Marketplace: Shopping for Smart Design
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Often designed for small spaces and big imaginations, the multipurpose bookcase/display unit/room divider is a flexible alternative to built-in shelving. See options in our PHOTO GALLERY.
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Check out this season’s latest looks by clicking to our PHOTO GALLERY.
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The 2009 Salone Internazionale del Mobile, where the world’s top designers showcased their latest looks, offered proof that lean times can inspire fresh thinking.
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The weird, the wild and the just plain wrong. Times staff writer David A. Keeps saw it all.
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The number of exhibitors may have been down 7% and talk of the recession may have dominated, but clever ideas did manage to emerge from the nation’s premiere modern design show.
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Happy-face yellow -- not midcentury mustard or the soft shade of an Easter chick -- is the color of choice for home furnishings this spring.
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Annual sale of steeply discounted seconds now held every month. Check out the PHOTO GALLERY.
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They don’t have to be boring (or brutal on the back). To see eight options in a range of prices, click through our PHOTO GALLERY.
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Cool new stools, ottomans, even felt stones provide extra seating without taking up too much space. Click to the PHOTO GALLERY
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These contemporary designs look great, even without the fire. Click to a PHOTO GALLERY of our picks.
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The company’s classic dishes, bowls, platters and vases share space with some new designs. Save yourself the drive and check out our PHOTO GALLERY.
