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Holiday Hosting With Caracole: Dining and Living Pieces for a Season of Guests

Caracole's dining and living pieces give you sculptural form and layered finishes that hold a room through a full month of gatherings. Sutter & Vale carries a focused range of these pieces, and...

Lead Times Explained: When to Order Furniture You Want by the Holidays

If you want Highland House Furniture in your home for holiday hosting, order earlier than you think necessary. Every piece Sutter & Vale carries from Highland House is made to order in the Unit...

Planning a Holiday Room Now: Made-to-Order Furniture From Hickory Chair

If a holiday room is the goal, the clock is already running. Made-to-order upholstery from Hickory Chair, available through Sutter & Vale, is built to your specifications after you place your o...

Furniture Finishes Explained: Lacquer, Oil, Wax and Paint

Lacquer, oil, wax and paint each behave differently on wood and in daily use. The right choice depends on your wood species, your maintenance tolerance, and the look you want. Century Furniture, av...

Hooker Furnishings Dining Rooms: Tables, Chairs and Sideboards

Hooker Furnishings covers the full dining room, from tables and chairs to sideboards, in traditional, transitional, and modern directions. Sutter & Vale carries that range so you can furnish on...

Inlay, Marquetry and Parquetry: Decorative Wood Terms Explained

Inlay, marquetry and parquetry are three distinct woodworking techniques, each with a different method and a different visual result. Knowing which is which helps you read a furniture description a...

Baker Dining Chairs and Tables: The Grand American Dining Room

Baker Furniture has shaped the American dining room since 1890, and the range available through Sutter & Vale covers every seat at the table. The Baker collection moves from compact armless sid...

How to Choose Furniture for an Open-Plan Room

Open-plan rooms reward one decision above all others: define your zones before you choose a single piece. Without walls to separate spaces, furniture does the structural work. Sutter & Vale car...

Jessica Charles Ottomans and Stools: The Hard-Working Small Piece

Jessica Charles ottomans and counter stools are some of the hardest-working small pieces Sutter & Vale carries. Built on American bench-crafted frames with the same construction discipline the ...

How to Create a Reading Nook

A reading nook comes down to three decisions: the right chair, the right light, and enough enclosure to make the corner feel its own. Hickory Chair, founded in 1911 in Hickory, North Carolina, buil...