Furniture Outlets

Just how many times have you wrecked your wall sockets while trying to pull a cord off or while accidentally seeking to reach to a distance larger than that of your power cord? Well, if you've finally had it with this kind of misfortunate events ...

East coast chain Fantastic Furniture has defied the uncertain economic climate by expanding into WA, with four new stores opening today. The group has shrugged off the timing of the push, saying it is unfazed by an economic slowdown which is hurting ...

Window Coverings

Between artists Eric Greenhut of Half Moon Bay and Rebecca Ellis of Montara, La Di Da has come ablaze with coastal scenes in dazzlingly bright colors. The two Coastsiders, both members of an artists group that meets regularly locally, have teamed ...

Office Chairs

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Caroline Kennedy's second act as a Senate hopeful didn't get much better reviews from New York's press than her first. A New York Daily News columnist said ``the wheels of the bandwagon are coming off.'' New York Post State ...

Bean Bag Chair

Hey That Dude, I want to hear more of your opinion and theory, it's beginning to make sense to me. The only thing is if not for his talent in mimicking SP and other artists, he would have not been videod and posted at Youtube, have not been contacted ...

I am on-the-road with duck hunting partner Ross Malone. We're making a 3-state waterfowling sweep... a "Duck Hunting Hat-Trick ." If we really wanted to, we could probably make it four states... but on this trip we will probably allow any ducks in ...

Oriental Rugs

Ed Moss' The Jazz Club at Schwartz's Point is now "legal." And that's great news for jazz lovers. The little club that could has been one of the best secrets on the Cincinnati jazz scene for more than a decade, known for Moss' private jam parties ...

N obody knows exactly where Damascus got its name: Some believe it originated with the Arabic word damashaq, for a fast-moving camel, while others claim the Romans first called it Dumuskus, meaning double musk. Still others think it was named after ...

Dining Room Tables

Janice Perkins bought a bedroom dresser more than a decade ago, but it never made it into her bedroom. Click to enlarge Interior designer Sharon McCormick has several furniture items in her Durham, Conn., home that have been repurposed, such as this ...

EAST LYME, Conn. In a classroom at the York Correctional Institution, inmates worked to be the fastest to clean up a table set for a formal dining experience. After vocational instructor JC Ambroise gave them the go-ahead, the women zoomed around ...

Window Coverings

www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=5858822 - At Esprit Marina del Rey, the elite business executive, world class traveler and avid yacht owner all have the opportunity to live in an ocean-view home just minutes from Santa Monica and Los Angeles ...

Dining Room Furniture

Late afternoon on Thanksgiving Day, the Olivera suffered a massive fire that destroyed their home. No one was injured, but the family was displaced and all that they could salvage fit into a flatbed truck. On Thursday morning, the week before ...

Imagine if President Bush, on his last day in office, invited his friends to lift the Lincoln portrait from the White House Dining Room, take the 18th-century furniture from the Map Room and -- for good measure -- poison the Rose Garden on the way ...

Imagine if President Bush, on his last day in office, invited his friends to lift the Lincoln portrait from the White House Dining Room, take the 18th-century furniture from the Map Room and -- for good measure -- poison the Rose Garden on the way ...

Bedroom Sets

Trial is around the corner for Rachel Madrid, who allegedly burglarized the home of a murdered man found stuffed inside a barrel in her garage. Police found the body of 18-year-old Dale Miller more than a year ago on Sept. 12, 2007, in Madrid's ...

Multi-national apparel and footwear companies are increasingly looking to invest outside China because of rising costs. Entrepreneur Tim Hsu first started making lamps more than 20 years ago in Taiwan. And like tens of thousands of other factory ...

Child Table And Chairs

PONTIAC -- At the ripe old age of 11, Ashley Cosme had begun to have some misgivings about Santa Claus. But Sunday, there was no doubt in Ashley's mind when a man in a red suit arrived at her front door bearing giant sacks of presents, bags of ...

Mary Donovan knows theres need in Easton. Shes seen it first-hand as president of the St. Vincent de Paul Society at Immaculate Conception Church in North Easton. She remembers two young parents living with three children, a newborn, a 1-year ...

Kids Chairs

The manufacturer said there have been more than 1,000 reports of parts falling off, including the seat back. There have also been dozens of injuries, including head bruises and broken bones. The high chairs were sold at Toys-R-Us, Babies-R-Us ...

Camp Chairs

Newly released photos of SS officers sitting in canvas chairs, participating in sing-alongs and enjoying their free time at a recreation home near Auschwitz have shocked many in Germany this week. Twelve SS auxiliaries sit happily on a fence railing ...

The Sampson County Sheriffs office and the Clinton City Police Department were abnormally busy Tuesday, booking in excess of 70 residents as part of a fund raising lock-up. A jail and bail event raised $33,044.23 for the Muscular Dystrophy ...

