From the Factory- A French Blue Finish Story

I love walking through our case factory.  Hearing the machines, smelling the sawdust, and seeing the hand work that goes into each and every piece is something to appreciate.  Our artisans, each and every one of them, are extremely skilled at what they do.  Whether buffing a dining table top to create the luster and shine,  hand painting gold leaf onto a cove molding or hand distressing with rocks and chains some of our casual pieces--the hours, labor and love that go into each piece of furniture is hard to communicate or even share with you, the end consumer.  The result is what we communicate, that finished piece that becomes a part of someone's home.  However what it took to make it...that is something that many people don't actually think about when they purchase a piece of furniture. 

That is why I love this series of posts, From the Factory.  I feel it brings you, the reader/designer/homeowner/sales associate a little closer to us.  What started as just an idea, has blossomed into a regular blog post and Pinterest Board where I try and highlight a few of the incredible finish combinations that we see coming through our factory in Hickory.  Hats off to all of our customers who are creating some truly unique and fabulous pieces of furniture, and hats off to our craftspeople for all the time they spend making them.

Here are a few highlights in our French Blue finish.  Enjoy, and happy creating!

T29-156 High Rock Bed from Timberlake Home

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519-202 Conti Chest from our Coeur de France Collection

599-203 Consul Chest from our Consulate Collection shown in combination of French Blue and Desert

429-704 Swell Chest from Town & Country Collection

519-405M Bonnille Credenza with Marble Top

Market to Market Journey Phase Three

Can you believe Market is just 4 weeks away?? On this journey to market we are busy finishing up our last orders for market. Our team of designers has gone room by room designing the 80,000 square feet of space here in our High Point showroom. Making our selections for upholstery and casegoods simultaneously allows us to be very creative and make the whole room very cohesive.

With our market orders into the factory, we are now moving all the pieces that are still in showroom. By sorting the furniture into a central place in each room we can decide where each piece should be for October Market. It's important for us to be organized in such a big showroom!

And now the fun begins! We have multiple trucks arriving to the showroom weekly from Hickory. Off the truck, into the freight elevator, up to the showroom, and into place.

 

Fresh off the truck- this sofa looks great!

 

It is amazing to see the pieces in all the new and different finishes! Here is a chest from our Madera collection finished in fossil.  Doesn't even look like the one in the catalog. 

For another chest from our Milan collection we selected a Desert and Smoke combination. How pretty is that?!

Check out this great chair in a new fabric and finish for the Bob Timberlake area!

We love seeing how beautifully the pieces come out of the factory. Below is another gorgeous new fabric on the Trellis chair from our Oscar de la Renta collection!

 

We're so excited for the rest of the pieces to get to the showroom! And now I must get back to the floor to start the next step in the journey to market-  staging and propping the rooms.  

Be sure to visit our showroom during market to see the final result. 

From the Factory- Just in time for July 4th

Just in time for the holiday, a few red, white, and blue beauties I spied coming down our finish line!  From Garnet and Crimson to Twilight, Sky and Sapphire, we have the finishes to dress any home for this Independence Day. I don't know about you, but these certainly put me in the spirit.

Have a wonderful Fourth of July! Be safe.

779-604 New Traditional Cocktail in Garnet

339-628 from Tribeca in our Sky finish

659-723 from Zen in Garnet

699-462 Lotus Bar Cabinet from Chin Hua in Cloud

HC13-705-CN in Turquoise

339-203 from Tribeca in Cloud

609-403 Chinese Credenza from Oscar de la Renta in Sapphire

From the Factory-February 2013

Warmer weather is on the way, but I always love the last little bit of winter weather we get every year.  It simply makes me appreciate spring with all its color that much more.

To honor those last winter storms, here are some pieces coming down our line this month in shades and hues that remind us of winter.  Icy platinum, snow like Cloud and Chalk, and even iridescent Pearl.

