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HILLSIDE, N.J. - On July 28, 2015, Pollaro Custom Furniture, a maker of high-quality handmade furniture, expanded into its current workshop located at 480 Mundet Place, Hillside, New Jersey. The 60,000 sq. ft. facility is four times larger than the company’s previous space.

Requests for bathroom upgrades in the master bedroom involve spa-like conveniences, turning a utilitarian room into a peaceful retreat. Additions to bathroom in average homes include extra-big tubs, enough space for a chair and long counters.

January is home organization month and Jerry Egner, president of Closets By Design shares four home storage tips to share with your customers on how to get organized in 2016.

Chief Woodworker for Audeze, Jesse Zamora, takes us through the design of the rings for Audeze headphones.

Ellen Degeneres' Design Challenge show, in which furniture creators get an assist from carpenters to build new furniture designs, will return for a second season. The reality program hit a bump first season when the winning entry, a desk by woodworker Tim McClellan of Western Heritage Furniture, was withdrawn following charges its design was copied.

Millar Western Forest Products says it sold its Boyle sawmill operations to Northland Forest Products, effective December 22 for $30 million plus working capital. It is still scheduled for closure next month.

Creating wood-based materials for industrial-scale 3D printing of furniture and other wood products is the aim of the Would Wood project. Launched under a funding program by the Swedish government, it will develop integrated material and production concepts.

FDMC magazine's Will Sampson looks at key wood manufacturing technology and tools from 2015, with examples of each. "It was a good year for the woodworking industry and an especially good year for innovations in tools for professional woodworking," says Sampson. "All these tools represent significant advances in their categories."

Residential furniture orders saw slight gains in October, boding well for the industry which saw its 17-month string of year-over-year growth come to a halt in September. The latest survey of residential furniture manufacturers and distributors by High Point accounting and consulting firm Smith Leonard saw October new orders increase 1 percent over 2014 figures.