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Protect the natural beauty of your Shaw Hardwood flooring Shaw Hardwood products, with their ScuffResist finish, provide superior wear; easy, no-wax care; plus superior resistance to staining from all common household products such as coffee, shoe polish, lipstick, acetone, mustard, and more. A few simple maintenance steps, however, will help protect your investment and keep your Shaw Hardwood flooring looking like new. For cleaning, make sure you...

Your mattress is one of the most important pieces of furniture in your home. In fact, you'll spend a third of your life on it. That's more than the time you spend watching television or sitting at a computer. No other piece of furniture contributes so profoundly to your health and well being. Buying a mattress is a decision that you should carefully consider. Since most people replace their mattress every seven to ten years, you'll have to live with your decision for a long time.

The Better Sleep Council is a non-profit organization devoted to educating the public about the importance of sleep to good health and about the value of the sleep system and sleep environment in pursuit of a good night's sleep. Following is their list of 10 Tips To Better Sleep.

Bonded Leather is ground up pieces of leather held together by an adhesive and coated with polyurethane to protect and give the look of leather. Bonded leather products can contain anywhere from 10-99% leather, the remainder being fibers and adhesives. Bycast leather is similar; it is scraps of leather coated with polyurethane to bind together. Bonded leather comes in a variety of colors and textures - these products are not the faux leather you remember from yester year - the quality of these blends has come a long way since their debut to the furniture scene in 2007. Bonded leather sofa prices are generally 2/3 of what a genuine leather sofa would cost you - that's a HUGE savings!

We know how important it is to find your child a bunk bed unit that is safe, reliable, and affordable. This shopper's guide, will hopefully simply the process of choosing which style is the right one for your child.

You've got the house, apartment - now what? Some people love decorating their home, while others, well, dread it. While picking out furniture, lamps, artwork, rugs, and accessories - many people find it overwhelming and even stressful. Here are some of our ideas for putting those finishing touches to make your house a home, without the stress and without breaking the bank!

You've just brought home your new sofa, love seat, chair - here are some simple tips to help protect your investment and keep it looking fresh and new. Before you do anything, it's a good idea to read the label usually placed under the base cushion or visit the manufacturer's website for furniture care information.

So you've recently purchased bonded leather furniture or are considering it and want to know how to care for it. Bonded leather gives you the look and feel of genuine leather at a great price. The quality of these products has really come a long way, offering all kinds of textures, colors, and styles, fooling even the most discriminating eye. Bonded leather is made from ground up pieces of leather held together by an adhesive and coated with polyurethane to protect and give the look of leather. These products can contain anywhere from 10-99% leather, the remainder being fibers and adhesives. Bycast leather is similar; it is scraps of leather coated with polyurethane to bind together.

Leather furniture offers a luxurious look and feel versatile to many décor styles. Here are a few tips on how to clean and care for your leather furniture to help prolong it's good looks and make it last for years to come.

From the runway to the living room, hot trends in home fashion can take the style of a room from simple to stunning. Incorporating trendy furniture into home decor is an easy way to add style without having to make costly renovations.

Solid Solid wood is milled from a single 3/4"-thick piece of hardwood. Because of its thickness, a solid hardwood floor can be sanded and refinished over several generations of use. Solid wood flooring expands and contracts with changes in your home's relative humidity. Normally, installers compensate for this movement by leaving an expansion gap between the floor and the wall. Base molding or quarter-round is traditionally used to hide the extra space. Engineered Engineered wood is produced with three to five layers of hardwood. Each layer is stacked in a cross-grain configuration and bonded together under heat and pressure. As a result, engineered wood flooring is less likely to be affected by changes in humidity and can be installed at all levels of the home.

