Furniture Design Blog
By Frank Chacin, Managing Director at SoBe Furniture I hear the same complaint from clients furnishing a home office over and over: they spent real money on a beautiful desk, then grabbed whatever office chair was fastest to order, and...
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By Hector Morales, Furniture Quality and Practical Buying Specialist at SoBe Furniture Most bedroom storage problems don't show up in the showroom. They show up eighteen months later, when a drawer that used to glide smoothly starts sticking every humid...
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By Frank Chacin, Managing Director at SoBe Furniture A client asked me a question last week that deserves a longer answer than the showroom floor allows. She was standing between two sofas that looked, to her eye, similar. One said...
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By Ricardo Ortega, Showroom Manager and Italian Leather Specialist at SoBe Furniture I watch people test sofas every day, and most of them test the wrong things. They sit on the front edge for four seconds, pat the armrest twice,...
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By Frank Chacin, Managing Partner and Creative Director at SoBe Furniture I get asked a version of this question constantly in the showroom: is there actually a difference between a $500 coffee table and a $2,000 one, or am I...
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