Linkage: Black Furniture and Accessories; Vacation Rentals: Worth It?

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Furniture Wire: Lots of weird furniture news happening...

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Lots of weird furniture news happening on Gizmodo: there's inflatable steel furniture by Oskar Zieta, furniture that's made from household waste (by Rodrigo Alonso), and a USS Enterprice coffee table handcrafted by Barry Shields. Of course, all are practical and extremely comfortable. [Gizmodo]

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Adventures in Marketing: Ikea Literally Creates Furniture Out of Flat-Pack Cardboard

× Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed. Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox. Tuesday, January 24, 2012, by Sarah Firshein

Ikea, the Swedish furnishings chain that's been opening apartments in Paris Metro stations and quarantining off male shoppers, the company that's so revolutionary that it's actually been copied, has cut the bull and gone back to its bread and butter: flat-pack furniture. Its newest ad campaign, promoting its 40 percent off sale, literally reveals just that: furniture created from cardboard flat-pack furniture boxes. The campaign was devised by Italian firm Auge and is a real mind-bender, obviously.

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Spruce Up: Upcycled Vintage Furniture Store Profile

Ginger and Matt Summers sell their unique line of upcycled vintage furniture and accessories at their etsy store, appropriately called Spruce Up.

I hesitate to call what this Cincinnati couple do with furniture "upcycling" because it's so much more than that. As they say in their etsy profile, the couple "creates warm yet modern environments by blending styles such as mid-century modern, vintage industrial and hollywood regency."

Take that dresser in the third photo, for instance – after stripping and painting the base of the cabinet, the couple cut apart old shutters and applied them to the drawer fronts, piece by piece, to create that breathtaking herringbone pattern. And that floor lamp? It's made from an old surveyor's tripod and a vintage lamp shade! Love it!

Visit the Shop: Spruce Up

Images: Spruce Up

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Furniture Focus: 20 Guides to Sofas, Beds & More

Big-ticket items like sofas, beds, shelves, and dining tables can be scary to shop for. They're expensive and they represent a long-term commitment. A little research can help to cut down the fear factor — here are 20 guides to help you navigate through the many options out there (read more for the full list).

OUTDOOR FURNITURE SHOPPING
1. Best Outdoor Furniture Stores: High, Low & In Between
2. Budget Sources for Outdoor Furniture

SOFA SHOPPING
3. How to Shop for a Sofa
4. 15 Sofa Sources: High & Low
5. Best Sofa Stores

SLEEPER SOFA SHOPPING
6. How to Shop for a Sleeper Sofa
7. Top 10 Sleeper Sofas
8. Bedroom in a Minute: All About Sleeper Sofas

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Introductions: A Reminder That Tiffani (Amber) Thiessen Designs Kids' Furniture

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Today Editor at Large runs an announcement about PetitNest, the relatively new line of kids' furniture from Tiffani Thiessen(aka Tiffani Amber Thiessen aka Valerie Malone aka Kelly Kapowski) and interior designer Lonni Paul. "Rather than worrying about whether you need to go all-pink or all-blue, pick a color you love and design the whole room around that. Then you can truly make it your own," said Thiessen in a statement, eschewing "mass-produced, generic, primary-colored furniture." All items within the PetitNest collection are certified by the Sustainable Furnishings Council. As for price points, the Noe Dresser (above left) costs $1,650; green Odette Glider, $1,390.

· Lonni Paul and Tiffani Thiessen team up on furnishings line [Editor at Large]
· Petit Nest [official site]

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Furniture Gets Combative: Sofas shaped like sandbags may look...

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Globe Trotting: Enormous Mini Cooper Chandelier Shines on Milan Furniture Fair

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Today kicks off the 50th annual Salone Internazionale del Mobile, otherwise known as the Milan furniture fair. The Los Angeles Times calls the event a "design frenzy," with wacky exhibits and installations popping up all over the city. Here now, is a chandelier made of Mini Coopers, which has inspired hearty debate on a Motoring Alliance blog: does this count as a chandelier if there are no actual lights? One commenter contends yes, claiming, "Isn't that what the headlights are for?"

· Milan furniture fair 2011: let the insanity begin [L.A. Times]
· MINI Cooper Chandelier [Motoring Alliance]

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Artistry: Furniture Made From Recycled Planes Includes "Mile High Bed"

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Many folks consider themselves the "pilot" of the bedroom, but finally, at long last, here's a way to make that statement more a truth than a pipe dream: the Mile High Bed from MotoArt, a California-based design firm that crafts furniture from recycled plane parts. The bed, made from polished DC-9 rear stabilizers and a C-130 inner flap, "will lift you to new altitudes of comfort and style" and allow you to "join the Mile High Club without the hassle of going to the airport." Fantastic! Stewardesses, however, are sold separately.

· MotoArt's furniture from recycled plane parts [Boing Boing]
· Mile High Bed [MotoArt]

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Celebrity Decor: Lindsay Lohan Shops For Furniture With Bored-Looking Designer

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This weekend, Lindsay Lohan was spotted browsing at "an expensive furniture boutique" with Linday Coopersmith, who bills herself not as a decorator but as an "organizer." They were searching for pieces for Lohan's new Venice, Calif., townhouse.

· Lindsay Lohan—Sofa...So Good [TMZ]
· Linda Coopersmith [official site]
· Lindsay Lohan, Rehab-Free, Rents Swank Pad Next to Ex-Girlfriend [Curbed National]

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Linkage: AvroKO's Furniture; MTV's New HQ; Nest Houses; Joan Rivers; More!

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Reality TV: Joan Replaces Melissa's Furniture With Help of Famed Designer

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Last night's episode of Joan and Melissa: Joan Knows Best? included a guest appearance by Sarah Jessica Parker's decorator, Timothy Corrigan—or at the very least his young female associate Julie. (Apparently Corrigan was "out of the country.") Rivers Sr. is outwardly unhappy about this: "When you look up the word 'decorator' in the dictionary," she claims, "you see 'homosexual.'"

Turns out, however, Julie is Julie Fullman, Corrigan's lead interior designer who was part of HGTV's reDesign series as an assistant designer. Guess the pedigree isn't too shabby!

Despite the substitute, Joan agrees to let Julie to take out Melissa's shabby beige California look and replace it with some color and formal pieces (a la her own NYC apartment). While Melissa's away for the night, Joan stages a design coup on the unassuming space, overhauling it completely and giving away all of her daughter's furniture to charity.

JOAN PERFORMS COSMETIC SURGERY ON MEL'S LIVING ROOM

JOAN REVEALS THE NEW LOOK

—Elana Frankel

· All Joan and Melissa: Joan Knows Best? coverage [Curbed National]
· Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? [official site]

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Plywood Furniture Gets it Due: To honor the MoMA's "Plywood: Material....

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