Ottomans Rule the House!

A foot stool? A bench? Storage unit? The Ottoman is our favorite knee high furniture friend as it serves many purposes and is available at Home Furniture and Patio in many styles. Any type of room at any size can use an ottoman for its many different purposes. My favorite? A foot rest after those long days blogging…

Goodnight Ottoman Modern Nursery Glider Ottoman with Custom Fabric Choice by Nurseryworks (Sale $310, Original $620)

This ottoman’s bold colors and bent plywood frame puts all other ottomans to shame with its gliding capability and water resistant fabric choices of micro-suede (camel, ecru, lamb, mocha and slate), twill (citrus, lime, mocha and navy) and velvet (delft, lilac and rosette).

Wattley Storage Ottoman Living Room Ottoman by Uttermost (Sale $408.48, Original $552)

More than just a handsome face, this ottoman offers invaluable storage space. The rugged sable brown faux leather is decorated in a double stitch grid work and the legs are finished in weathered hickory and accented with nail head details.

Plush Ottoman by Zuo Modern ($98)

Add a touch of cool with Zuo Modern’s leatherette ottoman available in black or white. With Home and Furniture’s free shipping, this solid steel framed ottoman washable leatherette cushion can turn any room into a sleek modern space.

Funky Functional Furniture

Furniture shouldn’t just be functional- it can also be a piece of art that reflects the style and personality of the home -owner. Here are some of our favorite funky furniture pieces that add flair to any home.

Boots Accent Table by Uttermost: ($264.18)

Check out the legs on that table! Uttermost’s Boots Accent Tableis definitely a conversation starter with hammered “legs” shaped as legs and boots. The table features a base finished in distressed coffee bronze with hand hammered accents in antiqued cherry red. Tabletop/ skirt top is seeded glass with scalloped edge detail. Light assembly is required.

Eating Utensils Wall Clock by Uttermost: ($175.58)
Dinner time is any time with Uttermost’s quirky utensils clock! The clock features a hand-forged metal finish in lightly distressed dark chestnut with burnished details and has Quartz movement.

Wake Up and Smell the Espresso!

Waking up is so overrated especially in the winter. The best alarm clock in the world is the smell of home-brewed espresso and at Home Furniture and Patio’s sale on Ascaso’s Dream Espresso Machines waking up can be easier for everyone.

DREAM Love Red Espresso Machine by Ascaso (orig.$749/ sale $549)

The Dream Versatile espresso and cappuccino machine’s classic retro look is combined with the best that modern technology has to offer in a traditional style machine. This series is dubbed the "Versatile" machine because the Dream Versatile machines can use either ground coffee or proportioned single serving espresso pods, also known or labeled as E.S.E.


DREAM Mediterranean Blue Espresso Machine by Ascaso (orig.$749/ sale $549)

Skip Starbucks as this aluminum machine makes café quality espresso drinks, lattes, cappuccinos and café mochas.



DREAM Mediterranean Sun Yellow Machine by Ascaso (orig.$749/ sale $549)

Fits into any kitchen with a variety of colors including Baby Pink, Mediterranean Blue, Mandarin Orange, White, Anthracite, Meadow Green, Cow Print, Sweet Cream, Kid Blue, Sun Yellow, Polished Aluminum and Dark Black.

Features:
Aluminum body with hand polished base.
Patented POD filter holder system easiest to use in the market.
Dual system temperature control for coffee brewing and steam frothing.
Accu-read gauge and flip switch controls allow for trouble free, user friendly operation.
Frothing tip for perfect foam.
Removable 44 oz. water tank on side of machine.
16 BAR water pump.
Polished stainless steel drip and cup tray, plus cup heater easy to remove and clean.
Brass boiler.
Works with either ground coffee or ESE coffee pods.
900 Watts.

Let the Games Begin!

The Vancouver Winter Olympic Games is just around the corner, but if rocketing at heart-racing speeds down the side of a mountain isn’t your cup of tea, then relax at home and play a game on Home Furniture and Patio’s favorite game tables.

Black & Warm Cherry Game Table by Powell ($408)

Powell’s reversible warm cherry octagon table features a reversible poker tabletop complete with chips and cards and a crap playing board with playing pieces.

Masterpiece Medium Mahogany Game Table with Game Pieces & Game Boards by Powell ($321)

A game table for any room of the house. This masterpiece medium mahogany game table features a faux elm inlayed top, checker/chess and backgammon game boards, game pieces included in drawer, and push pin to lift game boards from underneath to change games.

