P.H. Reed » pieter http://www.phreed.com Home Furniture and Design - Portland, Oregon Sun, 16 Oct 2011 21:06:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 New trends in furniture http://www.phreed.com/blog/new-trends-in-furniture/ http://www.phreed.com/blog/new-trends-in-furniture/#comments Fri, 06 Mar 2009 06:44:23 +0000 pieter http://www.phreed.com/?p=243 With people starting to downsize, the big overstuffed furniture may be a thing of the past. Having visited the furniture markets regularly, I have been noticing that many of our furniture designers and manufacturers are reducing the scale of upholstery pieces.

Our line by Focus One Home offers quite a few different styles that are smaller in scale and multi-functional, for example a sofa and ottoman can convert to a sofa/chaise just by flipping the seat cushions.

Modular seating has come back in full force (remember the 70’s?). With space at a premium, make room for an expanded dining table with ease by just moving part of your seating, and still have a cohesive look.

And speaking of dining tables, it started with the Italians, and now many manufacturers have devised clever ways for tables to expand. Bontempi Casa as seen in our showroom, created a unique way of just pulling out one end of the table, and out comes the extension that pops-up to align with the top then two more people can enjoy your culinary creations.

I look forward to sharing more with you soon.

Pieter

]]> http://www.phreed.com/blog/new-trends-in-furniture/feed/ 0