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How to Maintain Wood Furniture & Make It Last Longer

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Wood furniture adds warmth, elegance, and a touch of nature to any home. Whether you have a cherished family heirloom or a newly acquired piece for your dining room, proper care can ensure that your wood furnishings remain beautiful and functional for years to come.  You should be intentional with wood furniture maintenance, taking care […]

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How to Mix & Match Pillows on a Sofa

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When it comes to living room furniture, throw pillows, and accent cushions might sound like an afterthought, but they can completely change the look of a room. Throw pillows can bring your decorating to the next level and make your home feel complete. But with all the possibilities of patterns, fabrics, sizes, colours, and textures, […]

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How to Prevent & Fix Sagging Sofa Cushions

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Bringing a new sofa into your living room or home office can light up the room and bring new energy to a space. Just like buying a new car, keeping your sofa cushions in pristine condition for as long as possible is the goal.  Aside from keeping your sofa clean, what else can you do […]

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How to Select A New Dining Table

Did you know your dining furniture sets the tone for the entire feel of your space and the experience you create for your family and friends? It does indeed – a formal setting can lend itself to use only for special occasions, or a contemporary casual setting can mean your family uses your dining set […]

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How to Set Up a Home Office

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You don’t have to feel bad about hitting snooze one more time when the commute is less than a minute from your comfortable bedroom to your home office. With more work-from-home or hybrid opportunities, there are plenty of benefits to putting more thought into setting up your home office. And the fun part is you […]

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How to Tell if Furniture is Good Quality

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Buying new furniture for your home or office can be incredibly exciting. Choosing and styling some of your favourite pieces exactly how you want is a great experience, but also one that can be ruined when low-quality furniture breaks  or fabrics wear down much faster than you may have anticipated. If you have ever sat […]

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Locally Made Luxury Goods

Some of you may already know the history behind the Calgary made, Canadian sourced, quality furniture that makes Birchwood so special. Our family has been making this furniture right here, in Calgary for almost forty years. Read more about that here. We have expanded our showroom to include not only our Calgary built furniture, but […]

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Making Your Home Office Work for You

A large portion of productivity can be traced back to the space in which you work. To yield truly effective results, an office must be aesthetically pleasing without being distracting; it must be soothing while still being effective and organized. Although it may not be the most obvious concept, designing and furnishing your home office […]

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Ordering Quality Furnishings: We’re In This Together

If you’ve ever considered ordering quality-made furniture, you’ve probably wondered what the whole process looks like. We know that it can be a daunting task and we want to take the guess work out of it for you. Today, we’re going to break our process down for you, from the initial furniture design to the time […]

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