Dinec – Create, Harmonize & Personalize

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Today, I’m excited to introduce yet another amazing furniture manufacturer included in our wonderful assortment of vendors, Dinec.  Their product line includes Dining, Living & Entertainment as well as Bedroom.    This innovative collection comes with the highest manufacturing quality, has a focus on the utilization of supplies that are green friendly, and all the customizable/personalized options which make it perfect for a broad range of interior design styles from very traditional through contemporary.  It’s your choice!

“Established in 1991, Dinec™ is a Canadian manufacturer specializing in the design, conception, production, assembly, finishing and marketing of medium to high end furniture using North-American solid birch. Our unique merchandising concept enhances your success in selling quality, personalized dining and bedroom furniture. The option to mix and match a variety of styles, colors, finishes and fabrics allows the customer to create a one time product. Visionary and committed to its clientele, Dinec™, with its personalization concept, is able to create new and innovative contemporary, modern, traditional and country designs.” (www.dinec.com)  

There are some amazing features built into all of their product:

They utilize a highly specialized finishing process whereas they apply 4 separate coats of finish (compared to industry standard of just 3) – and to make it even more durable and lasting, they employ a catalyzed lacquer varnish, “Dinashield” which further aids in protecting your furniture from spills and stains.  *(Dinec has even performed tests on various household products/staining agents which have proven that most have no affect on the finish.

To begin the exciting journey of designing your new custom Dinec furnishing, we invite you to our showroom to check out our new “Personalization Center” where  all the options  for finishes, fabrics/leathers, examples of different leg styles, edge treatments, knobs & pulls are presented in a very useable format.  Also, besides Dinec’s amazing product offerings, their technology is of the highest level – In fact, they even have an online “Personalization Center” available through their website (www.dinec.com) where the consumer can actually build their custom piece right on screen – make changes which are reflected real-time.  I encourage the clients that I work with to pull out a bottle of wine and hop onto www.dinec.com and simply play around with the online personalization center to come up with some examples of how their new dining table, bed, chairs etc. might look – then simply print it out with their options included to bring into the showroom and look at the actual materials & finishes they have selected.  It’s a really fun way to totally become involved in their own design process. 

***Now is the perfect opportunity to order a new dining collection to show off to your holiday guests and family visitors! (and the holidays are just around the corner!)

PH Reed proudly showcases Creative Elegance Furniture – a member of the Sustainable Furniture Council

“From its inception Creative Elegance has had a definite bias towards Modern / Contemporary styling. Cleanness of line and simplicity of design has allowed the quality of our work and the precision of our craft to shine through. It has afforded us the opportunity to flourish against the backdrop of “me too” copycats and designs contrived in spirit and execution. Our ability to customize pieces to meet the needs of clients is another example of the strong sense of service and support we bring to our relationships. This is something you won’t find with products manufactured in China or other foreign countries” (www.creativeelegance.com)

Pieter Reed (Owner) and I last year made the decision to make a major investment in Creative Elegance by showcasing a gallery of amazingly designed collections by in this amazing product line after showing only a few pieces from their various collections over the past 13 years. Their designs have always been quite architectural and of the most select/premium materials and year after year we are both most impressed with the new designs they add to their product line-up. A great example of this is the new dresser/vanity (or desk) combination introduced at the last Las Vegas World Market in February 2009. Talk about form and function – I anticipate a huge response for this piece and am excited that we will be showcasing it in the store beginning the week of April 27th. Either for the master bedroom, student’s bedroom or that spare room that has multiple uses. With many finish options, including introduction of exotic woods, it’s simple to make this piece your own!

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The Most Perfect Tables

The “Hydra Table” first appeared in Manhattan’s Soho district in 1996. Tired of hunching over work and meals at the coffee table in his small NY apartment, inventor/designer and President, Gary Gianakis sought to satisfy necessity by creating a table that could change in many ways. Made out of chrome and glass, he named it Hydra because it employs a hydraulic pump. The Hydra Table adjusts in height, spins, locks into position and rolls. Hydra is a table that turns sitting at the table into an event. Easy to assemble and handcrafted to order, the Hydra Table is the perfect companion. Previewed at the 1996 Interplan show in New York, Hydra caught the attention of furniture industry veterans and several publications including The Wall Street Journal, which wrote: The Hydra Table is really very clever. At a worldwide competition in Los Angeles, 1997 the Hydra Table won the Adex Award for Design Excellence. Bernie Abramson of Vogue Furniture, MN says: Best Product in the country, I can’t get them fast enough. More Hydra products such as the Hydra TV Stand and the Hydra Bar Table are continuous with the impetus of the original Hydra Table relying on hydraulic mechanism.

With just a few easy pumps of the foot lever the Hydra Table adjusts from coffee table height to dining height; or anywhere in between. Hydra Tables don’t just rise and lower they also spin and can lock into position. Spin over your lap for the perfect laptop work desk. If you choose to have wheels, then it will roll into any position you please. With the optional extension the height adjustment range is 21 inches to 29 inches.

The original “Hydra Table” has a standard height adjustment range of 17”-25″. Half-inch thick oval or circular glass tops raise and lower easily. Available in chrome or a distinctive hand brushed chrome finish. The base can also have a black texture finish with a grey ring. Glass shapes can be customized. Tops can also be made with Granite or DuPont Corian.

The “Hydra TV” stand will support most 27” television sets with room underneath for a VCR, DVD or DVR player. And yes, it can be used for a computer too. The glass top starts at 26” high rising to 34”. The stable five point base comes with five casters which allow the stand to be mobile, two are locking. Continue Reading Post

Sustainability in the Furniture Business

An emerging term heard around the Home Furnishings Community is Sustainability. What does this mean, how is it accomplished, and how is it affecting the look, feel, and price of the finished products? PH Reed has been exploring the policies and procedures with many of our vendors and found a few who best demonstrate sustainability.

We are proud of our long term relationship with Creative Elegance. They are a contemporary furniture manufacturing company based in Southern California. Privately owned and operated for 28 years, they are deeply concerned with creating and keeping jobs in within the community. All aspects of product design, from purchase of raw materials and manufacturing, to delivery and installation they are continually working to insure and maintain high quality standards.

Their clean contemporary designs for the home and office use many old world craftsmanship techniques and details, rich wood veneers, and a mix of solid, and/or manufactured wood framing.  Many of the increased costs of production (at home / not Asia) have been off-set by careful planning for the future, as well as buying and using less, and wasting fewer raw materials.  They are leading the way in lowering their carbon footprint and here are some of the specific areas in which they are excelling.

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