419-402 Kavanagh Credenza from Paragon in Platinum and Cloud

599-702 Elba Drawer  Chest from Consulate in Cloud

 819-156 King Bed from Metro Luxe in Cloud

819-763 Desk from Metro Luxe in Pearl and Platinum Combination

559-204 Omni Chest from the Omni Collection in Pearl and Platinum Combination

419-206 Dufrene Dressor from Paragon in Cloud

559-638 from Omni in Cloud

Stay warm and enjoy!

From the Factory--January 2013

Hard to believe we are into another year.  Yet, here I sit and January is a day away from being in the past. We have been hard at work in our factories building and finishing some spectacular pieces of furniture that by now are on their way to someone's home.  Looking at them, I truly wish it were my own! 

Enjoy some pictures of what we saw coming down our finishing line this month and remember you can see them all on on our Pinterest board @ http://pinterest.com/centuryfurnitur .

339-624 in Tangerine

339-628 from our Tribeca Collection in Sky finish

339-628 shown in Cloud

339-421 Curio Cabinet from Tribeca shown in a combination of Jet with Silver Leaf on the interior

559-639 Lamp Table from our Omni Collection shown in Garnet

529-602 Turnberry Cocktail Table from our Classics Catalog shown in Sunset

 

2013's PANTONE COLOR-EMERALD GREEN

 

Created by: LAURIE REED, Creative Director for Century Furniture 

Happy Holidays from Century Furniture

On behalf of the entire 

Century Furniture family, 

we wish you Happy Holidays 

and a safe and prosperous new year!

From the Factory--December's Sparkling Finishes

This time of year everything seems to sparkle just a little bit more.  People are friendlier, stores try just a little bit harder, and we all take just a little more time to enjoy everything around us.  In our factories we are busy trying to get out all of the holiday deadline orders.  It's amazing how this time of year really makes you focus on home, and making sure it too has that extra sparkle.

So, with that in mind, I wanted to send out a few examples of our sparkling furniture!  I think they are the perfect inspiration for this time of year and hope that you will think so too.

559-176 Omni Wave Bed shown in Platnium

419-703 Paragon Door Chest shown in Old Gold 

419-703 Paragon Door Chest shown in a combination finish with Block Silver leaf doors

599-203 Consul Chest from Consulate shown in our Sapphire finish

Happy Holidays to you all!  May this season sparkle for you and yours.

From the Factory--October 2012

We continue to see amazing pieces come through our factories.  It is incredible to see the different finishes and fabrics and how they are being used on furniture.  For those of us in furniture and design, the finish line is literally like a mini runway. Every day is fashion week for the home. At any given point the most beautiful finish combination will be waltzing around the plant on its way to a home somewhere.

Each week I will post some of these pieces here under the header "From the Factory" for you to see.  You can also see them on our Pinterest board @ http://pinterest.com/centuryfurnitur/

Hopefully they will inspire you the way they do us!

369-621 Side table from our Chelsea Club collection in Crimson lacquer! Beautiful and not so traditional anymore.

419-703 Paragon Club chest in our Old Gold finish

Our Omni 559-703 in a fabulous Black and white finish combination!

Imagine these in your foyer! What a statement!!

From the Factory--October 1st, 2012

More captures of some of the fantastic finish combinations coming through our factory this week.  Some of these will be on display for High Point Furniture Market which begins next week, and others are going to new homes across the country.

Check back every week to see some of the gems that are in our factory!! Who knows, maybe you will see something you ordered.  You can also find these on Pinterest at http://pinterest.com/centuryfurnitur/from-the-factories/

559-620 Omni Lamp Table shown here in a Smoke and Silk finish combination. 

New 699-606 Chin Hua Bunching Cocktail table shown in our Desert Finish. Love how the Ziricote veneer through the middle of the piece is set off in this lighter finish with the banding in Primavera. Really shows how the different wood species work together.

519-202 Conti Chest from Coeur de France Collection, shown in Parchment with white stripe detail.

419-402 Kavanagh Credenza from our Paragon Collection, shown in a Platinum and Cloud finish combination. 

Brand new piece for our Tribeca collection, will debut next week at market. Check out that fabulous stone top!