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Tuesday, June 27th, 2017
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A recliner is one awesome piece of furniture that looks and feels comfortable. This one furniture can give you a sense of relaxation just by thinking of it. Just imagine this – you’re in a huge living room with dimmed lighting, you have a side table and the recliner sits beautifully beside your family’s sectional – it’s sublime.
You must have imagined yourself resting in this rest-inducing chair (okay, that’s a lot of words denoting respite) after a stressful day at work. Add to this the thought that you’re sipping a mug of hot chocolate while reading your favorite novel on a wintry day, again, the picture is simply perfect.
The recliner chair is super comfortable and it comes in a variety of designs and shapes. They are also equipped with different features as well as functions that are beneficial for users. You can easily shop for a piece that matches your current home décor.
Benefits of the Recliner Chair
Let’s go straightaway to the benefits. First, you help improve blood circulation. When you sit or stand for a long time, blood tends to pool around your feet. This is because of gravity. This blood flow to your extremities could cause swelling on your feet and also has the potential to clog veins on your legs.
To prevent this, a lot of offices – commercial or residential – use recliners so that people get a chance to improve circulation by putting their feet up.
The recliner is extra useful for older folks who definitely need to rest many times during the day.
Another benefit to the recliner chair is the relief on pregnancy pain. Women carry a heavy load for a good nine months. She can have respite from lower back pain if she’s given time to sit in a recliner. Reclining will also align her body weight to the center of gravity – yet an added benefit.
Did we mention that recliners help relieve stress? And yet one couldn’t stress that enough. Say goodbye to body stress as you sit even for just an hour each day in your recliner. Read a book, watch TV or just play some games on your mobile as you spend that precious hour seated in your fave recliner.
Buying a Recliner
Did you know that, these days, you can even have a massage as you sit in a recliner? You can also have a cold beverage at hand with one that has a built-in cooler.
But which one would you choose?
Would you like the power recliner that gives you effortless relaxation? Or the rocking recliner which mimics the movement of rocking chairs?
Or would you want the wall-saving recliner that requires merely six inches between the frame and the wall. The lift chair, on the other hand, helps you stand up when you find it difficult to rise from your seated position.
The large recliner – or the so-called man recliner – is the ultimate recliner when it comes to comfort.
Now that you know the different kinds, here are some shopping tips –
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Friday, April 21st, 2017
Hooker Furniture Living Room Jared Swivel Recliner
The very first reclining chair was believed to be the one owned by Napoleon III. Tit was the two American cousins named Knabush and Shoemaker who have gained the patent on the wooden recliner, though.
Background
The recliner is an upholstered seat that comes with metal mechanism. This mechanism has to be activated by the user so that the back will be pushed out. The foot rest also rises up and serves as a rest for the lower legs.
A lot of recliners are armchairs. Upholstered seats and backs make the comfortable chair into what it is. This mechanism is also what led to this seat being called motion furniture. There are a few recliners that can be activated when the person pulls the lever; others activate it by pushing the chair back with a little force.
One of the earliest recliner designs was published in 1813, Ackennann’s Repository of Arts, a British periodical. This reclining patent chair served as a prototype for a lot of chairs that followed throughout the next centuries.
In the late nineteenth century, the Morris Chair came into existence. A different mechanism was used where a series of pegs or rod was used. The frames were made of wood and were often massive. Upholstered cushions were also added for the seat and the back. This chair was advertised as a comfy seat just as all recliners are being marketed these days.
Recliner Materials
The primary parts of the recliner include a metal activating mechanism, frame, foam (upholstery padding), and upholstery fabric. These materials depending on who manufactured them. There are also different styles to choose from.
The frame is often made of wood, often hardwood. And since the chair moves a lot or the weight shifts from a conventional chair to a recliner often, this frame is reinforced with bolts, metal nuts, and steel corners. There could also be some fiberboard that’s used as a minor frame support.
Upholstered backs of recliners are made with a foam that is sculpted (often polyurethane foam). All the hard corners of the foam blocks are softened and padded.
There are also exposed wood on the feet, arms or the back of the recliner. The fabric used on the upholstery varies from one company to the next. If there is one thing in common with their recliners, it is the fact that they are all fairly durable. This is needful since the chair is pushed and pulled many times during its lifetime.
Recliners are often upholstered in cotton, leather, or natural synthetic fibers.
Recliner Benefits
You might have considered a recliner as an alternative to a sofa and an ottoman. More than space reasons, there are even more benefits to this more than you know. There are many ways that the recliner can benefit the body.
Studies have shown that there are a wide array of health problems that come from stress – from migraines to heart disease, to depression to asthma. Stress triggers a lot more these illnesses and this is one reason that the recliner can be beneficial.
Here are other recliner benefits –
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Wednesday, June 15th, 2016
Hooker Furniture Living Room Isadora Vineyard and Isadora Hickory Recliner
The recliner is what’s known in the furniture world as an upholstered chair complete with a mechanism that can be activated by the user. This metal mechanism controls the back of the chair to be pushed out while the foot rest rises. Many recliners have arms which make them a lot more comfortable.
Motion Furniture History
One of the first designs of the reclining chair was featured in Ackennann’s Repository of Arts, a British periodical. This prototype in 1813 became the pattern for hundreds of others that were manufactured throughout that century.
Ash and Browne, both upholsterers and cabinetmakers from New York introduced the improved recliner in 1855. Soon enough, cabinetmaker George J. Henkels also featured a recliner that could be manipulated by the sitter himself.
By the late nineteenth century, the recliner was called the Morris Chair named after William Morris who owned the Morris and Company manufacturing firm.