Kitchen Tables

Across the country's kitchen tables, this recession is written in cutbacks, layoffs -- and pure worry. Across the country's kitchen tables, this recession is written in cutbacks, layoffs and pure worry. (ABC News Photo Illustration) Job ...

Sybyl's Holiday Wish List is a collaborative effort among human service agencies and The Flint Journal, coordinated by the Resource Center. We encourage Journal readers to consider these gift requests so people in need will be remembered at the ...

Furniture Outlets

British Airways and Virgin Atlantic Airways are cutting their fuel surcharges because of the falling price of oil, the companies said yesterday. The reductions apply on tickets purchased beginning today, and the airlines are not offering refunds to ...

Jim and Liz Reego have been selling La-Z-Boy furniture locally for nearly 15 years, and they're not sitting back during these tough economic times. Monroe, Mich.-based La-Z-Boy Inc. has been losing money, cutting jobs and shuttering stores amid a ...

Bathroom Furniture

If you've ever walked into a Macy's, or a Publix, or an El Dorado Furniture, or a Home Depot, or a SunTrust, or a Pollo Tropical, or any one of about 3,000 businesses across South Florida, you've heard what Bob Pearl does for a living. Pearl runs ...

Massage Table

An 11-year-old Rhode Island girl has died from injuries caused when she crashed through a glass coffee table in her home. Police say Christiana Sarty was home alone Thursday with her 8-year-old sister when she either fell or jumped through the table ...

Living Room Furniture

Chicago - The Chicago furniture store Mig and Tig donated custom pieces for the popular ABC television show 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.' CHICAGO, IL -- Chicago contemporary furniture store Mig and Tig recently announced that it donated furniture ...

Make a lovely retreat for family and friends with these easy tricks from decorator Stephen Saint-Onge in the December issue of Better Homes and Gardens magazine. A new wall color, furniture rearrangement and a comfy reading area make this room guest ...

Kitchen Tables

"Question of the Day" right now. Theres a conversation taking place at kitchen tables all across America. What do we do with our money now? After the biggest financial collapse since the Great Depression, chances are half your net worth had been ...

When it comes to the crusade against global warming and greenhouse gases, nothing, it seems, is sacred. Not even cow farts. Under a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in April 2007, greenhouse gases are now considered pollutants under the provisions of the ...

Window Coverings

Dear Jim: I should replace my windows to save energy, but with the bad economy, I cannot afford more debt. Is installing insulating window shades or curtains a viable option and which types are best? -- Megan J. Dear Megan: Windows account for a ...

Lexington Medical Center Grounds Manager Earns Professional Certification West Columbia, S.C. Lexington Medical Center Grounds Manager Marion ... Wave Goodbye to Flabby Arms With Slimming Sleeves Shapewear LegLuxe.com introduces a new way to get ...

Dining Room Furniture

BERKELEY The door of the bamboo kitchen cabinet glides open smoothly as customer Rick Unvarsky pulls the knob at the Berkeley Mills furniture showroomhere. "The hinges are durable," said Unvarsky. "That's a sign of quality." In a field notorious ...

ALGONQUIN Having explored the airy, 40,000-square-foot space that is the new Dania Furniture store in the Algonquin Galleria, shopper Jeff Jarvis paused. Were looking for more contemporary furniture and think this is about as close as we ...

Child Table And Chairs

MONTPELIER Last October, Sen. Doug Racine was talking to two young mothers about education and job training programs during a forum on child poverty in Burlington, when one of them stopped him mid-sentence. "I don't know where I'm going to be ...

*** Obama meets Gore: As first reported by NBCs Savannah Guthrie , the man who almost became president eight years ago (Al Gore) will meet today in Chicago at 1:00 pm ET with the man who will become president 42 days from now (Barack Obama). The ...

Baker Furniture

HIGH POINT - At the launch of a program to attract new furniture workers Wednesday, Bill Stange of Baker Furniture laid the problem plain and simple. "A lot of people aren't interested in a career in furniture anymore," he said. "They're scared."For ...

PEORIA- I like this concept of an all-stars comedy tour. Its like a sampler platter of comedians. You get a little taste of each of them, and you can decide which ones youd want to buy as a main entree when they filter back through town ...

Dining Furniture

Rifes Home Furniture has returned to the Valley River Center storefront it vacated in August 2006. And this time its owners have signed a five-year lease on the 16,000-square-foot space at the top of the malls escalator. The full-line furniture ...

Sauder Furniture

Connecticut Fairfield Bridgeport Farmers' Market I McLevy Green, Intersection, Bank and Main Streets Fridays 9am - 2pm, July 20 thru October 26 Farmers market Connecticut Fairfield Bridgeport Farmers' Market II United Congregational Church, 877 Park ...

Yet not all volunteers travel far to help hurricane victims rebuild their lives. Some of the most dedicated volunteers come from our own backyards, some of them storm victims themselves. Theres no way to fit into these pages the numerous locals ...