The King's Speech

Mike and I see as most of the "good" movies we can prior to the Oscars.  This week we plan to see "The King's Speech" and I noticed that The Marginalian has stills from the movie showing the wall decor.  Very nice!

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Woodard Introduces 12 New Styles For 2011

Corltand Woven - Flat Weave

Woodard's high quality furniture collections have been handcrafted for more than 140 years of the finest wrought iron, aluminum and All Seasons Wicker in many rust-resistant finishes; some collections also feature replacement cushions in a variety of durable fabric selections. The new collections of high quality Woodard patio furniture products offered at Landfair Furniture + Design Gallery include the Avery, Wicker Series, Bradford Micro Mesh, Constantine, Fullerton, Peyton, Cortland Flex, Cortland Woven Flat Weave, Tucson, Victoria, Salona by Joe Ruggiero and Wyatt Flex.



Wyatt Flex

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A Look At Dinec Bar Stools

Yesterday, we looked at Bar Stools and Tempo in particular.  Here are some examples of Dinec Bar Stools:

Bistro Expressiuon

Moka Expression

Vegas Expression

5th Avenue Diva

Simply Diva

Dinec Barstools come in a number of Seat Options from Fabrics to Leathers and a ariety of Finishes

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How To Choose a Bar Stool

When it comes to choosing a bar stool, Landfair Furniture + Design Gallery in Portland can help you choose the right height and style, made in both metal and wood.

Bar heights range from 40 to 42 inches and counters are generally about 36 inches. You need about ten inches under for your legs under the bar or counter, so your seat heights will vary. Generally, seat heights for bars are about 30 inches and counters about 24 to 26 inches. There is even a spectator height that some prefer.



Stools can then be backless, stationary or swivel, and swivel with memory, meaning it returns to its original position. They can be captain chairs or have no arms.

We sell a lot of Tempo products because they come in a variety of styles in powdered coated metal that is durable and a great buy for the price. Any finish is available and in any seat height. Our most popular is Brazilia which is great for condos in its transitional style. Sometimes when you have wooden cabinets and wood floors, it's nice to change it up with metal bar stools.

Landfair Furniture also carries Dinec in all seat heights at a higher price and Stanley which is a good value, however it is not as customizable.



When making a major purchase for your home, it's always advisable to seek a professional opinion. We can help provide suggestions if you don't have someone to rely on.

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Top 10 Interior Designers For 2010

We have been fortunate, through the years, to see our hopes realized and can now count almost all of Portland’s top interior designers among our treasured and appreciated customers. In order to show Portland’s interior designers how much we really DO appreciate them, this year we identify the Top 10 interior designers in Portland who have contributed the most to our success. If you are looking for an interior designer, we hope you will visit their websites and view their portfolios in hopes of finding just the right interior designer to turn your house into a home.

1. Ron Reiter - Designed Interiors PO Box 2290 Lake Oswego OR 97034 (503)694-1888 ron.reiter@comcast.net
   
2. Kate Byer - Kate Byer Interior Design 2367 NW Glisan St. Suite 10 Portland, OR 97210 (503)333-6344 info@katebyerinteriordesign.com
   
3. Lisa Seung - Portland Home Decorating 230 NW Murdock Portland, OR 97229 503-502-0818 lisaseung@comcast.net
   
4. Kathia Emery - Emery & Associates 2835 SE Lambert St. Portland, OR 97202-8857 (503)288-2034 info@emerydesign.com
   
5. Linda Happ - Linda Happ Interiors 17562 South Big Sky Way Oregon City, OR 97045 503-997-7456 prhapps@aol.com
   
6. Brooke Johnson - Brooke Johnson Interiors 2595 Remington Dr. West Linn, OR 97068 503-803-4800 brookejohnsoninteriors@gmail.com
   
7. Scott Allen - 503-288-3834
8. Stephanie Delbrueck - Monogram Interior Design 15085 SW GULL DR Beaverton, OR 97007 SFD@monograminteriordesign.com
   
9. Deb Seeley - Deb Seeley DesignsPO Box 1033 Lake Oswego, OR 97034 (503) 635-2967 deb@debseeleydesigns.com
   
10. Nancy Bean - SIMPLIFY by DESIGN 2809 NW Mill Pond Road Portland,OR 97229 (503)475-5074 nancy@simplifybydesign.com
    

And special recognition to Marci Harris - H/S Interiors 26758 S. Bolland Rd. Canby, OR 97013 (503) 341-2333 hsinteriors@canby.com

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How To Fold A T-shirt In 2 Seconds

Darndest thing we've seen:


Folding:
How To Fold A T-Shirt In 2 Seconds

Have You Looked At The Lorts Blog?

