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How to Layer Lighting in a Living Room
Layered lighting in a living room means using three distinct source types together: ambient, task, and accent. A single overhead fixture flattens a space. Three layers give you control over mood, f...
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The Hancock & Moore Leather Sofa: What You Are Paying For
Hancock & Moore has built leather seating in Hickory, North Carolina, since 1981. The house selects hide to a standard most upholstery makers never reach, then benches every piece by hand using...
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What Is White Glove Delivery and Do You Need It?
White glove delivery is a premium shipping service in which a trained two-person crew brings furniture inside your home, carries it to the room of your choice, unpacks it, assembles any components,...
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What Is Quiet Luxury? The Furniture Houses That Defined It Before It Had a Name
Quiet luxury in furniture means proportion, material and making over logos and status signals. Baker Furniture, Hickory Chair and Theodore Alexander, all available through Sutter & Vale, define...
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How to Choose Between Upholstery Fabric Grades
Fabric grades at Highland House Furniture, available through Sutter & Vale, are a pricing structure, not a quality ranking. Each grade groups fabrics by what they cost the manufacturer to sourc...
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Hooker Furnishings: American Furniture for Every Room of the House
Hooker Furnishings produces casegoods and upholstered pieces across traditional, transitional, and modern styles, covering dining, bedroom, living, home office, and accent categories under one roof...
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The Difference Between a Sectional and a Modular Sofa
A sectional is a fixed configuration sold as a set. A modular sofa is built from individual units you combine and reconfigure over time. Caracole, available at Sutter & Vale, offers both approa...
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Global Views and the Art of the Unexpected Accent
Global Views brings together decorative objects drawn from design traditions across multiple continents, giving each piece enough individual character to anchor a room without locking it into a sin...
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How to Read a Furniture Price Tag: MSRP, Sale and Trade Pricing
When you shop Theodore Alexander at Sutter & Vale, you will typically see three numbers on a product page: the manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP), a current retail selling price, and ...
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Caracole's Modern Take on Luxury: Why Designers Keep Coming Back
Caracole's fashion-forward contemporary line gives designers a reliable answer to a common brief: a room that reads as modern and glamorous without tipping into excess. Sutter & Vale carries th...
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