La Vida Homewares Blog Archive April 2013
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Unique to LaVida - beach and surf range
This new beach range is inspired by those endless summer days spent with friends surfing in the sunshine and watching the waves.We have been working closely with a very talented Australian artis...
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Great new range of signs now in stock......
Everything from light humour to sentimental and motivational.We know that signs have always been a great seller in the homewares market, particularly over the last few years and people often ask wheth...
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Metal Furniture
Harsh, cold and foreboding, metal is the strongest of the five elements. Metal accents have their place in many fields of design including jewellery making, fashion, and interior design. The key to de...
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Outdoor Living Furniture
The secret to decorating your outdoor living space with wholesale furniture is weather proofing. Certain materials such as metal are more resistant to the elements than others. Of course it depends on...
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Wholesale Cafe Furniture
Cafés are usually one of two things. There is the footpath café in which patrons sit outside and the cafés that are indoors with Wi-Fi, reading material and lots of comfy seating....
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Accent Table Furniture
An accent table is usually a small table that is used in addition to the basic furnishings in a fully decorated room. They can be place in a variety of locations and are used to "accent" certain areas...
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Accent Chairs
Accent chairs have their place in nearly any room or capacity where an extra touch is needed. There can be a small chair anywhere that it would be nice to have a sit. Traditionally accent tables are o...
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Furniture For Studio Apartments
Studio apartment living is not as glamorous as it may sound. Occupants of these studios often have to make the most out of a relatively small space. This could be as small as a single large room with ...
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Wooden Furniture Care
With proper care wooden furniture can be made to last for the decades to come. It is true that the majority of antiques are wooden. Conservationists from museums and libraries have developed proven me...
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Caring For Upholstered Furniture
Upholstered furniture must be properly cared for and stored if it is going to look its best for an extended period of time. Caring for upholstered furniture is more difficult than other kinds of furni...
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Furniture for Shared Living
Living in a shared community often means making the most of small living quarters. When the bathroom is out in the hall and the bedroom is also a living room and kitchenette there is not a lot of spac...
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Al Fresco Dining Furniture
Al Fresco dining is another way of saying eating outdoors. Rather than the traditional notion of the picnic, to eat al fresco implies an elegant setting involving a table and chairs. Al fresco dining ...
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Wall Shelves
Wall shelves are a great way to make use of all the extra space left over on the wall of a room. A wall shelf can be as simple and functional as a single well placed ledge or they can literally cover ...
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Statement Furniture
In the world of wholesale furniture, statement pieces function in the same way that they do for the field of fashion design. A statement piece is a certain aspect of a design that stands out in some w...
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Display Furniture
One of the joys of selling furniture and homewares is the option to arrange and rearrange it as stock shifts. The truth is that very few potential customers will be interested in purchasing a piece of...
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Displaying Potted Plants
The avid gardener must be as creative as they are green. For retailers who sell houseplants displaying such items can be a challenge in itself. Plants are not like any other kind of decorative merchan...
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Soft Furnishings
Soft wholesale furnishings are what keep the harder wholesale furniture so comfy and liveable. A hard bench, for example, is much more comfortable and attractive if it is covered with padding and a pa...
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Furniture for Sitting Areas
Sitting areas are one of the most common ways of arranging furniture that can be used in any room. People like to sit down in situations that involve waiting for an extended period of time. They also ...
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Merchandising with Wholesale Furniture
The theory of visual merchandising states that there is a way to arrange stock in order to optimize sales. In this way it is similar to the notion of feng shui but with a different goal in mind. By an...
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Cocktail Tables
The cocktail table is different from the café table because generally they are used in a night time setting. By this we mean an environment such as a nightclub or a bar, although some people ha...
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Cafe Tables and Furniture
According to restaurant experts the décor of a café can make or break the business. There are cafés all over the world that come in every theme from shabby chic to ultra-modern.&n...
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Table Lamps
Sitting there on the side table, many people never give lamps any thought. Professional interior decorators know that good lighting is one of the most important elements to designing a room. Aside fro...
