Shelves were born to serve. They help us organize our lives, asking for little in return (especially floor space). Boasting more storage per-square foot than most other furniture, tall bookcases are a smart, high-return investment.  They also make a strong focal point and keep our favorite things in open view without looking cluttered.

A bookcase, in fact, becomes a picture frame around our things (making it important to choose one that looks good)! Its many shelves act like a stage set, inviting us to beautifully display our things, hone our decorator skills and have fun while we’re at it. (Imagine being able to change things around in your home without moving a stick of furniture or repainting the wall!)

Sanctuary Bookcase

Here are 7 ways to turn furniture bookcases in your home into an appealing focal point…

Display more than books. Unless you need every [...]

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Electronics have almost become the heartbeat of the home, possibly surpassing the kitchen. Businesses are thriving beyond the front door and all members of the family have the skills and interests that bring them to the computer desk.  With such a humming environment, how can it still be the place we all want to come home to? Here are some ways to keep everybody happy and productive in the home office.

Trinidad Home Office

Respect for work: Mom’s a writer; dad’s an accountant. Yes, they are just steps away, but everyone in the family has to understand that needless interruptions are costly. So it’s a good “business” plan to set limits. Surely no one wants draconian rules, but maybe a family meeting with [...]

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The two-piece suit…ideal for small home office furniture!

It there’s no empty room waiting to be transformed into a full-fledged home office in your house, take heart. You don’t need to renovate, relocate or rent space to get your work done (or get organized). It’s never been easier, in fact, to carve out a great workspace… thanks to two trends: the streamlining of our technical gadgets and clever new small home office furniture set-ups.

Felton Home Office

A two-piece small corner computer desk is one of those clever set-ups. It connects a simple writing desk with a storage cabinet, creating an L-shaped home office furniture desk that can be placed anywhere. The simple geometric shape of the Felton workstation by Hooker Furniture  is inspired by the efficient work cubicle found in offices across the world, where there’s no room for small space [...]

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If you live in a house built before 2000, chances are you have a small room near the front of the house originally designated as a formal living room or sitting room.

As most lifestyles have become more casual and oriented around technology, the formal living room has become a thing of the past for many. So how can you reinvent that space to create a room more relevant to how you live?

Gayle Cook of Waller, Texas, the winner of our Moccato functional living room table in the recent Hooker Furniture contest, has happily reinvented her former sitting room into a multipurpose room that she describes as “my favorite room of the house.”

“I find the room very inviting and functional,” Gayle said. “In the room I have my computer and exercise equipment, watch TV and entertain comfortably, all in a cozy, small [...]

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Can high-tech and high-taste really co-exist in home office furniture?

After a long “attraction” from afar, we think these “ opposites” have finally come together in a marriage of form and function in our Mélange home office collection. Four Mélange home office furniture desks and a lateral file are set for introduction at the spring 2011 High Point Market. This high-tech/high-taste truce also features three new TV consoles.

Leading the way is a glamorous (we’re talking Hollywood) fluted kidney-shaped desk with a soft silver metallic finish. The drawers are lined with exquisite silver floral wallpaper, and there’s even a deep purse drawer along with a utility file drawer.

The idea of Mélange Home Office is to bring designer looks, trend-forward style and feminine appeal to this functional category. Since the Mélange home office collection is designed by two young women, they know how to [...]

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Want to know what family togetherness looks like in 2011?

Husband surfs the internet while wife sorts through files and pays bills. Middle schooler does homework on the computer while Mom helps. Dad and son review an online college application together.

Cherry Creek Partner's Desk

Based on your input in Hooker Furniture’s recent “Dream Home Office” contest and iPad giveaway, you are looking for home office furnishings to accommodate more than one person computing or working. You also asked for home office furniture desks, hutches and bookcases to organize supplies, cords & books and for PLENTY of places to store and charge multiple portable electronics.

“Partner’s desks are a huge trend right now,” said Stephanie Gee, who is the winner of our iPad giveaway. “People are looking for home office solutions for families to go in family rooms or bonus [...]

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Gone are the days when, if your house no longer fit your lifestyle, you put up a “For Sale” sign and moved. Today’s economic reality has ushered in a new “improve not move” approach. With just a little creativity, a dual-purpose mindset toward furniture and an investment as minimal as a can of paint, you can reinvent your space to enjoy your home more.

Writing Desk Winner Karil Kaylor & Author Gale Steves

Perhaps no one so embodies the “live better where you are” philosophy than Gale Steves, former editor of “Home” magazine and author of the book, “Right-Sizing Your Home: How to Make Your House Fit Your Lifestyle.” Steves, who was in the Triad area of North Carolina recently to attend the Fall High Point Furniture Market, presented a “Right-Sizing Your Home” ideas seminar [...]

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The words “chaos” and “home office” do not belong together, especially in the same room. But all too often, our desks at home are surrounded by stacks of papers and books, but we can’t put our hands on the one paper we do need.

The real purpose of a home office is to make our lives easier. The home office is the hub of the home for organization, connection, and dealing with life and the “papers” that go with it.  Especially if you have kids who are in school, the amount of paper that we deal with is incredible. When you begin to plan your home office, think about how it will be used and the volume of information that you want to process through it.

I have been working with a client, Elizabeth, who is a travel agent and has traveled extensively.  [...]

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