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    IKEA FANS | THE IKEA Fan Community

  • IKEA DUVBO / DUVERUM Kitchen Showcase

    Susan
    9 Feb 2010 | 12:48 am
    IKEA’s DUVBO kitchen cabinet doorstyle has been discontinued for a couple of years now, so we don’t often get to see new pictures of completed kitchens in this style. But long-time IKEAFANS members Tim_and_Joyce just recently posted finished kitchen pictures of their DUVBO kitchen and it’s gorgeous! See more pics and get the details after the jump! IKEA DUVBO Kitchens DUVBO Gray is a doorstyle similar to STAT white or STAT yellow. It’s a farmhouse-y, cottage-y style that lends itself well to a traditional style kitchen and/or kitchens in older homes. (DUVERUM was…

  • $10 Grand In Your Hand – IKEA Kitchens

    Susan
    7 Feb 2010 | 9:37 pm
    Thanks to a tip from IKEA Fans Community member tbb123 on this thread: in [IKEA Spotting] 10 Grand in Your Hand Show on Hulu the forums, we’ve found a new favorite show! The DIY Network’s $10 Grand in your Hand shows homeowners how to shave thousands of dollars from their remodeling budgets. Find out how they did it after the jump! Mama’s Getting Granite In the episode, Mama’s Getting Granite, homeowner Jen has a 100+ year old house with a kitchen that’s in need of help. She’s got a number of bids, but the lowest is a whopping $55,000!  See how she saves…

  • Designer’s Inspiration – IKEA Burbank Bedrooms Displays

    Susan
    4 Feb 2010 | 6:40 pm
    Luis Rocha, an in-store designer (COM-IN for those in the know) recently re-designed the bedroom displays at the IKEA Burbank  store. Heavy on dark woods and neutrals with shots of bright colors for accents, these bedroom designs run the gamut from hip and trendy to sleek and sophisticated, but thanks to IKEA, none of them will break the bank. Says Rocha, Luckily, budgets don’t dictate creativity, and a great bedroom can spring from a thin wallet. Start with a base in simple white and then paint the place with textiles. It’s an easy way to liven up a room without killing your budget.

  • Easy To Assemble: Flying Solo, Episode Three

    Susan
    3 Feb 2010 | 12:05 am
    Illeana Douglas has ended the season of Easy To Assemble with a bang! Watch again next week for the preview of the background of Sparhusen.

  • A Recipe for Successful Branded Web Entertainment

    Susan
    2 Feb 2010 | 7:48 pm
    How does Swedish home furnishings giant IKEA become the industry leader in producing successful branded web entertainment? With an astounding 6.1 million views for the first two seasons, “Easy To Assemble”, the brainchild of indie actress Illeana Douglas has launched IKEA into a new age of marketing, nay – a new way of thinking about reaching customers and fans through sponsored content on the internet. Find out more about the who, the how and the way IKEAFANS.com has been a driving force in this success after the jump! How IKEA Has Soared to the Top in Branded…
 
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    Chicago Tribune: Furniture

  • Moving to the big-kid bed

    9 Feb 2010 | 6:31 am
    Ways to help ease your child's transition from a crib to a bed I gently rest my 2-year-old son down for a nap and power up the laptop. Type in to Google: "switching toddler from crib to bed." Glance into the monitor to make sure he's not trying to climb...

  • Villaraigosa sets sights on City Council's pet projects funds

    9 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am
    Members of the Los Angeles City Council have more than a dozen accounts squirreled away that they dip into for pet projects. They have set aside money for security cameras around MacArthur Park, artistic bike racks in Hollywood and a program that sends...

  • Despite budget crisis, state spent $75 million on vehicles, office furniture

    8 Feb 2010 | 8:49 pm
    Even as the state grappled with a budget crisis last year, bureaucrats spent nearly $45 million on new vehicles, almost $30 million on new furniture and more than $2 million on off-site meetings and conferences, a legislative panel has found. The...

  • Decorator,you are not alone

    8 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am
    In the not-so-far-off future, good taste will take interior designers only so far. They're also going to need superdexterous thumbs. They'll be texting, Tweeting, Facebooking fiends. That, or they'll be dinosaurs. Two designers unthreatened by the...

  • Donations Sought For Fire Victim's Family

    8 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am
    A plea to the community to help a South St. Louis family who lost everything in a house fire. Including a loved one. Tegan Ledbetter's school is hoping you will help this family in need, "she was one of the students who makes this job worthwhile. How so?...
 