Round Game Table with Game Pieces by Powell($401)

Powell’s traditional faux mahogany round game table features turned tapered legs with hand carved floral decorations, full concave sided display shelf floral motif hand decorations and marquetry border. The table also includes checker/chess and backgammon game boards, game pieces included in drawer, and push pin to lift game boards from underneath to change games.

Seeing Red

Red soles inspire envy in every woman; “...are those Louboutins?” Now every room in your home can be as fashion forward as a red-carpet starlet with faux leather furniture featuring red interiors by Furniture FX.

Furniture FX Miami Faux Leather Table

$197.50 for set of 2


Furniture FX designs and produces their collections with 3 focuses in mind: fashion, quality and reliability. The Miami Collection transforms any suburban home into a South Beach loft with high quality yet affordable furniture.

Furniture FX Miami Faux Leather Display Unit
$242.50

Painting the Town Red

You might have painted the town red on New Year’s Eve but your walls are in desperate need for a makeover. Graham and Brown will make 2010 your year for modern design with its Eco Collection of wallpaper created in collaboration with designers from the Central St. Martins, a premier art school in London. Inspired by environmental issues, the wallpaper is manufactured from sustainable resources.

Graham & Brown Eco Highway $60

Graham & Brown Eco Peony $60

Log Cabin No More

Yearn for the comfort and ambiance of your own traditional log cabin but are really a 21st century eco-citizen? No need to make compromises with the eco-friendly and modern-designed Wall Mount Bio Fuel Fireplaces by Fireside America.

Fireside America has created a smokeless and vent-less fireplace that can be easily mounted or inserted into a wall and weighs under 50lbs -combining old-fashioned function with modern form.

Fireside Amercia Caprise
Bio Fuel Fireplace
$1,538.00

Unlike other eco-friendly fireplaces, bio-flame is a high-tech clean burning fireplace created to run on a highly refined ethanol which is nonstop fed into the fire and produces no harmful gases, smoke, ashes or soot. Who needs a plasma screen television, when you can cozy up with a hot chocolate and watch the flicker of flames all night?

Fireside Amercia Fiorenzo
Wall Mount Bio Fuel Fireplace
$1,594.00

Marvel at Home Furniture and Patio’s favorite picks of Magis’ twists on domestic staples with our two favorite selections.

Our first favorite, their ability to take ironing from dull housekeeping into a futuristic adventure with an ironing board of sleek angles and metallic finishes. This board looks more at home on the sci-fi channel than on The Brady Bunch. Magis’ Almeto Ironing Board might even pique the interest of your favorite anti-chore couch potato with its color choices of lilac and blue or anthracite fabric and anodized aluminum frame.


Fido won’t know which planet or year he has woken up in with Magis’ bright orange Dog House with all the requirements of a modern pooch- a stepladder, plaque (in Latin, translation “faithful friend, strong protector”) and a removable ventilation plug for increased air flow. Even Snoopy couldn’t resist napping in here!

An Office Chair is an Office Chair....Not For A Lady

If your 2010 resolution has anything to do with buckling down on your work schedule, you should consider investing in a great chair. For women, fashion in the home and office are a must. Enjoy some of our top picks from our collection:

Topstar Lady’s Chair Black Mesh Chari adds flare to the work place with a French toile fabric seat. The German-made ergonomic task chair is made specifically for women offering pressure points and body-balance-tec hinge allowing the chair to follow every movement.

Zuo Modern Regal Office Chair, if Chanel made an office chair, this would be it. The quilted high back swivel chair comes in black and white.

Zuo Modern Criss Cross Office Chair, if Balenciaga made an office chair, this would be it. The leatherette strapped-back makes for comfortable seating and comes in white, black and espresso.

Stretching the Truth

It's that time of year again when you hang up your dancing shoes and trade them in for a night of S'mores, cozy pajamas and a movie. Fourteen days and counting, you are at an all time high when it comes to days indoors.

Friends and family bugging you? Get them off your back with the Magis Puzzle Carpet. Available in sand, grass, and water patterns, the puzzle carpet allows you to create a makeshift outdoor scene indoors and doubles as a carpet.

So now, when you get the "um-teenth" call about coming to hang out you can tell him/her on the receiving end that you are just too tired. You not only did some shopping for the home and picked up a new carpet today, but you also spent the day enjoying the lush landscape. Technically, you're not really telling a lie.