Wood is very sensitive to water and changes in relative humidity. As the weather changes from season to season, so does the humidity in your home and also the moisture content of your wood furniture. This situation causes the wood to expand and contract with every change in the humidity. The purpose of the finish …
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Furnishings Inspired By Art
Today’s post comes from an article from the New York Times about furniture that is inspired by art – enjoy! “After,” a collection of eight furniture pieces and two wallpaper patterns by the interior designer Kelly Behun and her colleague, Alex P. White, currently on exhibit at R20th Century, pays tribute to the artists, living …
Using Upholstery Nails & Tacks to Dress up your Furniture
I think of steel studs as adornments on high-end furniture — not the kind I own.Steel studs, furniture nails orupholstery tacks all boil down to the same thing: small, metal nails that were traditionally used to hold the fabric onto furniture. These days, the fabric is usually fastened with staples or glue, so those once-functional tacks and …