Home Mortgage Sweepstakes*
Live Better. Live Easier.
Its time to fall in love with your home again. This September, celebrate National Home Furnishings Month by entering for a chance to have your home mortgage 
Simply go to this link to enter and win: www.homeyet.com/AffordableFurnitureLLC
Plus, look for additional special values offered during retail sales week, September 18-26.
Make home, home again.
*Rules apply.
Home Mortgage Sweepstakes Rules
N PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. Sweepstakes is open for participation in the United States only to all legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, who are 18 years of age or older at time of entry. Void in Puerto Rico and where prohibited by law. Promotion begins at 12:00am (PT) on September 1, 2010 and ends at 11:59pm (PT) on September 30, 2010. Prize will be awarded as a check in the amount of $24,000 cash, based upon an average monthly home morgage expense of $2,000 per month for twelve (12) months. For details and Official Rules, go to http://www.homeyet.com/sweepstakesrules.
Aniline leather sofas are some of the highest quality sofas you can purchase. The aniline dying process tints the leather used to make the leather sofa all the way through, so even if you get a scratch, the leather underneath the top layer is still the same color.
For your DIY Indoor or Outdoor pillows and cushions, accent decorative pillows, should match or correspond to the colors used in your outdoor umbrellas, cushions or any accessory in your room . Choose corresponding cushion colors or add a burst of color to spruce up your outdoor furniture area. Remnant fabrics are recomended which are available in hundreds of solids, stripes, jacquards and decorative patterns, Sunbrella is the leader in outdoor furniture fabrics. If your choosing to make an indoor cushion, any fabric will do as long as it has some weight to it. Recomended stores are Joanne's Fabrics. I buy all my fabrics there. You will also want a Poly Fill fillow that is pre-made.
Seat cushions are a great way to quickly update your room with a new look without spending too much money. Many bargins can be found in your local closeout dealers like Big Lots, TJMaxx Home Goods, or Marshalls. You'll often find brand name home decor items at very low prices up to 75% off from regular priced retail shops. I never mind shopping at those places, because everyone has their own style, and thank goodness furniture trends are not as volitile as fashion trends. So you'll likely to find season appropriate colors and materials when your shopping at those places. For instance if your shopping during the fall, your more likely to find microfibers, leathers, and other soft and comfy fabric lined pillows in autumn colors and holiday prints rather than in the summer time you'll find lighter fabrics, like linens, fabrics, polyesters, satin pillow, etc in lighter and brighter shades. My favorite time to shop for pillows woudl definately be summer since all the bright colors will be out and I can experiment with Reds, Corals, Lime Greens, etc. Something fun to dress up that borring beige sofa! Another great way is to go to your local fabric store, where you'll often find great deals on remnants upholstery fabrics, which are end pieces from other projects that they mark down at deep discounts to close them out. You'll usually need 1/2 yard material for each pillow. So have fun with it and stay tuned, the next topic is how to make your own Pillows and Cushions!
* Avoid creating marks on your furniture by placing a piece of felt, cloth or leather under accessories.
Complementary Scheme 
Related Scheme 
Monochromatic Scheme 
You Don't have to be an artist to use color effectively if you understand the relationship of colors to each other 
Veneered Wood Furniture 
Solid Wood Furniture 
The word "solid" as used in the furniture industry may be confusing because both types - solid and veneered - are of solid wood construction.
Wood Preparation 
Woods for Exterior Surface 
How the Wood Is Used
Softwood 
Hardwood
Every wood has a distinctive grain structure. Woods such as white and red oak, ash and walnut have "open-pores". These woods have small holes in their surface that give the piece a textural quality. When a stain is applied to this type of surface, the stain tends to collect in the "open-pores" and appears darker than the rest of the piece. Tight grained woods include maple, alder, and cherry. These woods are smooth to the touch and can take finish evenly.
Each type of wood has characteristics to be considered when building a piece of furniture. Some are very hard and durable; some are flexible and suitable for bending. "Hardwood" is a term applied to trees that lose their leaves in winter. "Softwood" describes evergreens such as fir, pine and redwood. The actual durability a wood is described in a range from very soft to very hard.