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Lamps for Reading Areas (and other decor)
Wholesale lamps are the single most important aspect of building a reading area because without light it is impossible to read. Obviously next in the line of importance would be some kind of reading m...
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Office Decorating Ideas
With a positive and reinforcing environment anything is possible. Just think of how much work you could get done in a richly appointed office. Whether it is in a home office or a commercial buil...
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The Importance of Good Lighting
The importance of good lighting cannot be stressed enough. Light is the physical phenomena that the human eye literally uses to see. Since vision is most human beings main capacity for exploring the w...
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Candleabras
The exquisite art of a well-placed candelabrum is not dead. Even with the use of electric lights, a lit candle provides a soft glow that is difficult to replicate in any other fashion. Some lamps may ...
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Votive Candleholders
Votive candles are one of the event planner's best friends because there are so many opportunities to incorporate them into a decorating scheme. Although they are not very large votive candles can be ...
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Metal Lamps and Metal Furniture
Metal lamps and other accents have a unique place in the home or place of business. The sturdy and traditional presence of metal is different from any other kind of material. Even natural minerals lac...
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Homewares and Lamps for the Home Library
After a lifetime of accumulating books many people have collected an awe inspiring collection that is crying out for organisation. Others work in an environment that calls for many volumes of referenc...
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Ceramic Lamps
Ceramics and wholesale lamps go together because they can both be manufactured into gorgeous homewares using the same materials. It is a fact that ceramic pottery was used for many millennia before so...
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Lamps as a Center Piece
Center pieces are not just for weddings, they are also great for dinner parties and holiday meals. Perhaps you have a large table and like to rotate it seasonally. There are many reasons why a center ...
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Vintage and Retro Lamps
Vintage inspired lamps are inspired by retro designs but in a newer model. Items such as these have the advantage of being made of brand new parts that have been updated with more modern technology an...
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Homewares for creating your own Shrine
A shrine is an ancient tradition used to pay tribute to a deity, holy person, relic or sacred ground. Shrines are found all over the world and have a history of use in nearly every religion and societ...
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Scented Candles
The idea of scented candles is that they provide a pleasing aroma especially when they are lit. The concept of aromatherapy is reputed to be quite therapeutic. It is true that scent is one of the most...
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Meditation Furniture and Lighting
Meditation is a way of doing nothing that is actually beneficial. The art of meditation is an ancient spiritual practice that aims to develop relaxation and well-being. There are many ways to meditate...
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Hurricane Lamps
Hurricane lamps provide an elegant setting for candles that is also very functional. A hurricane lamp can come in many shapes and sizes. But it is typically characterized by tall glass walls with no r...
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Wicker Furniture and Wicker Candle Holders
The joy of wicker is that it is such a versatile material which can be woven into any manner of baskets, furniture, fashion accessories and even garden statues. Wicker is a prized method of manufactur...
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White Lighting Displays
Many people enjoy the stark, crisp and clean appearance of all white décor. All white is an elegant and summery look that makes people feel like they are in the right place. If a room is decora...
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Wholesale Wall Lighting
Mixing and matching different types of lights on the walls, ceiling and with lamps creates a feeling of depth and texture. In fact there is an entire branch of interior decorating or architectural des...
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Box Lanterns, Round Lanterns and other Wholesale Lamps
Lanterns are portable lighting devices that are intended to illuminate a wide area of space. The duplicity of lanterns is that they used to be an important source of light but now they are more common...
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Candlesticks and Lamps
The poignant flame of a candle lights up a room with its soft glow. Candles may not be our main source of light during the evening but they are still popular the world over as tasteful pieces of home ...
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New range of Ceramics - PH7
We have a stunning new range of ceramics in stock which we are excited to share with you.This range of ceramics look great indoors or outdoors and captures the trend of ancient Europe beautifully.The ...
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It's Time for Clocks!
Just arrived into our warehouse this week is our new range of clocks.We are really pleased with the variety of styles in this range, as there really is something for everyone, including perfect clocks...
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Mother's Day Gift Ideas
Mothering Sunday - Sunday 12th May 2013 With Mother's Day just around the corner, now is a great time to start thinking about ordering gifts and planning your sale displays.With so many different rang...
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