The rest is history as others contributed to the chair’s improvement. Other mechanisms were simple involving basic rods and pegs. The frames are often made of wood and the cushions are upholstered to make the chair one comfortable seating unit.
Recliner Prototyping
Product development teams take the recliner from mere sketches to the working prototypes. These prototypes, once tested, will then be handed over to the manufacturing department. More often than not, the team consists of the upholstery designer, pattern layout technician, sewing technician, wood technician, and the CAD engineer.
Recliner Raw Materials
The essential components of the recliner are its frame, the activating mechanism, the upholstered foam and the upholstered fabric. The materials used greatly vary depending on the manufacturer’s style and preferences. Generally, though, the materials used are as they are described. Where the frame is made of wood (often hardwoods) complete with metal nut reinforcement, steel corners and bolts; there may also be some fiberboard used to support the back.
The activating mechanism is often made of metal more specifically stamped steel. The springs used in the upholstered seat are also made of metal.
The padding for the upholstered backs may or may not be sculpted. All the hard corners are padded for safety. Back in the day, foams contained CFCs or chlorofluorocarbons but, these days, for ecological reasons, manufacturers have already abandoned such materials.
For manufacturers who create recliners with exposed wood arms and feet use more expensive types of wood such as oak or maple. This is either varnished or stained for added beauty.
The style of the upholstery fabric varies dramatically. Are all fairly durable since the recliner has to be pushed and pulled many times during the furniture’s life span. Recliners are also upholstered with cotton, leather, natural or natural-synthetic fiber combinations. The synthetic fiber types are the easiest to clean and are known to be fire resistant.
Each of these parts is assembled in phases where the components are installed in sections.
Flexsteel Living Room Fabric Power High-Leg Recliner 501R-503M
Recliner Quality Control
Unlike furniture used in public buildings, businesses or schools, pieces that are used in residential areas are not required to undergo consumer tests. The manufacturers do inspect each piece, though, visually through careful inspection. While the inspectors are all trained to look for puckers, protruding nails and such, they are still human and could miss some manufacturing defects.
This is where you come in. You should be able to check the quality of recliner based on the features mentioned here. Check how far the fabric would stretch, if it is colorfast, if the materials used are readily flammable, and other such specs. Take the time to check out the recliner if you want your seating piece to withstand the rigors of daily use.
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Tuesday, March 1st, 2016
Check out the best upholstered furniture during this season. Featured here is a loveseat from the Fine Upholstery Collection of FFDM.
Do you believe that spring furniture shopping is spurred by life experiences? For instance, don’t people buy or sell furniture during events such as weddings, births, deaths, moving, holidays, or even a child going to college?
The key to maximizing your spring furniture shopping is to properly anticipate your purchases. You need to understand why you are making the purchase or if you might just be reacting to a fashion impulse.
Spring Furniture: The Living Room
Living room furniture pieces are a staple of furniture shops. Loveseats and sofas are consistently there whether it is spring, winter, autumn or summer. Check out the leather and fabric on our sofas and you’ll find that we have one of the biggest collections.
The months of May and June often reflect a significant activity on chair and recliner purchase but you don’t have to wait for those months to update the look in your living room.
Spring Furniture: The Dining Room
While the holiday seasons (from October to early December) spur the latest dining room furniture promos and ads, keep in mind that spring is often the time when inventories are built. Here, furniture shops evaluate what stocks they have left and what need to be replenished.
This is the perfect time to buy arm chairs, china cabinets and servers. You may also want to look at some kitchen furniture in order to update the look of your home during this season.
The colors of Jonathan Louis’ Bergman Bedroom Collection are perfect for your goal spring look.
Spring Furniture: The Bedroom
This may be one of the last rooms that homeowners consider to update during spring but know that this is also an area that you should give priority to.
Why?
It may be generally unseen but this room is where you rest and rejuvenate each night. See if the beddings still give you your much needed comfort. Is the mattress still able to support your spine or do you feel back pain when you wake up in the morning?
The coils of a mattress come in various thicknesses. The more steel coils there are, the higher the quality of your mattress. Check out which mattress is most suitable to alleviate back pains in the morning.
Mattress box spring or foundation also adds a different level of support. Plain wooden frames could make mattresses feel harder so make sure you purchase the ones that do not show any cracks. Check also that the wooden frame is straight.
Spring Furniture: The Home Office
With the growth of home businesses and internet jobs, it is now common for people to stay at home and do their income-generating transactions there. Since they spend most of their time online, these homeowners also tend to shop on the Internet.
So why not do your home office shopping there as well?
Browse through our functional yet beautiful home office desks. There are also collections that feature desk and chair packages. See which ones would suit your spring theme the most.
If you’ve gone rustic for this season, then check out the wood home office furniture collections on this site.
Wood Furniture Shopping for Spring
Know what you prefer when shopping for wood furniture. Hardwoods are those that come from deciduous trees while softwoods come from coniferous trees. Find the pieces that are most scratch resistant so that they will be able to endure through all the other seasons. You can test this by drawing a thin line using just your fingernail. A visible dent means the furniture won’t stand up to too much use.
Check also the joint construction of your wood furniture. This is the chief determinant when it comes to quality furniture. If held by nails or staples, then consider it to be shoddily constructed. Glued parts are also a sign of weak construction.
Look for the mortise and tenon or the dovetail when looking for the sturdiest joints.
‘See any knots and cracks? Then say no to those furniture pieces.
You see, spring furniture shopping can be fun especially when you follow these hot guidelines.
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