Bamboo products design, Zhuyun series on furniture and furnishing.

“竹韵新语”系列，竹家具和竹家居用品设计。

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With over 240 stores in 34 countries. IKEA is one of the biggest furniture and home furnishing retailer in the word.

宜家是世界上最大的家具和家庭装饰用品零售商之一，在34国家中有超过240家门店。

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Now, home furnishing design of a popular "to buy furniture, decoration" trend, it requires the designer to the owners first confirm the style of furniture and model problem.

现在，家居设计流行一种“先买家具、后装修”的潮流，这就更要求设计师要与业主先大致确定一下家具的风格与型号等问题了。

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But after the recession ended, in 2010 and even more strongly in the first part of 2011, both the furniture and home furnishing industries have significantly improved.

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Many of those gains were seen in department stores, furniture outlets and home furnishing stores, the trade group said.

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Since opening its first American store in 1985, the low-cost furniture seller now counts 38 stores and has become the second biggest home furnishing company in the US, behind Ashley Furniture.

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