One of our vendors is Lorts which we have posted about before. We just noticed that they have a very nice Friday feature on their blog, Fresh {off the line} Friday. Each Friday they post pictures of pieces that captured their attention showing off the creativity of interior designers "...proving that they work with some of the most talented designers around."



BTW, see what Evelyn Green did with Lorts and a client's home in Arizona.

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Eco Home Theater Designing & Building

In the modern era of convenience and saving the environment, one of the best places to start turning yourself into an earth friendly resident of this planet is by building an eco-friendly home theater. Now, the theater does not have to seat fifty people and be located in a subterranean vault of a billion dollar mansion. Those with larger homes can create an earth friendly environment perfect for watching the classics or new releases with family and friends. For those who can afford to “go big” with a home theater with the massive screen, superior audio, and plush home theater seats even then it is not necessary to break the bank in order to be as environmentally friendly as possible with the design and construction.

Designing the Theater

You will be wanting to decide the main focus for the room, of course to watch the screen but is this sports den, games room or a classic movie theater a lot of people who are designing the theater for themselves use Google Sketch its free and great layout tool. There are also many helpful design blogs such as Design Milk that will fill you with inspiration with some wonderful set ups.

Materials for the Entire Room

An eco-friendly home theater is all about what materials are used to set the room. From the projector, or flat screen television, to the flooring and seats, any of the materials for a home theater can be earth friendly. When it comes to projectors or huge flat screen televisions for your viewing enjoyment, LED is the most earth friendly way to go. LEDs, or light emitting diodes, have been on the market in small scale for many years. Today’s technology is allowing LEDs to be included into large movie projectors and flat screen televisions, using up to 40% less electricity than the LCD screens and projectors in use now. There is also the option of an eco-standby mode on most LED projectors that will reduce the energy consumption rate by up to 80% when the device is on, but not actively projecting images.

Flooring and seats are other eco-friendly options that many homeowners may not be aware of. Bamboo is an infinitely renewable wood choice for flooring, along with cork and laminate flooring. There is also low pile eco-friendly carpet available on the market for a softer step and a smaller carbon footprint. Stage presence is important when creating a home theater environment and that presence can often be felt in the seating. If the planned home theater is going to seat more than 5-15 people, you may want to hunt down authentic antique theater seats. If the thought of sitting where thousands have sat before doesn’t appeal to you, you can also find seating which is constructed from earth friendly and non-toxic materials.

Why Go Green?

Reducing the carbon footprint of everyone on the planet is one of the ways to help heal the environment. Even though a home theater is often thought of as a luxury most cannot afford, spending a little extra time, rather than money, to find eco-friendly materials and devices for your home theater can reduce your carbon footprint. Even those homeowners who are not building a large dedicated room for their home theater can re-engineer a smaller room in their home and remodel it as a movie viewing room for the family. The use of eco-friendly materials in one room in the house can lead the way to creating a total environmentally friendly home. 

This guest post ‘written by’ ..James Helliwell.

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Paddle-and-anvil Pottery By Kate Tremel

American Style Magazine profiles Kate Tremel who has been getting her hands dirty for the past 20 years, yet the technique she uses to create her pottery goes back centuries. While in college, Tremel traveled to Peru where she studied a paddle-and-anvil technique, which became her signature skill.



What is paddle-and-anvil technique?

A method of smoothing and finishing the walls of hand-made pottery vessels where a small stone or wooden ‘anvil’ is held against the inner wall of the vessel while a flat or curved wooden ‘paddle’ is used to beat the outer surface into shape.

The shape of the anvil determines how the clay will move.

