Archive for August, 2010
South Shore Furniture Cosmos Collection Twin Mates Bed
South Shore Mates Bed Box, Cosmos, Contemporary, Black Onyx and Charcoal. This mates bed box with its Black Onyx and Charcoal laminated finish provides a distinctly modern edge. Three spacious drawers provide ample storage for a large variety of items. Brushed nickel handles are complementing this item. The graphic and industrial design is in-line with one of the most sought-after looks, and the colors have been chosen to reflect the tastes of today’s trendiest people.
South Shore Furniture Cosmos Collection Twin Mates Bed. This Shaker-style twin bed coordinates with many home decors. Crafted of engineered composite wood panels that carry the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification, the bed is designed for durability and eco friendliness. Simple yet distinct brushed nickel handles and a stylized decorative kickplate add decorative finishing touches.
Three built-in drawers add useful bedside storage. For coordinating furniture pieces, see the entire South Shore Cosmos collection, as well other South Shore collections in like colors. Each piece is sold separately. The mate’s bed box is covered by a 5-year warranty on parts and materials. Like all South Shore Mate’s Beds, the weight capacity is 500 pounds. Some easy assembly is required on arrival. Overall, the bed measures 76-1/4 inches long by 40-1/4 inches wide by 13-3/4 inches high.
South Shore Furniture Step One Collection Full/Queen Platform Bed
For European sophistication in bedroom décor, South Shore Furniture offers this platform bed frame from their Step One collection. The platform bed’s design accommodates either a 54-inch full or 60-inch queen mattress. With its lustrous pure black finish and low height, the platform frame suits contemporary and classical interior design motifs alike. The bed frame not only provides a supportive, stylish base to set a mattress upon, but it also offers two drawers inside the platform for stowing pajamas, an extra blanket, or pillow shams.
The platform frame is constructed out of laminated engineered wood and completely recycled fibers. Each drawer opens with a pull to its metal handle, rolling with ease on the metal tracks. To ensure safe drawer opening and closing, the slides come equipped with dampers and stops. The platform frame fits together with a matching headboard, available for additional purchase, along with additional Step One collection furniture pieces.
Likewise, the bed frame requires the separate acquisition of a mattress. The bed frame arrives shrink-wrapped and ready for adult home assembly. In the event of defective parts or workmanship, South Shore offers a limited five-year warranty after online product registration. The bed frame measures 80-1/2 inches long by 61-4/5 inches wide by 9 inches high and weighs 136 pounds.
Features
- Contemporary, low platform bed frame for full or queen mattress; 2 roomy storage drawers built into platform
- Environmentally Preferred Product (EPP) certified construction of engineered recycled wood and fibers with black finish; metal handles
- Metal slides, with dampers and stops, ensure smooth, safe opening and closing of drawers
- Adult assembly required; in addition the separate purchase of mattress, assorted matching bedroom pieces, including a headboard, are available
- Bed frame measures 80-1/2 inches long by 61-4/5 inches wide by 9 inches high and weighs 136 pounds; 5-year manufacturer warranty
Manhattan Headboard Espresso
From Ready-to-Assemble furniture leader Prepac’s Manhattan bedroom collection, this headboard serves as more than a pretty backrest to a full- or queen- sized mattress. The headboard features three built-in compartments for stashing bedside essentials, like an alarm clock, bedside reading, and eyeglasses, or other decorative touches such as framed photographs. In the center compartment, an adjustable shelf enables the user to divide the space to better organize and display smaller items.
The flat, profiled MDF top further extends the headboard’s storage space with its 11-inch deep surface. The headboard is crafted out of composite wood and Melamine laminate. Prepac offers a matching storage platform bed frame and other complementary espresso-finished bedroom pieces. Shipped flat with foam injection packaging, the headboard comes with all necessary hardware for adult assembly. To clean the headboard, wipe with a damp cloth. Take care not to spill drinks on the MDF as it is not waterproof and will disintegrate if exposed to excess moisture.
Likewise, use a coaster if setting a beverage in one of the storage compartments. Do not finish or varnish the headboard as it already has a laminate finish. For faulty parts, consumers benefit from a one-year, free part replacement program. Prepac covers this item with a 5-year limited warranty. Once assembled, the headboard measures 65-3/4 inches wide by 11 inches deep by 43 inches high and weighs 73 pounds.
Designed to fit either a double or queen bed, this 11″ deep bookcase style headboard has three compartments which provide ample space for bedside reading material, clocks etc. The central compartment also has an adjustable shelf. All it needs is a double or queen bed frame and the bed! Constructed from a combination of high quality, laminated composite woods, with attractive profiled MDF top and moldings. Coordinate with other Prepac espresso furniture from our Manhattan or Regency collections.
Transforming Your Bedroom With Simple Idea
Sometimes everyone needs a change. Blue, like such a good idea at the time just seemed not seem quite right. Bright colors are so alive in the spring and summer just the gray winter, the feeling of that much more bleak. Kids grow up and the cartoon character blankets that they should have just a few years ago, is now something they horrified if their friends knew that they would be.
