By Travis Boudreaux
Do you often have friends, family, or guests over for the weekends and are in desperate need of a spare bedroom? Are you going nuts trying to figure out how to turn that extra bedroom that’s never used into an office, yet still wondering how to board guests over the weekend? Or maybe you are running out of storage space and closets are now turning into no-mans-land?
Well if any or all of these problems are posing an unsolvable quandary for you and your family, I may have a great solution for you! For this article we’ll take a 10’ x 12' room for our example.
First off we’ll discuss optimizing storage space. Stroll down to your local Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Home Depot, Lowe’s, or browse your favorite websites that deal in Home and Gardening products. If you are as frugal as I am you’ll shop until you find the absolute lowest price on the planet. A couple of Closetmaid Freestanding Instant Organizer’s from our favorite store along one wall of the room can drastically enhance storage space, and will only cost us about $50 - $60 bucks.
For those of us who also spend more than 5 hours a week working at home and in drastic need of office space need not fret. A nice affordable corner desk, also known as an L-shaped desk, can be found at our local Wal-Mart, Office Depot, or local internet store for under $200 dollars. These desks provide a much larger working area, and can be placed in the corner of the room to give an extra 20 square feet of more of open space by arranging it in this manner.
And lastly for all of us who love to have guests stay over, but not enough space to dedicate an entire room to this function, an inflatable air bed is the perfect solution. Within the last couple of years inflatable air beds have grown in popularity. One of the latest additions to these great products has been raised air beds. Raised air beds provide an average height of 22 – 29 inches. Compared to an average 10 – 12 inches for regular air beds, raised air beds give sleepers a more familiar position, a more comfortable sleeping surface, and an overall better night’s sleep. To find these great raised air beds head on down to your local Wal-Mart, K-Mart, or drop by http://www.air-bed-mattress.biz for the latest air beds and great deals.
About the Author
Travis Boudreaux is a web master and application developer for a network of retail websites in Lafayette, LA. You can find his latest store at http://www.air-bed-mattress.biz
travis@llfitness.com
By Anonymous
Walpole, MA -- January 26, 2003 – Before you spend your hard-earned dollars on inferior furniture, find out the real facts of what goes into quality wood furniture. Ed McDonough, owner of Boston Accent Furniture, reveals all the secrets in his new book, “7 Steps to Buying Wood Furniture You’ll Love.”
Between the covers, McDonough states “The educated consumer is the person that always gets the greatest value for their dollar!” The book’s seven-step process educates the reader on the different types of furniture, the materials used to make it, the manufacturing techniques and how to spot the good from the bad. The goal is to instruct the reader how to determine the quality of furniture they want to purchase, by teaching them how it’s made, and then how to get it at a fair price.
The book also details the difference between standard production furniture and high quality handcrafted custom furniture. It exposes how quality goes down in production furniture as the speed to produce it increases. It arms the reader up front with all the knowledge they need to make the right decision.
As a bonus, McDonough has developed a simple process to guide the reader through determining what style of furniture will best fit their home and lifestyle. Here both functionality and décor come into play. The lesson concludes with a simple exercise that determines the “Buyer’s Index”, directing the reader to the appropriate furniture market to shop.
To close out the reading, Step 7 – Understand How Furniture Stores Sell, enlightens the reader on the techniques retailers use to “sell you” and why. It discusses how furniture prices are determined and how major furniture manufacturers impose a Minimum Advertised Price directly to the retailer, which causes the consumer’s price to go up!
Included in the back of the book is the Furniture Buyer’s Checklist to keep the reader on track when making their purchasing decision. This, along with over 25 secrets shared by the author, will lead to many successful purchases of quality wooden furniture.
For details on obtaining the book, please contact Boston Accent Furniture directly at 508-668-9564 or by e-mail at info@bostonaccentfurniture.com.
About Boston Accent Furniture
Boston Accent Furniture is located in Walpole, Massachusetts and is an industry leader in custom handcrafted furniture. The company specializes in exceptional high-quality wooden furniture, cabinets, built-ins and accessories made to the consumer’s exact specifications; any shape, any style, and any size and from any type of wood. Product distribution is through the Interior Designer community as well as direct contact with the company.
For more information, contact:
Ed McDonough
Boston Accent Furniture
Walpole, MA 02081
Phone: 508-668-9564
info@bostonaccentfurniture.com
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By Anonymous
June 25, 2004 -- CRM for the Office Furniture Dealer. Explore CFD Manager-The CRM tool built specifically for furniture dealers
CFD Manager, the CRM tool built specifically for the Office Furniture Dealer industry, is beginning to prove itself as a useful asset to furniture dealers only a couple of months after its initial release. Technology Advisors will host two web seminars on July 22 and August 5 to discuss the benefits of CRM to the Office Furniture Dealer and examine a case study on how one dealer is already reaping the rewards.
The webinar will focus on how a highly customized CRM product built specifically for furniture dealers will benefit your organization. The session will also examine how Bill Pape of Lincoln Office Environments, a major furniture dealer in the Midwest, successfully implemented CFD Manager to improve his business.
All those participating will receive a case study outlining the struggles Lincoln faced and how CFD Manager was able to solve these problems typical of many dealers.
CRM for the Office Furniture Dealer will be held on July 22 and August 5 from 2-3pm CDT. To register for either of these dates, visit www.techadv.com and click on the CRM for the Office Furniture Dealer icon, or call Technology Advisors at 847-655-3403.
About Technology Advisors
Technology Advisors (www.techadv.com) has been providing comprehensive CRM solutions since 1991. Based in Chicago, we cover the entire Midwest region providing CRM implementation, customization, education, and support services to mid-market businesses and small enterprises.
Technology Advisors has been a SalesLogix Business Partner since it was first released in 1997. We have grown into one of the top business partners in the nation earning the Best President’s Circle Award three times.
To learn more visit Technology Advisors on the web at www.techadv.com
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