* a circular anvil results in the clay expanding in all directions
* an oval anvil held vertically against the wall results in the clay expanding horizontally
* an oval anvil held horizontally against the wall results in the clay expanding vertically

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News From TODL

Some innovative, unique ideas from TODL today:


VID programmable lighting, media, comfort, or energy control

With a razor-sharp, full-size 6.4″ VGA display, two extra buttons and an optical rotary wheel, the Pronto RI-TSU9800 touch screen control panel is the easiest model to operate. Homeowners will appreciate the readability of the larger screen and the ability to displaying more icons or menu options on one single screen.

Switchable Liquid Crystal Privacy on Demand Glass

Switchable liquid crystal glass is a popular choice for any application including the home, corporate environment, or anywhere else there is a need for privacy or protection. By simply turning a switch, switchable liquid crystal glass is a state of the art glass featuring incredible privacy on demand and is becoming a popular item for builders, designers, architects and consumers. Eliminating the need for shades, curtains or blinds, the liquid crystal in the glass protects fine furnishings, carpets and displays from UV damage and the view of others.

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Looking for some great Christmas gifts?

  Look at our favorites from  the Architectural Record:


Mysqueeze
Move over  Juicy Salif (Philippe Starck’s iconic citrus juicer) there is a new squeeze in town. Mysqueeze is a handheld citrus juicer designed by Roland Kreiter for Alessi’s Fall/Winter 2010 line. The 5’’ x 2 1/4’’ stainless steel juicer features an ergonomic shape that resembles the shape of a lemon, with deep grooves to get its juices flowing. Available at Alessi-shop.com and retail stores. Price: $67.00.


Trash Origami: 25 Paper Folding Projects Reusing Everyday Materials
Tuttle Publishing’s Trash Origami: 25 Paper Folding Projects Reusing Everyday Materials by Michael G. Lafosse and Richard L. Alexander is a fun, instructive guide showing how to turn trash into origami. Intended for the reader with little to no previous folding experience, the book should also appeal to veteran origamists who will find inspiration in the unusual materials, such as candy wrappers, junk mail, and glossy magazines (old issues of RECORD perhaps?). An instructional DVD is included. Available at fine bookstores and online retailers. Price: $19.95.


Heath Ceramics
Heath Ceramics, one of the few remaining mid-century American potteries, has been making tableware and tile for over half a century in its Sausalito, California factory. The company has introduced two new winter-inspired, hand-dipped glazes for its Winter 2010 collection of tableware, which includes salt and pepper shakers, a bud vase set, and a hot cocoa set. The seasonal designs are specifically produced just for their season, making them collectables a select group is now on display at the Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial. To purchase go to  heathceramics.com. . Price: Ranging from $32.00 for an espresso set to $205.00 for a serving bowl set.
Photo © Jeffrey Cross


Custom rings by Jeremy May
To make these bookish baubles, British designer Jeremy May laminates together hundreds of pages of recycled books and colored recycled paper, and then carefully finishes them to a high gloss. The design of each ring is a direct response to the book the paper came from; the jewelry is then re-inserted into the excavated space in the book afterwards, allowing the book to work as a jewelry box. May also takes custom orders and can turn any favorite book into a literary jewel. He does not have a retail presence yet in the U.S., but does ship here and around the world. To order visit littlefly.co.uk.. Pieces start at $165.00, plus shipping.

These are just a few of their ideas.

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Celebrity Holiday Homes 2010

Received a note from Cabo interior designer Sandy Espinet about her HGTV Christmas special Dec 4th at 8pm called Celebrity Holiday Homes 2010.

She decorated Brooke Burke's home for the holidays and with all the interest in Dancing With The Stars, thought you might be interested.

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Stanley's Resort Coastal Living

Speaking of Stanley Furniture, one of the hottest looks right now is the collaboration of Coastal Living magazine and Stanley to produce the Resort look:

Notice the wavy textured metal X etegere in the bottom two pictures. It's a work of art!

Stanley's Plugged In Nightstand

Yesterday, we posted about a nightstand with a built in charger in a transitional style from C.F. Oakton.  Further investigation reveals Stanley has the Costa Del Sol Barcelona Stateroom Media Chest.

At first glance, it appears like a traditional European storage cabinet. But on closer inspection, you'll find a pair of matching cubbies towering behind the ornate molding on either side. Even the top drawer is a bit of tromped loeil--pull the antique flamed brass knob and you'll reveal a convenient drop down media tray complete with self-contained electrical outlet. Perfect for storing a DVD player, stashing a video game unit or just charging those everyday electronics.

