Koa is an exotic hardwood prized for use in furniture and musical instruments such as guitars.
The company, which started out in furniture, focused on customer service and low prices.
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But perhaps the most interesting contributor is the increase in furniture and furnishings for home staging.
There was also real growth in furniture and construction materials, not bad for a country with a cooling housing market.
They are employed in furniture, carpeting, bedding, textiles, electronics and plastics to reduce the risk of ignition and slow down the rate at which things burn.
At the time this case was initiated, the same U.S. furniture producers who were petitioning for relief from imports from China were investing in furniture operations in other countries.
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There are several possible contributors to the growth in furniture and home furnishings sales including new constructions that were delayed, frustrations with old furniture that should have been replaced earlier, etc.
Their interior design collaboration with India Mahdavi for Paris's Thoumieux hotel and its two restaurants also started with a typeface, which then grew into a motif that showed up in furniture, lighting and brass hardware.
In furniture, you will find Ikea stores.
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You are not seeing these crazy prices for furniture makers like George Nakashima anymore, but he will remain a blue-chip name in American furniture in the future, regardless of the vagaries of the market right now.
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None of these advances, however, could match those of a certain Mr. Milward, who in 1866 was in the furniture business in London.
He installed pine floors from the same era found at demolition sites, and put in period furniture he collected over his long stay in Shanghai.
But look a little closer and you will notice several changes, including sensors and displays embedded in the furniture, which know when you arrive in the office and will automatically bring up your computer settings.
He grew up in a rundown suburb of Cleveland, where his father struggled with deadbeat clients in the furniture-refinishing business and saw their house plummet in value when the neighborhood was hit by white flight, he says.
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If she's currently employed at another nearby hotel, check into the hotel where she now works for a night, run your fingers along the top of the picture frames checking for dust, open every drawer and cupboard in every piece of furniture in the room, and spend several minutes crawling around in the floor in your room looking under things.
She brings in rented furniture, flowers and other accessories and sets up rooms in that perfectly manicured way that makes you wish you lived there.
Last month (January 2013), the Commerce Department issued its preliminary determination in the 7th annual administrative review in the Furniture case, which includes a discussion about the Chinese companies reviewed in the proceeding.
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In the furniture galleries, handsome chests stand solemnly side by side and chairs by master craftsmen are lined up in straight rows for serious inspection.
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It had built-in wooden furniture, not flimsy tin dressers, and the bed was solid.
Neither had extensive experience in the furniture industry, let alone running a company.
One mother of two, a woman named Kathy Proctor, had worked in the furniture industry since she was 18 years old.
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Around town artisan shops, most specializing in handmade furniture or sweet treats like doce de leite, a local caramel, dot the tranquil streets.
The creator of the lobster case is an Australian named Elliot Gorham who, with his design company Noddy Boffin, specializes in contemporary furniture and lighting.
Indeed, one recent analysis, using data from a National Institute of Justice arson study, showed flame retardants in upholstered furniture can provide valuable escape time.
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Sitting in street furniture provided by the city and surrounded by mazes of freshly painted bike paths, Sadik-Khan shared her plans to make New York a bike-centric city for commuters.
If this is the Portland version of "The Odd Couple, " Mr. Zehetbauer, a 52-year-old woodworker and partner in a furniture company, would be the "Felix" character, as he pays meticulous attention to details.
And although it is true, as loggers argue, that extracting old, slow-growing trees and preserving their carbon in expensive furniture may represent a net sequestration opportunity, high levels of wastage make the argument less convincing.
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Top-quality luxury materials (a signature Holly Hunt element) were a main focus of the design the rooms feature thick linens, cotton velvet and leather in the furniture and window coverings, darkened bronze for the door hardware, and bleached and stained oak and walnut wood used around the fireplaces.
Finalists: Patricia Callahan, Sam Roe and Michael Hawthorne of the Chicago Tribune for their exposure of manufacturers that imperil public health by continuing to use toxic fire retardants in household furniture and crib mattresses, triggering reform efforts at the state and national level, and Alexandra Zayas of the Tampa Bay Times, St.
The plunge-pool-equipped Windward Pavilions are the largest (1, 291 square feet) of Qualia's 60 accommodations, and also lean heavily on views for decoration--floor-to-ceiling windows bring the blue sea in, with a counterpoint of contemporary furniture in similar shades.
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