Steelcase Launches Gesture

STEELCASE BRINGS REVOLUTIONARY GESTURE TO INDIAN WORKPLACESInspired By Steelcase Global Study On New Postures Driven By Mobile Technology Company’s flagship Gesture Seating to Address Pain Caused by New, Unsupported Postures.MUMBAI, NOVEMBER 22, 2013 Steelcase, the global leader in office furniture...

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Online Furniture Store: FabFurnish.com

FabFurnish is India's largest renowned and well known online home decor and accessories store, featuring an interesting range of tastefully-picked furniture and homeware products from across the globe at amazingly reasonable rates.No matter what decor style you are picking for your home FabFurnish has...

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Online Store: Style Ashram

If you love contemporary decor and planning to buy some modern furniture this store can be a big help for you.Style Ashram is on a mission to make world class modern furniture affordable, by removing middlemen and expensive showrooms. Thus their motto, "no unnecessary expenses, just pure happiness."The...

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Black Beauty

What to do with veneer missing from furniture?My options are: 1. I could ignore and just paint right over the missing veneer hoping to camouflage the area.2. I could fill in the the space of the missing veneer with wood filler then paint the whole piece. 3. I could strip all the veneer off and sand it all down and then paint, depending on how much veneer is missing. BEFOREAll...

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Online Store: Pepperfry

Pepperfry.com India’s No.1 Online Furniture, Home and Living destination launches a delightful collection of children's decor . This online shopping experience definitely promises well designed and colorful products that will brighten and personalize your child's room. Placing emphasis on comfort...

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Abandoned Tables Made New Again!

I have been beating the weather clock, so to speak! Colder weather is upon us here in Illinois and I have been trying to get any larger pieces of furniture painted, out in the new hobby garage, since it is not heated.I received four oak tables that needed an update. A sofa table, an oval coffee table and two matching side end tables. They were dirty, abandoned and crying out for some love...

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Meet Lacey!

See why I call this bookcase 'Lacey'? It has really pretty cut-outs that make it look that way to me. The bookcase came to my door looking like this... I loved the lines of this piece and knew what I was going to do with it. But first, I need to remind you about this previous bookcase...See the before where someone had painted it and it was pink on the inside. I found out...

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Birds on a Wire!

I have a soft spot in my heart for birds. Do you too?With that in mind, I painted a curvy end table to look a bit French and well, you'll see!Now you see why I call this table Birds on a Wire! Top color is Annie Sloan Old White Chalk Paint, legs and skirting are painted AS Paris Gray! Off to the mall booth with this so someone can fall in love and have it for their home.&nb...

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Three Tier Table Transformed

A new antique table has entered my life and invaded my living room! I fell in love with it upon first sight even though it didn't look it's best...The best part, other than bringing it home and transforming it was it's price...at 70% off, Yeah! (Here you can see I was gluing the loose veneer back on when I took the before picture.)I decided on Annie Sloan's Old White...

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Crazy Good Transformation!

This cabinet turned out crazy good and could be used for so many things.A neighbor who knows that I transform furniture asked me if I would like to purchase this piece and do something fun with it.Upon seeing it, I knew it would be more challenging than just painting it. But I was up for the task. This is what it looked like when I bought it from her...Someone had added the...

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Is it a Desk or a Vanity?

That is the question!I picked this lovely little number up at a garage sale! It just spoke to me...It had a bit of damage, but with the legs gracefully flared, it looked like a perfect fit for a makeover.Initially, I was going to transform it and sell it, however, it turned out so lovely, that I am going to sell this vanity instead...And use this lady's desk as my...

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$50 Changes!

You are in for a real treat! I am so excited to show you all the changes and you will see the domino effect of what $50 did in my home.I will entice you to stay awhile by showing you the final outcome!  Okay, here is the back story...I went to an auction and spent $50 on this 6 1/2 foot buffet! No, I didn't realize that it was that big!It had so much character but had seen...

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A story of TWO Night Stands

The story of these two night stands is quite weird.Initially, the one on the right was purchased at a garage sale. I can't keep these in my mall booth, they sell fast, but I was going to paint this one for my daughter's bedroom in her new house. This is what it looked like when I got it...Before I even got a chance to paint it, I happened upon a thrift store giving away...

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$1 Bookcase!

This is what happened when I bought a $1 u-g-l-y bookcase...  It started out like this...And ended up like this...Perfect for using in my antique mall booth for the smalls for sale...and didn't cost much! Got the rug too at auction and it fits my booth exactly and makes it looks so much nicer. It's all good!!!These parties I love to link up to or check out my Blog...

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My addiction to Furniture!

I am standing up and admitting that I have an addiction! But I am really sitting down.An addiction to abused, beaten, broken and old furniture! Especially old stuff because it's usually all wood.I don't need anymore.I don't really want anymore. Um, maybe...But, I can't help myself when I know what it could look like and keep it out of the landfill.This is a good case in point....

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Oh so French End Tables!

Do you love the French Look as much as I do?Do you also love the look of a finished piece after it was painted and loved with Chalk Paint?  So do I! That brings me to these to end tables...I picked these two tables up at a garage sale because they just spoke to me. They said, "Take me home and show me how to look lovely in French Frocks!" I listened and I heard. So out came the...

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Fern Stand Table

I found a rather yucky fern stand with great lines and a cheap price...$1,   so I knew that I couldn't pass it up.This is the before picture...Yucky right? Well, I did some painting & creating and this is the shabby outcome of my efforts!Now, it's just a sweet bedside lamp table. After a new top, I painted black and white check on the inside only of the legs and added swirls...

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Map Vignette!

I am so taken with all the uses of maps available for viewing online. If you can think it, it can be done.I had a globe and a table that needed some creativity. They were both picked up at garage sales.BeforeThis is not the exact globe but another one that I have.I used an old Illinois map for the table after painting the table with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint. I then wiped stain on the...

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Check Mark!

who knew that my hutch would be so much fun to decorate and I change it a lot. Here is its look for winter with my new Royal Stafford checked plates and Fitz and Floyd snowman plates!I hand painted the pitcher at a local pottery place. And the checked spoon is a bookmark that I made from an old flattened spoon, hand painted and bowed.So that's another check mark off my list for 2012!N...

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Early Christmas Bar Stools

We have been so very blessed.Not only are we getting another two car garageadded onto our home(I will share the story with you soon),but I received some fabulous bar stools today from the delivery man!I have been searching and researching bar stools. I can't believe how hard it is to find just what I needed and wanted. Until I looked at Samsclub.com. They have a great selection of ...

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