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    Ikea Hacker

  • Kitchen work station

    Jules
    9 Feb 2010 | 4:24 am
    Courtney goes to work and help hacked a kitchen work top from Lack side tables. "My brother and sister-in-law moved into a larger apartment last month, an apartment with a much bigger kitchen, but still very little cabinet/counter space. Thankfully there was an empty wall to utilize for an ikea hack. We bought four lack side tables and found an approx. 5 feet long counter top in the 'as is' section at Ikea... We built the work station starting with attaching two table tops to the bottom of the counter top and from that, we started to assemble the rest of the tables and built the hack from the…

  • Side chairs into mid-century-ish club chairs

    Jules
    8 Feb 2010 | 12:45 am
    Tim gives a new mid-century twist to these side chairs. "I'm not sure what the Ikea name for these side chairs is, but they were old and wobbly and the back legs were breaking off. I made a simple base out of 2x10's and used the original arms from the ikea chair as a curvaceous way to hold up the back and keep it strong. My wife, Susan, stitched up ... ... the leather slip covers based on the old (removed) ones. She actually used some leather from a discarded Ikea leather upholstery sample. Now they're comfortable, low armless loungers." the old Ikea armchair

  • Play kitchen from Benno TV unit

    Jules
    5 Feb 2010 | 6:10 am
    Nadine made a play kitchen for her daughter, Katharina, over Christmas. Here it is. "We wanted to make a kitchen for our daughter. The basic is a Benno TV. We used many things from Ikea - I do not know all the names but everybody who likes Ikea will know the things. For example the washbasin and the cutlery drawer is a bath set we bought some time ago. We changed the left drawer and put a board on we bought and made it into the oven. The hotplates are cut from a trivet bought at Ikea. With some colour and sewing 4 towel from one Ikea towel the kitchen gets a very sweet style. We are very…

  • Bathroom shelves into a pot rack

    Jules
    4 Feb 2010 | 6:33 am
    A massive pot rack from Dave. "I built a pot rack from Ikea bathroom shelves. Took 2 shelves, assembled them, flip them upside down, build a oak box around them, fasten them to oak frame with both a screw in the lower flange (what would have been the top flange). Also added a top and bottom brace inside the oak frame for support, then attach to the ceiling with eyebolts into the ceiling joists attached to wire and turnbuckles. It was a great simple project. I added the Ikea hooks to hang pots underneath as well." Related hacks: - Omar pot rack - Stolmen vertical pot rack

  • Molger Cabinet and Bygel rail for the bathroom

    Jules
    3 Feb 2010 | 4:25 am
    Here is another two from Jari B. This time it's his bathroom. Molger Cabinet: Two pieces for the price of one. "I purchased this now discontinued Molger cabinet, for the sole purpose of removing the sliding mirror from it and using it as my bathroom mirror. I'd been looking everywhere for a new mirror, and this was the one. This mirror fit perfectly in the unusually narrow grotto formed between two columns in my bathroom. The rich wood finish was exactly the color I wanted. The fact that this piece was on sale at a clearance price, didn't hurt, either. To mount the mirror, I used tiny 3/8…
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    Zibb.com: Furniture Industry News

  • High Point Exhibit Inspires ABC Home Display

    9 Feb 2010 | 7:00 am
    New York City furniture retailer ABC Home has installed a window display inspired by the AMAZED display at the October High Point Market in Suites at Market Square. The bi-annual AMAZED presentation showcases innovative merchandising concepts.

  • Furniture Rep About to Change the Industry

    9 Feb 2010 | 1:42 am
    Hi, I’m Mike Root, President of Furniture Sales of Mid-America, a furniture wholesale company in the Midwest and Rocky Mountain states that has been recognized by numerous national furniture factories for sales excellence including Salesman of the Year more than 10 times. Recently I was appointed

  • WHAM-O, Sprig merge and launch WHAM-O Jr.

    9 Feb 2010 | 12:35 am
    Toy and activity game manufacturer WHAM-O, Inc. has joined forces with Colorado-based Sprig Toys, Inc. to offer a line of battery-free, kid-powered preschool products under the new WHAM-O Jr. brand.

  • IFDA sets Maison & Objet trend review

    8 Feb 2010 | 8:20 am
    New York – The New York Chapter of the International Furnishings and Design Association will host a presentation by industry veteran Hermine Mariaux covering products, fabrics and color trends at last month’s Maison & Objet show in Paris.

  • Bloggers Name Top Picks at NYIGF's Accent on Design

    5 Feb 2010 | 6:50 pm
    NY, NY — Superlative design-focused gift, home and lifestyle products in Accent on Design® were recognized by bloggers from noted design and trend-watching sites today at the New York International Gift Fair® (NYIGF®).
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    Furniture Law Blog

  • Gum Tree - Culp Battle Over Fabric Copyright Protection

    31 Jan 2010 | 4:02 am
    On August 21, 2009, High Point based fabric and ticking supplier Culp, Inc. sued Gum Tree Fabrics, Inc. of Tupelo, Mississippi for copyright infringement, unfair competition, and unfair and deceptive trade practices under North Carolina law. (Case No. 1:09-cv-648-NCT-LPA) The complaint is based on Gum Tree's continuing sales of its "Ringo" fabric, which Culp claims infringes its copyright on its "Palamino" fabric. The parties were apparently trying to settle the matter. However, settlement talks have failed and Gum Tree appears ready to litigation. Gum Tree's answer to the complaint is now…

