Allanna Bell, owner of Optimization Dolls (Opmdolls), which specializes in closet design, became a featured designer on a popular HGTV show, Married to Real Estate, after a direct message on Instagram.
Although new residential furniture orders dropped 1% in May compared to 2024, they are up 11% compared to April figures, according to the July issue of Furniture Insights. Orders, however, are down 3% for the year-to-date, compared to last year.
MasterBrand Inc. and American Woodmark Corp. have entered into a definitive agreement whereby MasterBrand will combine with American Woodmark via an all-stock merger valued at $3.6 billion. Upon closing, American Woodmark will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of MasterBrand.
In a letter to President Trump, the coalition highlighted that U.S. trade laws had added eight billion board feet of production capacity and produced an additional 30 billion board feet of softwood since 2016.
Royal Custom Designs, a manufacturer of high-end furniture to the biggest hotel chains in the United States — including President Donald Trump’s privately held hotels — is going out of business and laying off its workers.
The small-scale timber building kit is designed to help vocational schools, training programs, and unions educate and train construction workforce on the emerging use of mass timber.