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Dining Table and Chairs Are They Outdated?
April 19, 2010

Dining Table and Chairs Are They Outdated?

While furniture trends dictate the look for many rooms, dining tables have been a staple in most homes for decades. Hey! We all have to have somewhere to eat. Still, with so many families living on the go and busy juggling hectic schedules, the whole gang hardly ever seems to sit down together for a meal these days. So, while it may seem almost sacrilegious, some people are considering doing away with their dining room tables! Before you join the crowd, listen to the reasons why you should hang on to yours.First, the family unit is strengthened by the time shared at a common meal. That means your family sitting around a table to eat dinner, even if dinner is a pizza delivered by your neighbor’s nephew, is quality time that builds long-lasting familial bonds. Do away with those dining tables and you’ll be bonding with messy pizza on your good sofa. Think about that. Secondly, the table provides a focal point for the space. Without a dining room table , it isn’t really a dining room at all anymore. What then is it? You could completely redo the space, but who wants a bedroom that opens onto the kitchen? Or a...

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Bedside Cabinet Design and Dimensions For All Storage Solution
April 16, 2010

Bedside Cabinet Design and Dimensions For All Storage Solution

Bedside tables are great. They look nice, and you can put a lamp on one. You can maybe add and alarm clock and a picture of your sweetheart. That, however, is a bout the extent of storage offered by one. Even those with the small built in drawers don’t offer you much in the way of storage beside your bed. One great solution is to switch to a bedside cabinet.Bedside cabinets come in a couple of different varieties. You will find them either as part of an extended headboard or “built-in” that surrounds the entire head of the bed, or as a stand alone, portable cabinet. The bigger ones offer loads of storage but are often very large and quite bulky, taking up a lot of space. The storage might offset the loss of space providing you have a good-sized bedroom to begin with. In a smaller room, this large sort of cabinet would overpower everything. In that sort of space, you should opt for a smaller, portable style cabinet. The smaller bedside cabinets resemble tables, but have cabinets for their bases. This means you can still have your alarm clock, lamp and pictures on the top of the cabinet. It...

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Wall Clocks For The Elderly For Sale Combine Function With Style
April 16, 2010

Wall Clocks For The Elderly For Sale Combine Function With Style

Clocks govern our daily lives, or so it seems most days. We wake up to an alarm clock, constantly glance at our watches, divide our day into segments based upon times to be here or there. It’s no wonder that most houses have at least three of four clocks, if not more. Fortunately, they come in lots of styles. Wall clocks are great because, when you are standing they can be at eye level. Plus, this one variety of clock alone comes in a plethora of designs, one of which is sure to fit your sense of style.If you are a traditionalist, you’ll like the faux antique wooden clocks with their swinging brass pendulums. These are replicas of the old key-wound wall clocks of earlier days. They even chime on the half, the quarter and, of course, on the hour. Most of the new ones run on batteries. A few can be run by electricity and even rarely, you can still find a key-wound one. If your tastes are more eclectic, you’ll find plenty of cool novelty wall clocks. There’s the popular cat with the swinging tail whose eyes go back and forth as its pendulum tail sways. There are character...

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