Category: Furniture

Bringing Springtime Trends Into Your Home!

Springtime is the season when the natural world reinvigorates after the coldest months of the year. During the springtime, new seedlings sprout and there’s a feeling of new beginnings in the air. Many of us look around our homes, and want to make some changes to our home décor, bringing in bright colors that make… Read more »

Creating Your Dream Bedroom!

A dream bedroom filled with minimal decorations

Our bedroom is the most important room in our home. It is a place of respite, a soothing place where you can shut out the noise of your busy day, your busy life and everything that goes along with it. Your dream bedroom is a place filled with decorations or items that describe our personality…. Read more »

Taking Advantage of Natural Light in Your Home

Natural light in home

With winter upon us, the long dark days are here to stay! It is important to maintain our mental health for the next several months. To achieve our best selves this year, it is vital that we take advantage of any natural light inside of your home. Due to the lack of natural light, depression… Read more »

Home Textile and Color Trends for 2023

Vertical Green Wall in a living room interior

As difficult as it is to believe, the winter of 2022 is upon us. We find ourselves looking ahead to 2023 with great anticipation. We have all spent a lot more of our time at home since 2020 and, because of that, we’ve had a great deal of time to contemplate our surroundings. Howard’s Upholstery… Read more »

What is Slow Furniture? Why it’s Worth the Investment

Slow furniture is made by hand and higher quality than mass-produced furniture.

Slow furniture refers to furniture that is not mass-produced but rather made by a craftsperson slowly and carefully, ensuring a higher quality product with less waste. We live in an age of mass production in basically all industries, including furniture. If you’ve ever heard someone say, “They don’t make them like they used to,” they… Read more »

The Top Three Benefits of Custom Furniture

Benefits of Slow Furniture

You may not think about getting custom furniture, especially if your budget is on the tighter side. However, if you need a piece of furniture to fit a very specific spot in your home, you may find the pros of going custom outweigh the cons. Sure, you’ll be paying for the labor and time that… Read more »

How To Update Your Home Without Buying Anything

Update your home without buying anything by adding throw pillows you already own!

We’re in the midst of spring, and as the weather gets warmer, people start wanting to update their homes for the new season. It can get pricey to buy new things for your home every few months! Luckily, there are some great ways to update your home without buying anything new, so let’s jump right… Read more »

How Your Furniture Keeps Your Home Warm

Furniture keeps your home warm

It’s been a pretty frigid winter, but did you know that upholstered furniture can actually help keep your home warmer? The foam or polyurethane filling used in many upholstered pieces of furniture actually creates pockets of air that retains the regulated temperature from inside your home and subtly contributes to keeping you warmer during the… Read more »

Five Ways To Get Your Living Room Ready For the Holidays

Get your living room ready for the holidays!

The holidays are coming and, especially if you are hosting guests, it’s a great time to refresh your home! Your living room is just waiting for a good sprucing up so you can enjoy a festive ambiance, guests or not! Check out some of these tips on how to get your living room ready for… Read more »

How To Reupholster Furniture in 10 Simple Steps

How to Reupholster Furniture

So you have an old, tired piece of furniture that you want to give a second life to. Maybe it’s a family heirloom. Maybe it has sentimental value, or the shape is unique, or it’s really good quality and too expensive to replace. Whatever your reason, know that it’s possible to love and enjoy this… Read more »