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.
Plywood plants operating in densely populated residential areas of Perumbavor remain the target of protests by citizens over air and water pollution concerns.
Minnis Woodworking, an Iowa custom woodshop destroyed by a fire, acquired a 20,000 sq.ft. plant in St. Ansgar, IA. As it relocates, Minnis will add commercial millwork to its residential cabinetry business.
What's hot? A mixed bag for sure, beginning with a video of a new table saw safety device brake and continuing with a most interesting expanding table, IKEA TV spoof by Conan O'Brien and rough-cut video of a one-man robotic cabinet shop in Quebec City.
Oak plank doors sawn, planed and joined in Middle Earth's pre-industrial woodshops give "The Hobbit" warren its signature comfort quarters. Circular doors and matching jig-sawn door frames are pegged into place. Joint and tenon furnishings abound.
Furniture Brands International, a leading importer and manufacturer of wood and upholstered furniture, received warning that it must improve its stock price or risk being delisted from the new York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
EPA clean air standards for industrial boilers, Incinerators and some kilns include were issued the Friday before Christmas. They set numerical standards for small particle emissions,
U.S. office furniture manufacturing, weakened over the past five years by recession and changing workstyles, is now poised for sustained growth. Business improvement and increased hiring will result in a 3.6% revenue rise, to $20.6 billion in 2012