Penchant for antique furniture - Sourcing, a growing trend

There is nothing more satisfying to walk in a room of your House, lovingly and carefully furnished with an array of antiques, each with its ' own character and individuality. It takes your breath and fills you with joy, no matter how many times you lay eyes on them. But where does that they all come from? So far, individuals spent hours, even years, hunting high and low for the finish of their houses with antiques of their choice. In the troubled world today, people find that they have less time to do so. There was a boom in requesting a specialist source, but without the expensive furniture price a buyer ordered.

Castle rustic custom purchasing of furniture old and vintage and suppliers, have found that the requirements of the customers are changing. "We are find that our customers find what they want on our Web site and then say "Please find me one like that!, rather than buy everything what we have" stock."co-founder, Gail Marsh, reports. The propensity is leaning to appoint someone to the source of the furniture people don't have the time to buy themselves. It seems that those who seek this unique piece of furniture are finding what they want from the internet and then ask for it to be located by a specialist, as at Castle rustic on the same shoe as budget before. But how does it work?

"We have no markets or ask a deduction of any kind. Our customers Tell us what kind of furniture they are looking for and their budget. As We are out and about all the time in the hunt for that elusive song furniture for our Web site, we offer a service of duty no that, if we fall on what we think they may be looking for, that we send them images for them to make their choice, or we take the risk and buy it. We do not guarantee to find, however! On the rare occasion, something we
Search is not suitable for their purpose, we list on our Web site in our stock. We would never buy anything unless we loved and it suited our range of furniture. ' Adds Gail.

As more and more customers are asking for this hard-to-find-gem-of-a-piece, Castle Rustic may change their policy! For now, these small businesses
as Castle rustic, have personal loan and the zeal to keep scouring campaigns to find the antique lovers dream their furniture. Castle rustic brings you antique regardless of local products, individual and parts vintage furniture and home decor, accessories or the French origin and style and English and European origin. This eclectic mix focuses on a handful of deliciously diverse furniture which resulted in styles for all tastes. With echoes of Provençal, rustic, Régence,. Countries, Mas and castles, each item brings its ' own charm and story to tell. We also offer a sourcing service.

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Midcentury Furniture + Grandkid Nostalgia = Modern Trend

Open a design magazine or turn on a home decorating show these days, and it's clear: Midcentury modern is hot. It first showed up in the 1950s and '60s — think low-slung sofas, egg-shaped chairs and the set of Mad Men. My first midcentury modern find was a dining set I bought on Craigslist for $75. There was something about the clean lines and gentle curves of the wooden chairs that got me. I saw the name Drexel Declaration stamped under the table, Googled it and found a world of people in love with 60-year-old furniture.

"It's blazing hot. It really is," says Eddy Whitely, a midcentury modern furniture dealer in Baltimore. "People that are into it are into it." So who are those people? Let's start with who they aren't: baby boomers. According to Stacey Greer, Whitely's business partner, "They just don't want to look at it anymore, they want something different. They grew up with it and their parents had bought it, so they want anything but that. It's definitely more of a younger, urban look."

'People Tend To Like What Their Grandparents Liked'

Martina Alhbrandt loves finding and fixing up vintage pieces, things her parents would call dated or tacky. She's drawn to the simplicity of midcentury design. (She even keeps a blog called My Mid-Century Modern Life.) She describes the style as "clean and functional" and says it reminds her of the values of her grandparents' generation.

"My grandparents were very frugal," Alhbrandt says. "They worked hard and they bought things with cash. And if something were to break, like the drawer of a dresser were to break, they would fix it. They wouldn't just throw it away and go to Wal-Mart and buy a new one." According to Bobbye Tigerman, a curator of design at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, nostalgia is a big part of what's driving the trend. "People tend to like what their grandparents liked and reject the taste of their parents," she says.

That same thing happened with art deco a generation earlier. "In the late 1960s, art deco became very popular," Tigerman says. "And the term was actually coined in the '60s; it was not a term used in the 1920s." Similarly, back in the '50s, no one was talking about "midcentury modern" — not even the people who were there creating it.

Plenty Of Midcentury Supply

I tracked down Stewart MacDougall and Kipp Stewart, who designed my dining set. They're both well into their 80s and living in California. I was curious to know what they think of today's midcentury modern craze. It turns out, MacDougall has also been shopping. He's been visiting a site called 1stdibs because it sometimes lists his designs. He says he's bought a few pieces just for fun, but he's not sure why other people would want them. Finally, he settles on this explanation: "I think there is a huge market for nicely designed things."

When I tell Stewart, his design partner, that I see Drexel Declaration all over design blogs and in magazines, Stewart looks at me puzzled. "Really?" he asks. "Maybe because there's so much of it. It's just available." Stewart may be onto something: After World War II, home ownership surged. People who bought homes in the 1950s and '60s would now be in their 70s and 80s. Many no longer want or need houses full of furniture.

Whitely, the Baltimore dealer, says it hits him when he's driving through neighborhoods. "I just look at block after block after block of houses. There's a sofa in every single one of them; there are dining room chairs. So think about it, just the sheer numbers of furniture." That means there are still plenty of chances to find the perfect midcentury modern piece — and, if you're lucky, at the perfect price.

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Rebound furniture & Decor launches Vintage Design House

Bounce furniture & Decor (www.ReboundStores.com), a Southern California must for eclectic and furniture designer custom, decorative accessories, art, antiques, with upholstery outstanding services has announced the launch of "Rebound Vintage House of Design", an organized collection of various vintage furnishings top-cycled and customized to create affordable pieces, not generic.

Rebound is based on 'Green' principles of Up-Cycling and protection of the environment, which extends to rebound Vintage. By collage, designers mix with unexpected patterns and creativity of the furniture designs that intertwine and fit beautifully with one another. Visitors can mix and match the pieces around their lifestyle while being eclectic and elegant.  Design of bounce House can recycle the same tired song and create something that looks quite different and individual.

Rebound HOD offer customers an inspiring shopping experience. Hundreds of fabrics to choose from at various price points can be reupholstered in the House. Sofas can be reshaped, cushions may be replaced by the hypo-allergenic or low platelets, custom tufting options are available, even furniture legs can be replaced, maybe even adding a swivel.

"The creative team is pleased to help with design vision for each client. If it's color and pattern selection or multiple "patchworking" fabrics, we can help create an elegant piece that is particularly well to you, "informed, Karyn Miller, Director of Marketing for the rebound. "The design market has become incredibly expensive while the economy is still struggling, we provide customers the opportunity to buy some designer pieces inspired by home décor magazines which can normally be out of reach."

BoHo Chic, Mid Century Mod, European elegance, Swanky 70, regardless of style décor you want to replicate, bounce HOD can help create it.

ON THE REBOUND
Rebound furniture & décor (www.ReboundStores.com) is a boutique goodies unique home where you can find a variety of a hip, eclectic and fabulous of a fashion store and furniture friendly service. Inventory changes constantly, with the news that arrive every day.  Host us of real estate sales and auctions, offer services of staging and design house and prop rental.

Rebound was winner Choice Awards 2012 LA Daily News Reader, the discounted price of Suzanne O'Connor recommended and featured in Marlo Thomas's blog "it is no longer up to c'est fini"appeared in the Huffington Post. ".

CONTACT

Karyn Miller / rebound HOD, Director of Marketing –KarynParkarMiller@gmail.com or 818-456-4437

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