  • Federal Circuit Updates Design Patent Invalidity Standards

    23 Jan 2010 | 8:52 am
    In 2008 the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued its landmark decision in Egyptian Goddess, Inc. v. Swisa, 543 F.3d 665 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (en banc) in which the court eliminated the point of novelty test for design patent infringement, stating:[W]e conclude that the point of novelty test, as a second and free-standing requirement for proof of design patent infringement, is inconsistent with the ordinary observer test laid down in Gorham, is not mandated by Whitman Saddle or precedent from other courts, and is not needed to protect against unduly broad assertions of…

  • Strength Of Design Patents Seen In Case On Shower Rod

    23 Jan 2010 | 8:21 am
    A recently filed case in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania demonstrates the power of design patents to protect design elements that are not eligible for copyright protection. In Zenith Products Corp. v. Design Home Solutions, LLC (Case No. 2:10-cv-00148-LS), Zenith Products alleges that defendant is infringing U.S. Patent No. D542,897, entitled "Curved Shower Rod." The '897 Patent covers a simple curved shower rod that could not be protected under copyright law. Ohter than the circular mounts located on each end, the only design element on the bar…

  • Sleepy's Awoken By Trademark Infringer

    23 Jan 2010 | 7:35 am
    On January 8, 2010, mega-mattress retailer Sleepy's filed a trademark infringement action against Mattress & Furniture Outlet Inc. in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (Case No. 2:10-cv-00108-FSH-PS). In its complaint, Sleepy's alleges that the Jersey City based defendant is offering mattresses, bedding, and furniture under the marks or names "SLEEPYZ," SLEEPYZ MATTRESS & FURNITURE OUTLET" and "SLEEPY'Z" as well as operating a website at http://www.sleepyzonline.com/. A visit to the website on January 23, 2010 indicates that defendant has already stopped…

  • NHFA Adds Glossary Of Furniture Terms

    23 Jan 2010 | 7:30 am
    The National Home Furnishings Association (NHFA) has added a glossary of furniture terms to its consumer-based website http://www.homefurnishings.com/. The glossary should be useful for consumers, the industry, as well as patent lawyers looking for an authoritative definition. The glossary may be viewed by clicking [here].
 
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    One third of your life!-The Mattress & Bed Blog

  • Convertible 3 in 1 Baby Cribs: From Nine Clouds Beds, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

    Bill Laidlaw
    8 Feb 2010 | 12:40 pm
    Developed to adapt to changing circumstances as your child matures, convertible cribs can adapt to become a toddler bed as your infant grows. Buying a convertible crib can save you money over time, as well as providing your child with an extended sense of comfort by utilizing the same bed as he or she grows up. By investing in a top quality convertible crib you can save thousands in potential bed replacement costs and ensure continuity in your child’s sleeping quarters. While the cribs are somewhat more expensive at first glance, the small premium more than pays for itself over time as your…

  • Failing to make your bed may actually make you healthier! From Nine Clouds Beds, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

    Bill Laidlaw
    3 Feb 2010 | 12:20 pm
     A new article on the BBC’s website explains that new research indicates that bed bugs flourish in a warm wet environment that is more likely to come about if you mae your bed trapping the moisture in. A Kingston University study discovered the bugs cannot survive in the warm, dry conditions found in an unmade bed. “The warm, damp conditions created in an occupied bed are ideal for the creatures, but they are less likely to thrive when moisture is in shorter supply” If you are one of the many that do make your beds a waterproof mattress cover is a great solution to reduce…

  • Colour Trends for 2010-From Nine Clouds Beds, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

    Bill Laidlaw
    11 Jan 2010 | 2:50 pm
    Consideration.  Healing.  Faith. Truth.  The ringing in of the new 2010 decade creates new expectations and promises.  This year’s color trends will reflect a renewal of sorts, while adding fantasy and excitement.  Each year, the interior design community looks for new colors to create optimism, allowing people to surround themselves with the things that make them feel good.  Global infusion continues to influence combinations and patterns, bringing these renewed color palettes to the table.  Pantone, the leading expert on color influence for the design world, has proclaimed…

  • Nine Clouds Beds, Mississauga,Ontario, Canada. The three most popular Futons.

    Bill Laidlaw
    4 Jan 2010 | 5:59 am
    Number One Most Popular Futon: The Lexus Mini Futon Package Complete click-clack package including accent cushions $369.  Number Two Most Popular Futon: The 226 Futon Package Dark espresso finished wooden arms complete with choice of futon mattress $569.  Number Three Most Popular Futon: The Mita Futon Package Oak finished futon complete with choice of designer futon mattress $549.

  • The three most popular Bunk Beds at Nine Clouds Beds, Mississauga,Ontario, Canada

    Bill Laidlaw
    30 Dec 2009 | 7:59 am
    Number One: 81 Cherry Twin over Double Bunk Bed This cherry finished bunk bed is made from the reliable  Asian hardwood of Rubber-wood.  A perennial best selling bunk bed that uses a standard twin size mattress on the top and a stand double size mattress on the bottom. (70′h x 82″w x 58″d) Number Two: 92 Twin over Double Bunk Bed This distressed black (with stylish red highlights showing through)  finished bunk bed is made from the reliable  Asian hardwood of Rubber-wood.  A perennial best selling bunk bed that utilizes a standard twin size mattress on the top and a…
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