Top Furniture Buying Mistakes by Abe Abbas Forgetting to Measure Your Furniture: Don't neglect to measure the room ahead of buying to see if your new furniture will fit. You will be amazed at the number of furniture purchases that never make it into a home because the buyer neglected to measure the furniture or forgot to take into account hallways, doors, elevators and stairs. Ignoring Scale:A sofa that looks just right in the store, might look too big in your room or not big enough. It is hard to judge when you're looking at a picture or seeing it in a showroom. Also measure to make sure that your new piece matches the scale of the furniture you already own.

Are you tossing and turning night after night? Are you not getting the deep, restful sleep you need because you can't seem to get comfortable? If so, then it may be time to buy a new sleep set. Remember, the average person spends roughly 1/3 of their life sleeping. So getting a quality sleep set is one of the most important investments you can make. So consider your bed set usage. Then, learn how to shop for the bed set that's best for you. The following information is adapted from The Better Sleep Guide, a free brochure from the Better Sleep Council's "Consumer Information Series." The Better Sleep Council recommends carefully evaluating the comfort and support of your sleep set each year.

Removing spots from carpet can be simple or tedious depending upon the spot and how long it has been on the carpet. At times, multiple applications of the spot removal solution, or a second solution is required. Listed below is a general spot removal procedure. If the origin of the spot is unknown, begin with Step 1. If the origin of the spot is known, begin at the appropriate step. Never use a circular motion to remove a spot as this destroys texture. To prevent wick up, the final step should always be to rinse with clear water, blot dry, and put a thickness of several white paper towels over the damp area. Put a brick, or suitable weight object on the pad of towels to keep the pad in contact with the carpet. This allows any stain wicking up from the backing to go into the towels rather than remain on the carpet surface. Allow to dry, remove the brick and towels, and brush up the pile.

Worried about your wooden furniture? Here is how to take care of it... Varnished wood is considered to be one of the most popular surfaces available in furniture However, such kind of furniture needs special care. Here's how you can do it: -Protect the wood from water and other liquids, such as alcohol, food or cosmetics. If water or other liquids are allowed to settle on a wood surface for more than a few minutes, they seep through the pores in the varnish coating, into the wood, staining it. -Keep the varnished wood free of dust and dirt, as it can make the surface grimy. Using a vacuum cleaner with a brush attachment can do the job. A dry, soft, lint free cloth can also help remove dust and smudges and will also give the surface a soft shine. Lightly soiled varnished surfaces can be cleaned by using teak oil.

Some people think of wardrobes as purely functional pieces of furniture, but that doesn't mean they can't be fashionable as well. The way we see it is this: a wardrobe is one of the most important pieces of furniture in the home (together with a sofa, bed and dining table), so we want it to look every bit as stylish, eye-catching and chic as the clothes we hang inside it. Furniture manufacturers are well aware of this, which is why they're now creating wardrobes and matching furniture that will instantly give your bedroom the 'Wow Factor'. One of our favourite styles of wardrobe is the sliding door variety - these have a cool, cosmopolitan edge, often with mirrored fronts that add depth and light to your bedroom. Speaking of light, the high gloss explosion has taken the world of home trends by storm in recent years.

Preventative maintenance is your best bet for keeping upholstery looking new: vacuum it regularly using a specialized attachment (most vacuum cleaners come with upholstery attachments). Applying a commercial stain-guard treatment such as Scotchgard can also help prevent future accidents from becoming permanent stains.

With the right questions - and answers - you can choose a new sofa or chair with confidence. What should you look for? Start by insisting on a kiln-dried, solid hardwood frame. You might never see the wood frame of your sofa or chair, but you should know what it is made of. Kiln-dried hardwoods like oak, alder, birch and maple are preferred because they hold pegs, screws and nails securely in place for a long time. Buying good upholstered furniture - and keeping it - helps the environment too. Landfills are overflowing with inexpensive sofas that are left on the curb after just a few years of use.

Finishing furniture is an art form - you can create whatever you want. The terms "distressing" and "antiquing" are often used interchangeably in the wood finishing world. These techniques can be used separately or together along with glazing to obtain the degree of "aging" that you desire