« June 2007 | Main | August 2007 »
July 29, 2007
Storage coffee table
Can't find a place for all your magazines or coffee table books. Kids driving you nuts with leaving papers and pens on your table all the time.
There is only one answer to these problems and that is to buy a storage coffee table that gives you lots of storage space.
Tables that utilize space by allowing you to have a couple of drawers and shelves you can use for storage are one of the better contemporary designs. Lift top coffee tables and console tables have been used for this purpose for many years. Three manufactures that make storage coffee tables at an affordable price are Kathy Ireland, American drew and Magnussen.
Review coffee tables with storage compartments
- For more details on any of these tables go here to review information on traditional and modern coffee tables free shipping is offered by our supplier.
Most of these coffee tables are perfect to tuck away newspapers or coloring books and some have large enough storage areas to fit extra blankets.
This one is an Ashbury table that is a modern design, with a rich chocolate finish and clean lines. This table is a contemporary design that would go well in either a modern or contemporary setting in a living room or family room. It has two pull out drawers that can be used as serving trays.
This table is a more modern or retro looking it is a portland coffee table. The bentwood and walnut wood veneer gives this coffee table genuine style. The round legs give this piece a modern look. The clever shape of this table provides easy storage spaces, making it perfect for a small apartment or loft!
This white cottage coffee table will hold larger items for storage. Constructed with plantation hardwoods that ensures you get the look and feel of the natural beauty of the wood. This country cottage table has two convenient wicker storage baskets in the base.
- For more details on any of these tables go here get more information on modern coffee tables free shipping is available.
July 27, 2007
Square coffee tables for large rooms
Furnishing a large living room can be a challenge if you don't know where to start. As we have mentioned in our living room decorating information, always start with the coffee table. Then look at your sofa's and chairs, flooring to see if you need to add an area rug and them move up to your window treatments.
Today we are helping find a large coffee table for the living room. Square is the best shape and contemporary is the better style. Glass coffee tables don't normally come big enough for this purpose and they are a little too modern looking which makes them a harder to match with your other furniture.
Coffee table reviews
This square table is manufactured using hollow construction technology finished in wood veneer or colored black lacquer, is made up of several lines and modular systems designed to offer quality and an affordable solution to enhance any living room or as office furniture.
It has a wenge finish, 3 inch thick top and base panels, overall dimensions are 10 inches high x 44 inches wide and a 44 inch depth.
This square wood and leather table is so big it can be used as a coffee table ottoman
Very creative in designed cocktail table, this contemporary piece is designed for sophisticated city spaces. This wood table can be used as an ottoman table.
Features: Rubberwood and select hardwood, Jatoba veneers, two cushions with Bellagio Crosta leather, dimensions: 15 1/2 inches high x 44.5 inches wide and 44.5 inches deep.
35 inch square table a more modern design
Square table coffee is available in a walnut or wenge finish with chromium metal legs. The top is 3 inches thick which looks very nice and not too fat. Designed to be mixed and matched with other products to create custom home environments. Overall size is 10 inches high - 35 inches wide and 35 inches deep.
- To see which one of our furniture suppliers is having a sale and offers free shipping go here to square coffee tables
Any of these coffee tables would be a perfect addition for a large living room or if you are looking to furnish a large office.
July 24, 2007
Glass coffee table repair
I was asked by one of our readers about repairing a glass top coffee table that she has. The coffee table in question was a modern style and to replace the cost would not fit into her budget at this time. Besides that it was a friday and she was having a dinner party on saturday so there was no time to go shopping online or to a furniture store.
This type of repair can be down quite easily, as a do it yourself repair. All that is required is a bit of glue and a few measurements. It's as simple as running down to the glass repair shop. This should only take you one evening which would include glue drying times.
We have a list of questions on our main home decor site about this subject. You can click here and go to glass top coffee table repairs for more information.
You could use this process really for fixing anytype of glass top table. Including end tables, coffee and sofa tables with 12X12 glass sections or a complete piece.
Repairing you table this way will save you more money and by the time you are done you will have a new modern coffee table.
I do recommend you re-finish the legs and coffee table base before you re-install the glass top.
If this isn't something you want to do you can always replace the old one with a modern coffee table we have information on this here.
Posted 06:33 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)July 19, 2007
Garden statuary can be scary
They can be at least to gus the gnome, who got frightened by a gargoyle statue
I added a new garden statue in my yard a few weeks ago, and to my dismay carl my garden gnome ran away. I hadn't noticed that I had placed this gargoyle statue in plain view, where Gus could see him.
Really, who would have thought a simple piece of garden statuary could intill such fear in a gnome. Of course I should have clued in when my daughters said it was the ugliest thing they had ever seen.
Personally I thought it kind of had charm. The really cool thing about this statue, and the main reason I bought it was it is solar powered. This guy holds a flame that illuminates in the evening, making a soft light along the walkway where I placed it.
Obviously I was wrong in the looks department, because gus the gnome headed for the hills, only about a week after I had placed his new friend in the garden.
Gus is kind of a snobby little gnome that has been living with my family for about 2 years now. When I had purchased him the store owner guaranteed me that it would add a little whimsy in my yard. I don't even know what whimsy is.
