Moyes Custom Furniture, Inc.

Are you concerned that you won’t be able to stretch your redecoration budget enough to make any sort of a difference to your home? Remember, even nice chairs can be relatively inexpensive statement pieces appropriate for virtually every room.

In a conventional dining room table setup, how many chairs include arms? If you guessed two, one on each end, you're right. Including arms on all the chairs would expand the amount of practical table space required by each diner. Armless chairs result in more seating capacity.

Free-standing chairs that have no other purpose than sitting didn't become commonplace until the 1400s. The centralization of trade and governments led to more permanent homesteads, so people started to purchase more furniture that served specific needs instead of things like chests that could be used for multiple purposes.

You can use seasonal slipcovers to bring holiday cheer to dining room chairs. They are perfect for holiday meals, dinner parties, or other special occasions where you want to give everyday chairs a touch of class and sophistication.

What makes handcrafted wood furniture so special? Built from durable hardwoods by expert craftspeople, it features time-honored and traditional casework construction methods, materials and finishes that produce pieces designed to last a lifetime.

Chairs in the record books: If you visit the town of Cuba, Missouri, you will find a rocking chair that is more than 42 feet tall. This record-setting rocking chair is reportedly valued at $22,000.

Although slipcovers were originally designed to protect heirloom furniture and upholstery from dirt, stains, and everyday wear and tear, today they provide a versatile low-cost design option. With slipcovers, you can easily change the look of an entire room.

To help with determining if a piece of furniture will fit in a room, here is a suggestion. Take a piece of graph paper and mark out the dimensions of the room; include the space taken up by fixed pieces. Then bring this and a tape measure with you when you visit. You can measure the pieces you have in mind, and mark them off on the paper to get an idea of how well they will fit.

Did you know that scratches/scars, bites, veins, and growth marks are not considered defects when it comes to leather? Rather, they contribute to each piece’s uniqueness and are believed to enhance its natural beauty.

A decade ago, you may not have been able to find high-end slipcovers that were more about dressing furniture than protecting it. These days, slipcovers are almost as fashion-forward as the furniture they cover.

Most of us associate hardwoods with durable, well-crafted wood furniture, but that can be misleading. Balsa wood, for example, is scientifically classified as a hardwood, even though it’s one of the lightest and least dense woods known.

There are several advantages to custom slip covers. first, the slip cover is custom-fit to your furniture, giving a better fit. Custom slipcovers also mean you won’t find your cover in another home.

If you like bright, eye-catching, interesting furniture, then you’ll definitely want to consider choosing a few vintage pieces of furniture to spice up your decor. A vintage piece can often act as a focal point for the whole room.

We realize how difficult it can be to wait to start furniture shopping until you learn your baby’s gender. Let’s talk about how choosing unfinished wood furniture will allow you to pick out exactly what you want even when you don’t know the color scheme for the room yet.

Wondering how your chair or couch cushions will look stuffed under a slipcover? Two piece slipcover options will retain the look and structure of your furniture while protecting (or concealing) the underlying upholstery fabric.

It used to be that we cared deeply for how long our furniture lasted and that’s what the best furniture stores still offer. Quality work is so important and you can’t always identify that through brands. Someone with plenty of experience dealing with them is usually a better indicator.

While bamboo and rattan wicker furniture looks incredibly exquisite and stylish, there are alternatives as well. Wicker furniture made of recycled plastic or resin is just as stylish, lightweight, and durable as bamboo or rattan.

If you decide to invest in a glass dining table, it’s important to take the necessary precautions to protect the glass from scratches. The only way to eliminate those scratches is to replace the glass altogether, which can end up being costly.