Thursday, October 8, 2009

Cozy Furniture Introduces Kathy Ireland Home

What's The Best Mattress?

The answer is a matter of individual taste.
What's best for me may not be best for you. When it comes to mattresses, there is no one-size-fits-all. After all, we're all built differently and have different comfort and support preferences, so why would the same mattress be "best" for all of us?

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Durable Kids Mattresses

To determine the mattress that's best for you, we recommend using the process of elimination to weed out the ones you don't like. Go to a retailer and use the "rest test" to narrow down your choices. As you lie down on the mattresses, pay attention to three of the mattress's most important features: comfort, support and space. The mattress that best fulfills the combination of these needs is the "best" mattress for you. If you sleep with a partner, bring that person with you to test out the mattresses. After all, you will need to reconcile what you like best with what your partner likes best.





Essentials-The best value in comfort

Our Essentials line is designed around our exclusive foam encased, alternating coil design and 7- zone comfort layer. These models provide excellent support while reducing disruptive motion transfer, so you can sleep soundly even if you “soul mate” is tossing and turning.



FEATURES:
• Exclusive alternating coil design
• 7- zone ergonomic comfort layer
• Reduced motion transfer
• Foam encasement increases sleeping area
• Optimal back support








Gallery-Comfort and support with a dash of Luxury

This line features a higher density version of our alternating coil design to provide enhanced conforming support. A thicker version of our 7- zone ergonomic comfort layer offer a more opulent surface feel, and luxurious imported fabrics add a dash of luxury.



FEATURES:
• Exclusive alternating coil design
• 7- zone ergonomic comfort layer
• Reduced motion transfer
• Foam encasement increases sleeping area
• Luxurious imported fabrics and
upholstery layers
• Optimal back support
• Fire-resistant fiber


First Lady--Naturally equisite luxury

For truly exquisite luxury, our first Lady line features a natural latex version of seven zone comfort layer. Crafted from the sap of the tropical rubber tree, latex offers superior pressure relief and instant conforming support. It is also breathable, anti-microbial and dust mite resistant making it a healthy choice for your family.



FEATURES:
• Made with natural latex
• Instant, conforming support
• Superior pressure relief
• 7-zone latex comfort layer
• No motion transfer
• Anti-microbial, dust mite
resistant & breathable
• Fire-resistant fiber

J Du J

Celebrate garden inspirations and discover a whole new world of comfort!



FEATURES:
• All foam construction for quality support
• Anti-Microbial properties
• Memory foam for conforming comfort
• Colorful covers with a vibrant garden theme


ACafe

Discover a whole new reason to have breakfast in bed!






FEATURES:
• Open coil design for better support
• High density upholstery for better comfort
• Designer covers in a variety of mocha favors

http://www.cozyfurniture.com/category.cgi?category=Bedroom&category2=Mattresses

Thursday, July 23, 2009

SOLID WOOD FURNITURE

Types of wood that can be used for furniture production.

All wood species are made of 60% cellulose and 28% lignin that are responsible for making up the fibrous and woody cell walls of plants and trees. These substances are held together by cementing properties. The wood species are distinct from each other on the basis of their individual consistencies and color variations that comprise of remaining 12%. Still other variances are the result of the different ways in which the wood is sawed and cured.

Excellent quality lumber is reserved for use where good appearance and finishing are required and the common lumber that has defects is usually used for construction and other general-purpose projects.

Hardwood
Hardwood is taken from deciduous trees. The deciduous trees have broad leaves, produce a fruit or nut and generally go dormant in the winter. They grow well in temperate climates include oak, ash, cherry, maple and much more. Certain hardwood species are not hard enough to withstand heavy wear and tear and thus, are not recommended for flooring.

Mahogany
This variety of hardwood is finely grained and has a reddish brown color. Being highly durable, mahogany resists swelling, shrinking and warping. It is extensively used for quality furniture such as cabinets, boat construction, wood facings and veneers.

Walnut
Walnut is a very strong and finly textured hardwood. The lumber resists shrinking and warping and is very easy to work with. It is used for making gunstocks, solid and veneered furniture, novelties, cabinetry and wall paneling.