Whether your desire for change is tailored to the seasons, or you do not like the look of your bedroom for years not changed, you may find that you do not have the budget for a total room makeover. Also see, because you know that your children will change flavor of each year, you may not want a huge investment if you make changes her bedroom. With a Kit Bag Bed, you will discover that you do not spend too much, make a big difference.
The first simple changes you can make is to choose a neutral color for the walls and carpet. Beige or off-white walls and carpet to create a similar neutral color palette for the design of your bedroom. Add traditional furniture to the mix – something that is simple and functional, but never could find out of fashion – and you to convert your bedroom is not only remarkably easy to make and fun but also expensive.
More than just buying a new springs or a new comforter set that invest in a bed in a bag that allows you to change everything about the way your bedroom feel – not only how it will look like.
Create want a bedroom that is more grown up for your children? Try a bed in a bag with a dolphin theme – a comforter, matching sheet and pillowcase. With a bed in a bag, you are not finding that care of the leaves quilt game. You will not have to worry about picking up full-size sheet size, and two springs. Everything is there in one place.
Even if you can not decide, on a single color to you, a bedroom converted to consider a set bed in a bag that a striped blanket, pillow covers, bed linen. Add to throw a perfect carpet to get a particular color, and you can change the look – all without spending a fortune to complete.
Of course there are other ways to display your bedroom as well as to transform them. You can tell that there is a special comforter that you love – perhaps something like a damask. But perhaps there is a problem. Perhaps in the winter, you love the possibility that the bordeaux shade captures the light, but as spring and summer creep, you realize that with the different lights shine seems completely wrong or do not seem to be there.
Do you give up on Comforter love you? Not when it’s available in other colors. If the same is in a light blue damask available, for example, you are able, in a second quilt invest – Swap it with the change of seasons. Change to cast your comforter, pillow cases, bed ruffle, and your pillow and you’ll find a whole new look.
Or if you do not want to buy a second cover of the same style, why not consider a large quilt to cover your comforter for the season? A different color, lace, instead of something serious, just by covering your spokesperson you turn a whole new look – the space made with almost anything, can prepare for all and all for one low price.
Making a big change in your bedroom doesn’t have to mean spending a lot of money. A Bed in a Bag, a new comforter set: these simple changes, along with rearranging the furniture can allow you to create a drastic change on a minimal budget. Whether your kids are looking for a change, because out of the bedroom, where you have read them stories and put them, or if you just do not want to look at the colors or patterns grown in your bedroom, it’s good to know that you are not caught are: all, if this need, a simple change and space is to be transformed.
Tips for Designing Your Own Landscape
Designing your own landscape, can be both exciting and challenging. If you are considering such a project, here are some practical ideas and suggestions.
Planning the Project
Planning your landscape design is the first and most important step. Take the time to gather the information you will need to make your decisions on the elements you wish to include in your landscape design. Will you want a deck, patio, foot paths, walkways, a pond? What type of plants, trees, flowers, and ground cover will you want to use? You should research books, articles, and landscape design magazines to help you make these decisions. This will pay off in the end by saving you money, time, and frustration, enabeling you end up with a beautifully finished project to be proud of.
The Design
The landscape design is your next step. You will need to make a layout of the area to be landscaped, as close to scale as possible, and with accurate measurements. Many landscape design planning guides that will give you step-by-step instructions are available on the internet for free, and books or eBooks are abundant. Once your landscape design layout is done you can began to place your elements on the layout pad.
This should be your first or preliminary plan and as you progess, changes can be transfered to your secondary or updated plans. Changing your mind often is just fine. After all this is just on paper at this point and you have not spent any money or performed any labor yet. Experimenting with a few plans is necessary before you come up the final landscape design. A well planned landscape will never look the same in different seasons. Plan your landscape design to change with the seasons. You should attempt to design your landscape as maintenance free as possible.
Landscape Design Software
If it is hard for you to visualize your finished landscape design by just looking at your layout, there is some very good landscape design software available. Much of the landscape design software was originally developed for professional landscapers, but since has been modified for the beginner who wants to do-it-themselves. There are many do-it-yourslef landscape design software programs available today.
Landscape design software lets you see a virtual picture of the landscape design and enables you to move items around and see the changes you make come to life. Some software allows you to import a photo of your home or building and designs the landscape around the photo.
Most landscape design software programs offer advise on using and placing the many different elements available today in your landscape design. A well designed landscape will always change with time, abd some of the landscape design software available will allow you to view your landscape as it matures. You can see what it will look like 5 or 10 years from now when the trees have grown and the plants matured.
Gardens
Many people like to incorparate a garden in their landscape design. Gardens can be tucked away in the corner of an area, or be the focal point of the entire landscape design. Gardens can even be stragecly placed among the plants, flowers and trees so they blend in with the entire landscape design. If you like to garden, dont overlook all the garden design possiblities when planning your landscape design.