Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Buying new may not be all it’s cracked up to be right now in home furnishings. If you’ve ordered furniture in the past year or so, ...

Belffin notes that rising reupholstery costs are influencing consumer interest in furniture designed for long-term adaptability. Modular furniture systems allow users to replace covers, adjust layouts ...

There are two different types of decorators – those who like to repair and repurpose furniture, and those who see a damaged chair or table and decide it's time to replace it with something new. But ...

Craig Goldstein has a passion for using his artistic talents to take something old and make it beautiful again. Goldstein, the owner of Ultimate Reupholstery in Long Grove, learned the upholstery ...

Being able to upholster something at home is an incredibly useful skill. Once you learn to reupholster a chair, you can turn all kinds of thrift store throwaways into useful, good-looking furniture. A ...

In the age of mass-produced “fast furniture,” you’re lucky if you can find, say, an armchair that’s well-built and stylish, or stylish and wallet-friendly. Rarely, if ever, said the pros we polled for ...

Designer Philip Thomas Vanderford had a homeowner's slipper chairs reupholstered in York Castle/Blue fabric by Lee Jofa. When you give new life to old furnishings, you also get something uniquely you.

Before: This vintage wing back chair was beautifully crafted but had seen better days. After: Updating its original frame and applying leopard cut velvet grospoint fabric, Zimman’s transformed this ...

Most people who go to Cape Cod on vacation come home with something like a shark snow globe or cranberry-scented soap. A few years ago, I drove back from the beach with a yellow club chair wedged into ...

Living in England as a student and traveling to other countries in Europe always left me marveling at the wonderful history and architecture found in those historic countries. The respect shown for ...