Oak
An exclusive variety of hardwood, Oak possesses good bending qualities in addition to its durability. It finishes well and resists moisture absorption. The hardwood is good for furniture, trimming, boat framing, desks and flooring.

Maple
Maple is a finely textured wood variety with immense strength and hardness. With moderate shrinkage, this lumber machines well and is best used in flooring, fine furniture and woodenware such as bowling alleys.

Cherry
Being close-grained, this type of hardwood resists warping and shrinking. The wood has a distinct feature of reddening, when exposed to sunlight. It ages well and is extensively used in cabinet making, boat trim, novelties and solid furniture handles.

Rosewood
Rosewood is very hard wood variety with a dark reddish brown color. The wood type possesses exclusive fragrance and is close grained. It is hard to work and takes high polish. It is good for use in making musical instruments, piano cases, tool handles, art projects, veneers and furniture.

Teak
Teak is a hard and moisture- resistant wood variety. It resists warping, cracking and decay and is best used in fine furniture, paneling, shipbuilding, doors, window framing, flooring and general construction.

Shesham
Shesham is a rich medium brown wood with deep grains. It is a part of the rosewood family. The wood variety is highly is durable, easily carved and is exclusively used for making furniture, almirahs and cabinets.

Softwood

Softwood is a general term used for needle-leaved coniferous tree species and for the wood produced from such trees. Coniferous trees are evergreen cone-bearing trees. They include cedar, fir, hemlock, pine, redwood and spruce. They are often used as structural lumber with limited decorative applications.




Pine
Pine possesses a uniform texture and is very easy to work with. It finishes well and resists shrinkage, swelling and warping. The wood variety is widely used in house construction, paneling, furniture, molding and for making boxes.

Hemlock
This wood variety is lightweight and machines well. Being nonresinous, it is uniformly textured and has low resistance to decay. It is used for construction lumber, planks, doors, boards, paneling, sub flooring and crates.

Fir
Fir is a wood variety with uniform texture and low resistance to decay. It is nonresinous, works easy and finishes well. Fir is food for use in furniture, doors, frames, windows, plywood, veneer, general millwork and interior trim.

Redwood
Being light in weight, Redwood is durable and easy to work with. It has a natural resistance to decay and is good for making outdoor furniture, fencing, house siding, interior finishing, veneering and paneling.

Spruce
Spruce is a strong wood variety that finishes well and has low resistance to decay. It possesses moderate shrinkage and is light in weight. Thus, good for use in making for masts and spars for ships, aircraft, crates, boxes, general millwork and ladders.

Cedar
Cedar has a sweet odor and is reddish in color. It is very easy to work with, uniform in texture and is resistant to decay. Cedar is extensively used in chest making, closet lining, shingles, posts, dock planks, novelties and Venetian blinds.

http://www.wood-furniture-manufacturers.com/type-of-wood.html

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Lighting is Essential
















Lighting is essential in any room of your house or apartment.

Whether it is your bedroom, living room, dining room, or even your bathroom, the right kind of lighting is necessary. You can choose between mood lighting or functional lighting.

Mood lighting focuses more on things that make a room cozy and add more character to a room. Mood lighting also tends to make the room more elegent.


Functional lighting serves more as a helper. Functional Lamps are most commonly used in an office environment. The light source is specific and directional. Most office lamps have flexible necks, which enable the light source to be angled for a specific purpose. Examples are reading, working on the computer, or reading sheet music while playing the piano.

Types of Lighting:

Table Lamps
You can place these portable lights almost anywhere: at your bedside, the end table in your living room, on your desk, or even on your kitchen counter. The light source is soft and most of the illumination is pointed down. The lampshade allows for a soft glow to be dispersed. Table Lamps are used mostly as an addition to Ambient Lighting. However, they can also be used as Task Lighting.

Floor Lamps
Also serving as portable lamps, Floor Lamps serve more of a functional purpose. As with Table Lamps, Floor Lamps can be used to add to the Ambient Lighting in a room. But since the light source is focused downward, using it as a reading lamp (or task lighting) is optimal. Catalina Lighting sells an array of swing arm floor lamps, which offer you the flexibility of moving the light source either forward or backward.

