A few years ago, Greg Hankerson was an investment banker in Phoenix with a problem. No, not a problem at work. A problem at home. His wife wanted a patio, and Hankerson was too cheap to buy her one. This need eventually drove Hankerson out of the world of high finance and into business manufacturing […]
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Post Gazette: Psychoanalysis, the treatment originated by Sigmund Freud more than a century ago that requires patients to lie on a couch and say whatever comes to mind, has been battered in recent years by everything from antidepressants to skepticism to managed care that doesn’t pay for such long-term therapy. So who in his right
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Coolthings: Made by Korean pet-centric brand mPup and designed by Seungji Mun, the seating furniture features an armrest/mini-table that doubles as a comfy dog house. Viewed from the front or back, you won’t even notice the existence of a dog house — just a very stylish couch with a contemporary design.
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By Gordon is a product development company that specializes in high quality, custom-crafted items for the home. I recently had a chance to speak with the owner Chad Gordon about the company and their new product, a wine chandelier. What is By Gordon? Whether your personal design style is traditional, contemporary, mid-century modern or country
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LubockOnline: Krystal O’Mara can see the art and the utilitarian in the wheel of a bicycle. Her new business, called ReMain EcoDesign, was featured in the August issue of Entrepreneur magazine because of its unique niche in the home furnishings marketplace. She uses rims, spokes, hubs — essentially the entire bicycle — to make hourglass
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This looks neat. It’s a children’s dresser with drawers designed to look like the clothing that you put in them. The informative drawers create an engaging dresser for kids and an iconic furniture piece for parents. Well considered and well made. The dresser is hand crafted and packaged with care in Eastern Washington by the
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A new company, Lumi Co, has created a unique printing process that makes it possible to print images on natural materials. According to Inventor Spot, this eco-friendly technique is called the Lumi Process. The engineers of the Lumi Process are Art Center College of Design students Jesse Genet (the inventor) age 23, and Stephan Angoulvant
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You’ve opened the presents. Sipped the nog. Hot-tubbed in champagne. And so, as the new year quickly becomes just “the year,” there’s only one tradition left to check off your list. We’re talking, of course, about turning your Christmas tree into a footstool, the UrbanDaddy newsletter reports. Introducing The Christmas Tree Project, a pop-up concept
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PatriotLedger.com: A Luigi Brusotti 1938 consul mirror, a set of 1950s Italian dining chairs and a vintage pen holder vaguely reminiscent of ET’s spaceship fill some of the nooks and crannies of Peter Levis’s BG Galleries, an antiques and vintage furniture store in Hingham. Levis specializes in Italian, French and American designer furniture from the
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One of the oldest professions around is furniture making. It takes a lot of creativity, patience and knowledge to create a piece of furniture that is not only beautiful but will stand up to the test of time. No one would know this better than Jody Racicot. Like all craftsmen, his business had to start
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