Design Tips

How do I know quality furniture?

Quality furniture can make all the difference in your home. Furniture is one of the most important, yet least appreciated aspects of life. You rest on it, your kids play on it, you sleep on it, and in many cases, you have it your entire life. Quality Counts What do I look for?​ Know your wood types. Wood furniture falls into three categories: solid wood, veneers, and...
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Design Tips, Dining Rooms

5 Key Steps to Picking the Perfect Dining Table

The dining room table is the last bastion of family gathering time. Your table is the place your little ones smear birthday cake during their first birthday party and later share their spaghetti noodles with the dog. It’s the place you see your kids’ faces and hear about their day before they go back to their phones and computers. And it’s the place you and your spouse...
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Design Tips

2019 Home Design Trends

Can you believe we’re already to a new year? Welcome to 2019! With a new year comes new color and home design trends. Fresh colors slip into 2019 to complement much of what you already see. And some design styles from the past will pop up and take the design world by storm in brand new ways. After following 2019 home design trends closely, we’re excited for...
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Design Tips

44 Designer Decorating Secrets for a Brilliant Holiday Season

Can you believe it’s the holiday season again? The shift into the holidays brings crisp whites, shimmery gold and silver, and a festive style only seen at this time of year. We try to think of something new to add to Christmas decorating each year. It might be a small twist, but who doesn’t like surprises and a little change? Our incredible interior designers contributed some of...
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Design Tips

Best Table-Setting Tips for Thanksgiving

If you’re hosting Thanksgiving dinner this year, you probably have a lot to do to get ready for your guests—cleaning, planning, grocery shopping, cooking. You want the food to be delicious and the house to be clean and welcoming. What about the dining table? The dining table often becomes a hurried last-minute flurry of action. Grab some plates, that paper turkey centerpiece, and let’s do this! Then...
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Living Room

Living Room Arrangement Ideas

Cozy & Conversational Sofas can be arranged to face each other with a coffee table placed in the middle for a conversational favorite. This is perfect for easy conversation with a foundation to hold drinks and snacks! Of course, there are many living room arrangement options, but this is our fan favorite. Defined Dining Create a defined flow by separating your dining room and living room. Placing a...
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Design Trends, Home Decor

Everything You Need to Know about Upholstery Materials

Since your upholstered furniture will be used in different rooms and will fulfill multiple purposes, it’s important that you select the right type of materials. This will help ensure that your furniture continues to look its best over time. Natural Fabrics These upholstery fabrics include linen, cotton, wool, silk, and leather. While linen and silk are both very luxurious, they must be professionally cleaned and should not...
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Flooring

SmartStrand: The Carpet Built for Elephants

Here at Montgomery's, we are very selective when choosing products to supply to our customers. So when Mohawk flooring claimed their SmartStrand carpet was built to hold elephants, I had to dig in. Just how good could this carpet be? Check out what I found below. What is SmartStrand? First, let's cover the basics of what this technology is and what it claims. In SmartStrand Silk, each strand...
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