Merchant A-Z

Spring furniture lines offer classics, new spins (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)

These are hard times for the furniture industry, but the government hasn’t offered a bailout – and the new collections and ideas keep coming. Here’s a diverse collection of highlights that may be finding its way to retailers by spring.

N.J. housing market slide provides opportunity for first-time buyers (El Nuevo)

In a wooded neighborhood of Raritan Township, Sarah Nojiri walks through an empty colonial with a dining room big enough to fit the large furniture her grandmother gave her.

Find room's focal point before placing furniture, accessories (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

DEAR GAIL: Help! I just inherited everything from my grandmother's house and have no idea how to place it in my rooms. Where do I start? -- Darlene

Couple’s Philadelphia condo is like ‘living in the clouds’ (The Oklahoman)

PHILADELPHIA — Sometimes, when Randee Spelkoman Ryan looks around her condominium at the Ayer, nine floors above Philadelphia’s Washington Square, she thinks, "I’m living in the clouds.”And no wonder.In the living room alone, views from six large windows — 7 feet by 4 feet — sweep across not just the historic park but also the Delaware River, the Ben Franklin Bridge, Independence Mall and the ...

DIVINE DESIGN: Big family meals need plush, lush seating for all (Rocky Mountain News)

A couple with a large extended family that loves to eat required the perfect dining room.