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Glacial Wood Products teamed up with master wood carver Konstantinos Papadakis to create a wall of wood icons that will be featured in a Rochester, Minn., church.
Papadakis, of Minneapolis, began carving wood at the age of 9, and has had his work featured in churches, homes, offices and buildings around the world. His latest project is to create an iconostasis, which is a wall of icons separating the nave from the sanctuary in a church. Glacial Wood's Dick Johnson is working with Papadakis on the creation, which is expected to be completed in summer 2011.
“[Glacial Wood Products] does what I ask them to do. You see I’m an old man with an old tradition. I like the old traditional way. I like things to be done the correct way. Glacial Wood Products communicates well with me and they do what I’m asking for. They do my job well,” said Papadakis.
Once the wood carving project is completed, photographs will be displayed on Glacial Wood's website and Papadakis' website.
Money can’t buy you love, but tens of thousand of dollars can buy you a mini playhouse mansion complete with petite custom furniture.
These tricked out playhouses can feature air conditioning, electricity, running water and 8-foot-tall ceilings for any adults who stop by. Custom upholstered furniture is also a must have along with kitchen accessories, rugs and window treatments. These playhouses are nice and bigger than any apartment I've ever lived in.
The barbarians are at the gate.
The Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association released its monthly Trend of Business Survey, which showed a decline in cabinet sales for February 2011.Participants in the KCMA survey reported that cabinet sales decreased 7.3 percent compared to sales for February 2010. Stock cabinet sales decreased 10.9 percent, semi-custom sales decreased 3.6 percent and custom sales decreased 9.6 percent. The year-to-date sales decreased 5.7 percent, with stock sales down 6.9 percent, semi-custom sales down 4.9 percent and custom sales down 3.6 percent.
Survey participants included stock, semi-custom and custom companies whose combined sales represent over 50 percent of the U.S. cabinet market.
Leda Furniture will debut its "fresh" collection at High Point Market in April.
This new condo-scaled furniture collection features Zebrano veneers with complementing paint trim colors of silver, black and pink as well as Amaretto and Mahogany wood finishes.
“You always hear the furniture industry described as a fashion industry, yet whenever there is a new collection introduction it’s always in some shade of the safe brown and beige tones," said Marco Confalone, president of Leda Furniture. “It doesn’t matter what name you give the finish, it’s still brown. We wanted to showcase something fresh as part of our new introduction, hence the inclusion of the ‘pink & black’ bed option.”
Leda Furniture will debut "fresh" in High Point, N.C., at H-1112, IHFC Building.
