Mirrored furniture has come into fashion once again and it is easy to see why. Mirrors reflect light and give the illusion of space wherever they are placed and can bring a warmth and homely feel to a room. Mirrored furniture doesn't have to be exclusive to the vain ones among us. It is a perfect example of modern and contemporary furniture with the advantage of having a practical use as well. With the benefits of mass production and modern engineering, the quality of mirrored furniture has improved greatly and brought prices down. If you are looking for a piece of bedroom furniture such as a side cabinet, table or dresser then a mirror finish could be just for you!
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As well as looking sleek and stylish, black glass furniture can also be practical too. Similar to mirrored furniture but finished in a highly polished black glass, this furniture typically has a modern design to match this modern finish. Black glass furniture is perfect for furnishing bedrooms or dining rooms to match black glass dining tables. Choose black glass furniture for a more of a dramatic and sophisticated setting in your modern living space.
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A Chaise Longue is an upholstered couch in the shape of a chair that is long enough to support the legs. It is often called "chaise lounge" or lounge chair in North America, particularly in the furniture industry. In modern French, the term chaise longue can refer to any long reclining chair such as a deckchair.
The Chaise Longues has its origins set in the 18th century France where it was the epitome of upper class luxury. In modern times, nothing much has changed and contemporary furniture designers have realised that people still want a stylish piece of furniture where they can relax.
Chaise Longues can be custom made and finished in various fabrics and wood stain. They are elegant pieces of furniture that are still relevant in contemporary furniture design.
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What is the connection between the Italian Prime Minister and Tiger Woods? A disparate pair if ever there were one. On one hand we have the stubby but energetic, 73 year old politician who is surrounded by scandal and rumours of miscreance, bribery and infidelity and on the other hand the clean cut, 34 year old athletic mega rich champion golfer. Yet the news of their nemesis comes as a delicious piece of schadenfreud for many of us.
The great golfer having to try and remember all his misdeeds to recount them to his lovely wife and mother in law so they can ratchet up the matrimonial stakes to something prohibitive, should he go off the rails again and the Italian head of state being royally clonked with a cast metal statuette of the Milan Duomo, presumably with the madonnina to the fore, hence the broken teeth.
Do we feel that destiny played a part or is it all due to our speed of light communication systems nowadays that eventually all naughty boys will be discovered and shamed? I think most red-blooded males would have done a lot more screwing around than the Tiger if they could wield a nib lick in similar fashion and I think most 70 year old brethren would be pleased to have enough libido to feel arousal at the intimacy of some budding female politician without going through the laborious stages of of having to remove one's shoes and socks.
The Italian macho cult lives on and even the Italian women admire Berlusconi because he is predictably venal and fallible and does not have to show off his upper-body muscularity like Mr Putin to impress his subjects. With Berlusconi you got no surprises except perhaps that the alleged attacker was not all compos mentis when one would expect some sane and rational bloke would have done what half the nation expected some time ago.
On the other hand the gradually unfolding saga of Tiger Wood's indiscretions is to be savoured deliciously especially by those of us who go round in over 100 and have never had a hole in one. We never thought that the buttoned up Yank would be linked to a porn star ( blimey, I wonder if she had a camera rigged up?) and all the ladies are in a quandary as to whether they should keep silent now and reap praise and comfort later or to join the list of seductresses who lay in wait for the brilliant young player who may have felt he missed his chance of having a few profligate years before wedlock because his Dad kept making him practice putting the ball instead of poking the pudding.
One way or another the Berlusconi attack and the Woods revelations have cheered us all up whilst our masters are in Copenhagen pretending we can all do without our family car and annual flight to Benidorm. If the world has got to end soon Berlusconi has more chance of getting out of it than Tiger who now will have to actually consider the value of the prizes he needs to earn while his loving and understanding family chip away at the considerable residue.
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When you think of the adjective 'retro', it conjures up a certain mood. Shortened from its full form 'retrospective', it signifies our discovery of an artefact from an earlier period. We look back and find Twiggy in Carnaby Street of the sixties. She would have loved to sit in one of our chairs! We recall 'The Avengers', Steed in bowler hat and Purdy in retro attire.
Going back further still the Art Deco style of the 1920's, which had a brief but glorious flurry became Art Nouveau. This style influenced art up to the time of the Marilyn Monroe posters and beyond. Difficult to describe but instantly recognisable 'retro' is found in all our homes. Sometimes just the font of a book title, sometimes an ornament of particular angularity. When Norwegian wood was a hit tune we were all buying what has become retro furniture now. The invasion of Scandinavian Designers and Architects in the 1960's has brought lasting joy and good taste to our lives and we instantly recognise the furniture which has endured.
Febland's have sought to select the best of these retro pieces to place in our range. Not always slavish copies but blended with new materials and sometimes scaled down for practicality producing a viable retail price for the seeker of cool and timeless furniture and lighting. Retro is our goal and we have become synonymous with fine retro pieces as a first port of call. Our large warehouses are brim full of retro style commodities and we are continuously expanding to encompass more items as we discover them and make retro specification available to a wider and younger public.
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