Torchieres
Another form of portable lighting, a Torchiere is a floor lamp in which the light is focused upward. This creates a lot of light since the illumination bounces off of the ceiling and walls. A Torchiere can create most of the ambient lighting in a room because of its intensity.

Chandeliers/Pendants
These fixtures are commonly utilized in the kitchen or dining area. Light focuses primarily on the table, but the light source can either be directed downward or upward. Many Chandeliers have “up lights”, which simply means the light is focused up. The light bounces off the ceiling, which displaces the light throughout the room. In this case Chandeliers serves a dual purpose, providing both Ambient Light and Functional Light. A Pendant is a fixture that focuses its light only downward. It serves a functional purpose since the light is focuses in one spot.

Ceiling fixtures
Ceiling Fixtures are flush against the ceiling and often go unnoticed, since they provide an optimal source of ambient light. Ceiling Fixtures give any room a “light base,” meaning they can illuminate an entire room without relying on another source of light. The light is focused down and around and is often flat, which is why we suggest adding Table Lamps and Floor Lamps to provide additional ambiance. Ceiling Fixtures (often called “flush mounts”) are usually located on bedroom ceilings, kitchens, and hallways.

Wall/Vanity
These are the best sources of ambient light for your bathroom. The light source is primarily focused either down or up. If the light source is focused up, this will allow for more light since it bounces off ceilings and walls.

Wall Sconces
Wall Sconces are considered accent lighting since they cannot illuminate an entire room. However, since the light source is focused upward, it creates a soft glow in many parts of your home such as a hallway or on either side of your fireplace.

Outdoor
Illuminating the outside of your home serves both a functional and decorative purpose. It allows for you to see in the dark by night and it is a fashion statement on your home by day. It is purely Ambient lighting since it illuminates such a large area of the outside. Outdoor fixtures can be flush against the wall or hanging like a pendant in your entranceway. The illumination covers a lot of area since most lanterns have glass lenses all around the fixture. The light reflects off of the ceiling, floor, and walls.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Brilliant Idea

Interesting Concept




A brilliant concept—chairs that can be transformed into wall art to save space. Plus, it's a turn on to anyone who ever fantasized about 16th hottie
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Monday, February 23, 2009

ACCESSORIZE



Not sure how to accessorize your home? Come to COZY and we will give you some helpful hints on accessorizing your wonderful home.

Home accessories make a space functional, fun or dramatic depending upon your style. Rather than throwing all types of accessories bought on impulse, start out with a plan. Home accessories bring a room together and should serve a purpose to balance the color scheme, the scale of the room and enhance the theme of the room.

Make a list of the sizes and shape of the things you think you need and get color samples from the paint store to match the colors you will be shopping for. This is a lot easier and a lot more portable than dragging a pillow or a picture around with you to the store.


Too many people make the mistake of conglomerating one look all over the house. Craft shows can inspire an impulse purchase, but how many wooden cows really work in a home? Beware of overloading yourself with too many small accessories. Vary the size and shape and pay attention to the theme of the room.

Some of the best accessores are really used to bring colors, textures or scale of the room into balance. A neutral color scheme can pop with two red pillows. Wooden furniture that does not match can make sense if accessories of the same color are placed somewhere else in the room for balance. A dark chair in a room with light furniture can work if dark baskets or pottery grace the room.

Large spaces require large accessories. Less clutter is critical and if you have collections of things, group them in the same space together rather than spreading them all over the house. That way they can be appreciated for all of their similar differences as a collection without looking cluttered.


At COZY Furniture, www.COZYfurniture.com we have worked with thousands of clients who were not sure how to accessorize their homes. Balance, scale and avoiding impulse purchases that don't have a place are all things to consider.

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is quickly approaching.







Get your perfect Valentine a gift that will last a lifetime!


"Hey we celebrate Valentine's Day too"

Here at Cozy you can find the perfect gift for your loved one.

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Essence of Color in Your Room



While most of us may not spend a lot of time thinking about room color, it affects every day of our lives. Room color can influence our mood and our thoughts. Colors affect people in many ways, depending upon one’s age, gender, ethnic background or local climate. Certain colors or groups of colors tend to get a similar reaction from most people - the overall difference being in the shade or tones used. So it’s important to choose wisely.