Anyway things were going along great for about three months, when I took him to a family BBQ, that my brother was having in his backyard. This is when I first noticed gus was a little snobby. He sat their the whole time and didn't say a word or have anything to eat. My sisters had commented to my wife about this cute little guy, but I don't believe it was very flattering. My brothers tried to give him beer, that didn't go over so well either.
When it was time to go, I packed everybody up in the car and when I went to get gus he was no where to be found. I was shocked and heart broken to say the least! I looked all over the yard for him and couldn't find him anywhere. Since my wife and daughters where getting a little impatient I had to leave, without him.
By the next Saturday when it was my turn for the bbq, miraculously he showed up at my house. I figured he was still a little steamed because he still wasn't taking. This is when I thought maybe he was lonely and needed someone he could talk to at night. What could be better I thought than a gargoyle statue that comes with it's own light. They could chat away all night long. So I headed down to where I bought gus and found this cute gargoyle statue.
I brought him home and placed him along the walkway in the garden only a couple of feet from gus. They seemed to be happy for about a week. I noticed he was missing one morning and had to hunt all over the yard for him. I even looked in my neighbors yard. I really never trusted that guy anyway, he has little fairy statues in his garden. To no avail gus was never found and I am still waiting for him to come home. My wife said he probably will if I got rid of my gargoyle statue.
If you are interested in finding your own little friend for the backyard go here to decormotif and get more details on choosing a garden gnome and garden statuary
Anyway here is a picture of gus if anyone happens to see him traveling around the country.
If you do see him send my regards and tell him his quiet little garden spot is waiting. Gus can email me at benniigoodwin@gmail.com
July 06, 2007
Being prepared for anything
Today I wanted to briefly touch on a subject that seems to becoming a major concern. Taking care of yourself and your family during a disaster, like a flood, earthquake or a terrorist act.
The federal goverment leading by example, shows that you will not get any help for at least 72 hours after something happens. The only one you can rely on is your family and you neighbors.
The problem is you won't be able to help anyone if you have no survival gear or equiipment stored away for the unexpected. These survival kits don't have to be elaborate or expensive just a few non perishable items and a few well thought out pieces of equipment.
Emergency lighting, solar radio and a cell phone are three such items that you can use whenever the power goes out. Even if it is only for a couple of hours. I even use mine when I go camping and pack with me when going on long hikes in the mountains.
To be prepared you need to consider the part of the country you live in and what types of emergencies or disasters have ocured in your state over the past couple of years.
It's no good to buy earthquake survival kits if you live in the midwest and have never had one. If your state is prone to hurricanes and floods, fresh water and emergency lighting may be all you need. Where someone living on the west coast may need a 72 hour survival pack with a bit of freeze dried food.
When winter storms can be a factor staying warm is a major concern, so a kit designed for your car are needed.
Around your home, outdoor solar lighing for pathways is a must for security reasons.
Keeping fresh water around the home isn't a problem for most people because many use bottled or purified water anyway.
The two most important items for all areas is first-aid and sanitation supplies, that will last for a minimum of 7 to 14 days. An evacuation kit that you can just pick up a go with a minute notice is also very important if your area is prone to fires.
You can get more information and find a company that specializes in this type of gear by clicking here and going to squidoo/emergencysupplies
Posted 10:23 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)July 03, 2007
Expand your teenagers mind
As a father of 4 girls (teenagers) I see how different pesonalities can be
In school the difference is so wide that this can be a little challenging. Two of my daughters like science and interesting things, while the other two would only care about making sure animals weren't used in developing makeup.
I always try to get them to broaden their knowledge not just in science but in the trades too. I feel if they can wield a calculator as well as a pipe wrench or hammer they can look after themselves no matter what.
For me I don't really have a scientific mind or the education to back it up like they do, I graduated but that was as far as I went. I do like interesting things though and one of these was a garden sundial. I stumbled upon these when my wife and I were out looking in a garden store for plants. I bought one because I thought it was kind of a cool thing to have, she on the other hand just said if I want to tell the time I'll just look at my watch.
This is what surprised me
After putting it together, setting it up, reading all the directions and then trying to find true north, I noticed that all of my daughters where watching me ( a rare occasion that they were all home at the same time) and laughing. Finally one of my daughters that wants to be a marine biologist came over and said she would figure it out for me. The others in-between chuckles said it was sort of like watching me set up the VCR.
Within about five minutes they were all taking about it and how sundials work. Even the two that only care about the science behind the latest fashions. I tell you it did my heart good to see all of my daughters working together to figure something out. After they got it set up for me, they were looking at it and said how nice it looked and that it really was a cool thing to have in the yard.
Whenever they have friends over and happen to be outside they always make a point in showing them how it works. I have noticed that most of their friends that do look at, start to ask more technical questions on how and why sundials work.
To me this was one of the better garden decorations that I have purchased in many years. Anytime you can get a teenager interested in a science or just how a gadget works is money and time well spent. Now if I could only get them interested in rain gauges and outdoor weather stations, maybe someone would buy me one. If you would like to know more about Armillary and garden sundials for your backyard go here.
