Marketplace - May 20, 2009
Contemporary, approachable ... yes, Fast Company, that's Milwaukee
Fastcompany.com, the innovative magazine that recently touted Will Allen of Growing Power, is once again giving Brew City props hailing the "contemporary and approachable -- and fairly reasonably priced" furniture designs of Misewell.
Tags: Misewell, ICFF, Fast Company, New Design award, furniture, Dwell, Vincent and Paul Georgeson, International Contemporary Furniture Fair

Marketplace - April 28, 2009
P.M. Bedroom Gallery built on brotherhood
For his entire life, Ben Huth wanted to be a dairy farmer, just like his parents. After high school, he started working in the field, but when his brother, Arvid, announced he was going to start a furniture store, Ben wanted in on the plan. Today, the brothers have eight showrooms in three states.
Tags: p.m. bedroom gallery, furniture, arvid huth, ben huth

Marketplace - March 23, 2009
Someone forgot to tell IKEA about the recession
My coworker Bobby and I took a trip to the Chicago suburbs Saturday. If there's a recession going on right now, it certainly hasn't hit my sentimental old favorite Scandinavian superstore.
Tags: ikea, furniture, schaumburg, recession, hobo

Marketplace - March 20, 2009
Embelezar moves from Chicago to Milwaukee
After 11 years in Chicago's Bucktown neighborhood (1639 N. Damen Ave.), Embelezar is relocating to Milwaukee's Third Ward.
Tags: embelezar, third ward, furniture, Suzanne Rafenstein

Marketplace - Sept. 14, 2008
La Lune pulls big business to Brew City
Oprah Winfrey, John McCain and Ralph Lauren are just a few of La Lune Collection's customers. The "rustic upscale" furniture manufacturers have been in Riverwest since 1986.
Tags: La Lune Collection, furniture, eco-friendly furniture, Mario Costantini, Holton Youth Center, Danceworks, Chamber Theater, PEARLS for Teen Girls, Florentine Opera, Riverwest

Milwaukee Buzz - Nov. 7, 2005
Fine Furnishings Show comes to Milwaukee
Milwaukee has been chosen as the location of the second Fine Furnishings Show, slated for Sept. 23 and 24, 2006 at the Midwest Airlines Center.
Tags: Fine Furnishings Providence Show, craft, furniture, Midwest Airlines Center, The Furniture Society, Kara Little

Milwaukee Buzz - Aug. 29, 2005
Dinesen's Leather moves to Third Ward
Dinesen's Leather Only will move from 798 N. Jefferson St. to 231 E. Buffalo St. by the end of October. Manager Steve Galstad explains why.
Tags: Dinesen's, Rubin's, leather, LoveSac, furniture, Third Ward, Jefferson, Cathedral

Marketplace - June 11, 2003
Like his inspired designs, Spack is a true original
You may not have heard of him yet, but Milwaukeean Daniel Spack is busy making a name for himself as a furniture designer with a social conscience. We recently sat down with the artist at Jacques' French Deli in Walker's Point to find out what makes him tick. What we discovered is that Spack, like his furniture, is a true original.
Tags: Spack, Ganesha, furniture

Marketplace - Jan. 21, 2003
Door County woodworker gives local timber a second life
Michael Doeren doesn't use a plan or blueprints to build his custom furniture. He doesn't even use wood from a commercial mill. That would be too easy -- and more importantly, not in line with his design philosophy: his furniture comes only from native or reclaimed timber species indigenous to his beloved Door County.
Tags: door county, woodwork, furniture, fish creek

Marketplace - April 2, 2001
I Saw's selection salutes Art Deco style
Opened in October by Wisconsin native Sara Wright, the store's one-room space combines a sense of art history with a keen eye for nostalgic memorabilia and is filled with rare and intriguing objects from a not-quite-forgotten past.
Tags: I Saw Designs, Shorewood, furniture, antiques, Art Deco

Marketplace - Jan. 31, 2001
Get a jump on spring
Think a new beginning and consider giving your home a face-lift with some great new furniture, decorations or both, from some of Milwaukee's best shops.
Tags: home decor, furniture

Marketplace - Aug. 30, 2000
Shop Swedish at Schaumburg IKEA
Less than two hours to the south of Milwaukee lies a furniture store so enormous, it looks like it could eat new Miller Park for dinner. It's bright blue and yellow and full of inexpensive, ultra-modern Scandinavian furniture.
Tags: IKEA, shopping, Schaumburg, Chicago, furniture