgetting the very important issues of practicality and comfort, what should be an enjoyable shopping experience can easily become a time consuming and daunting task. (more…)
With 20 years of business experience, Lisa Petrella had done just about everything: Climbed the corporate ladder, traveled around the world and ran the marketing end of a $55 million industrial supply company.
So it came as a surprise to some when Petrella quit her job, returned to school and decided to open her own interior design firm. But for Petrella, it was a move that took her working life from predictable to exhilarating.
“I had a career but no time for anything else in my life,” Petrella said. (more…)
His Excellency Hussain Nasser Lootah, Director General of Dubai Municipality inaugurated the Dubai Ideal Home Show at the Airport Expo today.
The show has attracted a host of celebrities from around the world and prominent exhibitors from the fields of interior, design, landscaping, architecture as well as lifestyle experts and internationally reputed chefs. (more…)
Walk into your neighbor’s back yard this summer, and you might swear you’d taken a wrong turn and ended up in the living room, save for the grass, trees and open sky.
Outdoor “rooms” can include all-weather rugs, grill islands — even fireplaces. And customers are looking for beautiful furniture to complete the look, with pieces that are as comfortable as they are stylish.
“They want it to be the comfort center,” said Carl Vice, general manager of Casual Living and Patio Center on Industry Road. “They want to feel just like they’re sitting inside on their recliner. They want to be that comfortable outdoors.”
Pieces that move, says Vice, are desirable. Seven out of 10 chairs sold at his store, he guesses, rock, swivel or glide.
While wicker is still a popular choice, the traditional natural material, which deteriorates if left outdoors, is being replaced with a synthetic wicker, a man-made material woven around an aluminum frame. (more…)
