By:Brief Article In the eighteenth century, as Mark Laird so eloquently points out in this issue (see pp. 932-939), the borders between indoors and outdoors blumbed, and garden "rooms" on the great country seats of…

When a tree fell in Constance and Ray Beagle's front yard in Kansas City, they replaced it with a dance floor of sorts. Now instead of the dappled shade of an old oak outside their…

By: Brief Article * You might not give a second glance to a dilapidated barn, a rickety train trestle, or a collapsing wine vat, but to craftsmen like Whit McLeod, Tom Schot, Brad Wilson, and…

By: Furniture World Magazine  Union City Mirror and Table company along with Union City Imports announced that their Baroque style home furnishings will be featured on "The Apprentice" premiering on Monday, February 27th at 9:00/8c…

(ARA) - Bringing the indoors out is the hottest trend in outdoor living this spring. "Outdoor rooms" that emphasize high-end design as well as function are replacing traditional sparely furnished patios and decks. "Creating an…

By: Furniture World Magazine  The Richmond Times-Dispach (www.timesdispatch.com) reported that furniture veteran Lee Krumbein a veteran of Heilig-Meyers (whose father was Vice Chairman of the late furniture giant) has become an internet furniture retailer. According…

By: Furniture World Magazine   Kane’s Furniture announced an in-store appearance by HGTV designer and host of “Designing for the Sexes,” Michael Payne, at the newly-opened Lakeland store located at 4685 US 98 North. Payne…

By JEFF BARNARD Associated Press GRANTS PASS, Ore. - Chris Hart's studio is stacked floor to ceiling with not-quite antiques, old doors and windows, cast-off bird cages and pieces of old houses that she saved…