When she hears people express a reluctance to paint their rooms in vivid hues because they believe it is inappropriate to the age or architectural style of their house, designer Susan Sargent waves away their concerns as though swatting flies. "I tell them to get over it. Truth is, every period of American architecture has welcomed colorful rooms," says Sargent, who is known for her bright-colored furnishings line. Indeed, from the blue-painted hearth of a Colonial Revival to the deep red parlor walls of a Queen Anne to the teal accents of a Craftsman bungalow, there has always been a place for color inside the house. Even in today's open-plan homes, where kitchens, living rooms, and dining rooms are often one large space, color is used to help define interiors and create focal points in relatively featureless rooms. The trick, of course, is figuring out which colors to use and where to put them.

Using Color Architecturally

One of the most effective ways to use color to transform a room is to play up its architectural features. Molding, mantels, built-in bookcases, arched doorways, wainscot, windows, and doors all offer an opportunity to add another layer of interest to colored walls.

For subtle emphasis, Sheri Thompson, director of color marketing and design for Sherwin-Williams, suggests painting molding or doorways just one step lighter or darker than the primary wall. "It's a subtle shift in color but it really brings your eye to the detail," she says. Painting a metallic glaze right on top of an existing painted element, like a ceiling medallion, is another way to draw attention. "A copper or bronze finish is very translucent and it gives a nice shimmer that enhances the architectural feature," says Thompson.

For a bolder approach, try using two different colors in the same room. For example, paint a built-in bookcase or niche a shade of green in a room with blue walls, which will highlight the items on the bookcase or inside the recessed area. Of course, architectural elements can also provide continuity throughout a house if they are painted the same color in every room. Starting in the Federal period and continuing today, white and off-white have been the traditional choice for molding, windows, and doors.

A room containing wainscot provides a good opportunity for a contrast between light and dark. A dark wainscot below a bright wall will draw attention to the upper walls, while a bright white wainscot next to a colored wall will focus the eye on the wainscot. You can also use paint to create the effect of wainscot where it doesn't exist by covering the bottom third of the wall in one color and the upper walls in another; then place a piece of flat molding along the intersection and paint it the color of the lower wall to reinforce the wainscot look.

Where rooms are relatively featureless, painting an "accent wall" in a vivid hue where the others are white or neutral can add a dramatic, contemporary edge. Or, as Ken Charbonneau, a New York color marketing consultant, suggests, paint the primary walls a soft color such as beige or celadon green and the accent wall three shades darker. "The accent wall still gives the room some punch, but it's not as dramatic."

If drama is your goal, you might rethink the entire notion of painting a wall from corner to corner, says Doty Horn, director of color and design for Benjamin Moore, and you'll create an architectural emphasis where one doesn't exist. Moving around the room in a clockwise direction, try painting a third of one wall and two thirds of the adjacent wall, wrapping the corner in color. Then paint the last one eighth of the second wall and three quarters of its adjacent wall, covering that corner. Another bold play: Take a big wall and, working in from both corners, paint it almost to the center, leaving an 18- to 20-inch vertical line of white space, and hang artwork down the center.

Consider the ceiling the fifth wall of a room. Though sticking to "ceiling white" generally makes a space feel airy, a similar effect can be achieved by painting the ceiling a lighter shade of the wall color. Just take the paint sample card that has your wall color as the middle choice, then go one or two choices lighter for the ceiling color. The result will be a room that appears larger, because the contrast between wall color and ceiling color has been softened. In a small room, such as a bathroom, the ceiling can even be painted the same color as the walls to make it look bigger.

Of course, sometimes lowering the ceiling visually creates a welcome feeling of enclosure. In his own 19th-century brownstone, Ken Charbonneau painted the dining room ceiling Pompeiian Red. "People love to ask if the red paint doesn't bring the ceiling down too much. But you're sitting the whole time you're in a dining room, and you want to create a warm, cozy, intimate feeling, so why not?" Of course, his ceilings are 11 feet high. In a house that has ceilings just 8 or 9 feet high, painting a bedroom ceiling a pale robin's egg blue, for instance, would be a way to create a similar, soothing effect.

