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Feb
12

Top tips to buy a Sofa

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A sofa or couch is one of the first things you would look for when buying furniture for a new house, remodelling your current house or shifting to a new one. However, before you buy a sofa, you should take some time to read on tips for buying a sofa. Although the tips may look basic to you, but if you buy your piece of furniture based on these tips, you will benefit greatly. You will also see that your sofa will last for years to come, even if you bought it keeping a budget in mind. Here are some tips to get you started.

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Feb
05

Silk Boxwood Panels In Underground Lounge

Posted under Accesories

This underground secret urban lounge inspired both by English sculpture gardens and turn of the century brasseries of Paris has been reinvented; entrance to the pub is down the basement steps through the hidden door clad in silk boxwood that is surrounded by adroit graffiti.

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Jan
28

Chalckboard Clocks

Posted under Accesories

Sometimes having interactive furniture around can really reduce boredom around the house and make things fun.

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Jan
25

Suitcase Chair

Posted under chairs

Creator of Extra Ordinary Recycled Furniture, Katie Thompson admits she’s a “hoarder of all things useless, impractical, broken, colorful and shiny”. Thankfully, Thompson’s designs takes the old in a new direction, showing “tell tale signs of her Dadaist leanings.”

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Jan
07

Play Ground Play Table

Posted under tables

The Play Ground Play Table, designed by Jin-woog Koo, director of the Nothing Design Group, functions as either a table or a desk – but getting work done would be nearly impossible.

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Dec
10

Pastil Chair

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An ergonomically designed floating ‘inner tube’ for fishing and an indoor rocking chair for reading, the Pastil Chair is a multi-tasking masterpiece.

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Nov
27

Capsule Collection

Posted under sofa

Deadgood’s principals Dan Ziglam and Elliot Brook announce themselves in a genial, if confident, manner: “Hello,” says their website’s homepage, “We are deadgood and everything we do is deadgood.”

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Nov
25

Leaf House

Posted under architecture

The Leaf House, a tropical beach house was designed by Mareines + Patalano Arquitetura is located in Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Nov
05

Kautsch

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The circle does close. In 1895, Johann Bretz created his first legendary, cosy “Kautsches” (couches) in Gensingen,
a German wine village on Rhine river.

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Oct
27

Karim Rashid’s Sphere Bed

Posted under bedroom

Israel-based company Hollandia International subscribes to the latter philosophy: “Contrary to popular belief, our bodies are not designed to sleep on a completely flat surface. In order to get authentic, restorative sleep, our back needs to be slightly elevated for enhanced breathing and our feet should also be slightly elevated for proper circulation. Most importantly, having our upper and lower body slightly elevated alleviates the pressure we often feel in our lower back.”

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