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Performance Fabric: What It Is and When to Choose It

Performance fabric is upholstery engineered to resist staining, fading, moisture, and abrasion better than standard decorative cloth. Sutter & Vale carries Universal Furniture frames across its...

Universal Furniture: Bedrooms and Living Rooms for How People Live Now

Universal Furniture builds beds, sofas, and sectionals designed around the way households actually use their spaces, from relaxed family rooms to calm primary bedrooms. Sutter & Vale carries a ...

How to Choose a Table Lamp Height for a Side Table

For most side tables, a table lamp between 24 and 30 inches tall works well. The goal is to keep the bottom of the shade at roughly eye level when seated, around 38 to 42 inches from the floor. Sut...

Wildwood Lamps: Choosing a Table Lamp That Holds a Room

Wildwood table lamps, available through Sutter & Vale's full Wildwood collection, are built around surface work that machines cannot replicate: hand painted ceramics, antique crackle porcelain,...

How High to Hang Wall Art

The answer is 57 inches on center, measured from the floor to the center of the frame. That is the museum and gallery standard, and it is the founding principle of Level 57 Art, one of the original...

Alexa Hampton's Collections: One Designer, Several Houses

Alexa Hampton designs furniture, lighting, bath accessories, and bedding across several licensed partnerships, including Theodore Alexander, Visual Comfort, Labrazel, and Eastern Accents. Sutter &a...

What Size Chandelier Do You Need Over a Dining Table?

For most dining tables, choose a chandelier whose diameter falls between one-half and two-thirds the width of the table. Visual Comfort fixtures available through Sutter & Vale's chandelier col...

Thomas Pheasant for Baker: Classical Lines, Modern Restraint

Thomas Pheasant's collections for Baker represent the largest single designer presence in the Baker catalogue, spanning 102 pieces across 43 SKUs. Available through Sutter & Vale as part of the...

How to Choose a Mirror Size for Above a Console or Mantel

A mirror above a console or mantel should span roughly two-thirds to three-quarters of the furniture's width, and hang so its bottom edge sits 6 to 12 inches above the surface. Sutter & Vale ca...

Century Furniture's Grand Tour Collection: A Story Told in Furniture

Century Furniture's Grand Tour collection takes its name from the 18th-century aristocratic circuit that taught collectors how to look. The collection translates that sensibility into American room...