Brian Greenberg

Management

5 things every small business owner needs in 2016

There’s cause for business owners to be optimistic for the year ahead. But that optimism depends upon how agile, adaptable, creative and resourceful entrepreneurs can be in planning for, or reacting to, market conditions, revenue and brand-building opportunities and other key concerns, and how well they maintain a forward-thinking mindset.
By Brian Greenberg, January 11, 2016 | 2:53 pm CST
Oppein

Closets

ERP software helps Chinese cabinets & closets maker speed production

In the past few years, the furniture industry — and the customized furniture industry in particular — has seen rapid, even explosive growth. Huge ads for major furniture brands can be seen in public venues everywhere, including airports, train stations, and along highways. The Oppein brand, a trendsetter in furniture customization, has undergone more than a decade of rapid development to become a benchmark enterprise in the customized furniture industry.
January 11, 2016 | 12:23 pm CST
Dunn-Edwards-Paints2016.jpg

Closets

5 top color palettes for home design in 2016

LOS ANGELES -- The start of a new year always brings a look at trending colors and paints that will be most popular. According to several companies, colors in the pink family will be trendy in 2016, but Sara McLean, color marketing manager for Dunn-Edwards Paints, takes a further look at what's expected to be the hottest color palettes of 2016, many of which are influenced by fashion, art, lifestyle and history.
By Michaelle Bradford, January 11, 2016 | 10:37 am CST
Jared Patchin

Cabinets

Jared Patchin: 10 years of home remodeling, bookcases, desks and closets

My wife and I just wrapped up a huge house remodel that has been ongoing since 2005. I wanted to blog about different aspects of the design and construction of the house remodel itself and about the dozens of little details that go along with a remodel that make a house uniquely yours but before I do here is a look back at what we've done over the last 10 years.
By Jared Patchin, January 11, 2016 | 9:11 am CST

Furniture

Wood and steel: Iron Age Office launches furniture production business

Iron Age Office is a joint collaboration between Sean Dineen and Michael Stephens. With Stephen’s extensive experience as a 2nd generation steel fabricator and Dineen’s influential upbringing in the “steel city” (Sheffield England), the two share a passion for fabricating raw materials into beautiful, bold structures.
By Bill Esler, January 10, 2016 | 10:09 pm CST