Choosing Colors You Can Live With

In a world where thousands of colors can be yours for just $25 a gallon, it pays to consider the advice of architectural color consultant Bonnie Krims. "Always remember that while there are thousands of paint chips at the store, there are only seven colors in the paint spectrum," says Krims, referring to red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet (what Color Theory 101 students are often taught to remember by the mnemonic device, "Roy G. Biv"). "I always suggest eliminating a couple even before you go to the paint store."

Her sure-fire method for creating a color scheme? Start by selecting three colors from an existing object in your home. "Take a pillow from the family-room sofa, your favorite tie or scarf, or a painting—anything that conveys comfort or has an emotional connection for you—and take that object to the paint store," says Krims. "Find three sample strips with those colors, and you instantly have 15 to 18 colors you can use, since each sample strip typically contains six paint colors." The next step is to choose one of the three paint colors as your wall color and to save the other two to be used around the room in fabric or furnishings. To choose the colors for adjacent rooms, take the same original three color sample strips and select another color. Finally, choose a fourth color that can be used as an accent: "Splash a little of that color into every room of the house—by way of a pillow or plate or artwork. It makes a connection between the spaces," Krims says.

If you find yourself paralyzed at the paint store, unable to choose your color sample cards, Krims offers this tip: Look at the darkest color at the bottom of the strip. "If you can live with the one at the bottom, you know you'll like the middle and top, but if you choose by looking at the top, lightest colors, all the cards in that category start to look the same."

Once you have your colors in hand, consider the finish you'll be using. Though today's flat paints have increased stain resistance, conventional wisdom has long held that a satin (also called eggshell) finish is best for walls because it is scrubbable and doesn't draw attention to imperfections. Semi-gloss and high-gloss finishes, it was thought, were best left to the trim, where they could accent the curves of a molding profile or the panels of a door. Today, however, finishes are also being used to create visual effects on the entire wall. Paint one wall in a flat or satin finish and the adjacent wall in a semi-gloss, both in the same color, and "when the light hits the walls, it creates a corduroy or velvet effect," says Doty Horn. Similarly, you can paint the walls flat and the ceiling semi-gloss to achieve a matte and sheen contrast. (The ceiling will feel higher the more light-reflective it is.) Keep in mind that the higher the gloss, the more sheen and the more attention you draw to the surface. Used strategically, color and gloss together can emphasize your interior's best assets.

5 Common Color Mistakes

1. Being afraid.
"The world is divided into two groups—the color courageous and the color cowardly," says New York color marketing consultant Ken Charbonneau. "People who live in colorful interiors have gotten over the fear of making a mistake." The best way to get over that fear is to always start with a color you love—from a rug, a painting, a fabric. Then test it on the wall. If it's too strong, consider asking your paint store to formulate it at "half-strength" to lighten it or to tone it down by adding more gray.

2. Putting too much on the walls.
Be aware of the intensity of the colors in a room. "If you have an Oriental rug with five or six strong colors, don't paint the walls in equally strong hues. Let the rug be the focal point and the walls a lighter color," says Sherwin-Williams's Sheri Thompson.

3. Putting too little on the walls.
If you think your room is boring, look at it in terms of the 60?30?10 rule that designers employ: Sixty percent of the color in a space generally comes from the walls; 30 percent from upholstery, floor covering, or window treatments; and 10 percent from accent pieces, accessories, and artwork. Translation: Liven up those white walls.

4. Rushing the process.
The best way to find a color you can live with is to paint a 4-by-4-foot swatch on the wall and live with it for at least 24 to 48 hours so you can see it in natural and artificial light. "Taking the extra time to do the swatch test is worth it to find a color you'll love living with for years," says Benjamin Moore's Doty Horn.

5. Forgetting about primer.
When changing the color of a wall, primer (white or tinted) is vital to getting the actual color you picked out. Michael Baillie, paint sales associate at The Home Depot, says, "Priming ensures there will be no interference from the previous wall color."



(Article from This Old House Magazine)