It's Bridget Otto Thursday!

It may be Thanksgiving, but it is also Bridget Otto Thursday and today Bridget knocked herself out!  First, there's Hot new looks for fireplaces.  Our friends interior designer Kathia Emery of Emery & Associates Interior Design, interior designers Amanda Klash and Emma Davis of Montgomery Klash Interior Design, and interior designer Alice Dillon of Alice Dillon interiors reworked problem fireplaces with great looking results.

Second, Bridget writes about Home style books to warm hearts and hearths.  Any one of the books would make a great Christmas gift.

A Built In Charger!

Here's a great idea!  C.F. Oakton has a three drawer nightstand with a built in charger.





BTW, read what Pres. Steve Eisler has to say about HOW WE WILL SURVIVE AND THRIVE THE NEXT 12 MONTHS


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Win a Commissioned Painting

Here's a fun contest to enter. At Pure Home's blog a post invites your comments: Win a Commissioned Painting From Artist Erica Eriksdotter.

Young House Love has paired up with artist Erica Eriksdotter to give away one commissioned painting (up to a $350 value) to a lucky reader. 

Contest Entry Details:
TO ENTER: Comment on the Young House Love post, Paint Me A Picture, with the words “PAINT ME A PICTURE!”
and…
BONUS QUESTION: …tell us about your favorite piece of one-of-a-kind artwork that you currently own. Maybe it’s a finger painting done by a kid in your life? Something you got on etsy? Or a drawing that you sketched yourself to fill some blank space?
HURRY! GIVEAWAY CLOSES:Wednesday, November 24th at 8pm EST
NUMBER OF WINNERS:One

We entered!  BTW, Pure Home is a Seattle "...social trading hub for the home decor industry, bridging the communications gap between buyer and seller by leveraging the Inspir™ Color Standard with their patent pending Contextual Search technology."

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Join Us For The Fabricut Grand Opening and Trunk Show

If you are an interior designer or buyer of fabric for drapery and upholstery, you don't want to miss the Fabricut grand opening lunch at Landfair Furniture on Tuesday December 7th at 11:30am in our showroom.  Carey Quinlan will show you the new winter collection from Fabricut.  In addition, she will introduce one of their hottest collections, Trend Fabrics, a subsidiary of Fabricut, featuring the Jaclyn Smith Home Collection.

Landfair Furniture has Fabricut hanging samples, books and memos for your convenience along with beautiful decorative drapery hardware. 

Call or email Bev to reserve your space since seating is limited.

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Global Accessories

Home Accents Today has an article by Tracy Bulla about some global motifs (medallions and rings) featured in a variety of accessories.  We noticed two of our vendors featured:


Oil-rubbed bronze ovals interlock via silver aluminum accents to stylized effect in the Candice Olson-designed lamp from AF Lighting ($269).


Evoking the mythical, magical destination of Shangri La, Blissliving Home's eponymously named collection weaves a lush fantasy setting of flowers, birds and bees interspersed with lavishly wrought medallions ($295, full/queen set).

Come into our showroom and see more designs from all our vendors.

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It's The Economy!

Last year in December, I wrote about my outlook for 2010 at Home Accents Today. I wrote:

I don’t think all of our troubles are behind us. Private industry is in a process of reducing debt and has a ways to go. Private industry is working its way through reorganization, but government is still adding debt and that will have to change before it crowds out private borrowers.

I haven't posted about furniture and accessories stores closing their doors this year because I haven't seen many closings, other than Wayne Martin, here locally. Today, I was jolted by two store closings:

• Lacks Home Furnishings  -Lacks has 36 stores across the state of Texas. It has been in business for 73 years.  "Throughout its history, the company has helped customers finance their furniture purchases through extended loans.
  
  Banks and lenders gave Lacks the money to help make those payments, but now, Lacks says, those lenders will no longer loan the company money."
• After 17 years as an Ohio furniture store and 96 years as a family business, Stauffer's Home Furnishings is going out of business. 

After all the money spent by the Feds, the economy doesn't seem to be getting better.  Maybe spending even more money will do the trick.

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