FURNITURE HOME: December 2012

Monday, December 31, 2012

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The Office Furniture Year in Review

2012 is almost a memory. Looking back, this year has been filled with tons of hot trends and several from the office furniture and seating world. This article will highlight several of 2012's top selling products and a look at the future of the industry.

The year's top selling product had to be the Mayline Valore chair. While this hot product made it's debut in 2011, this was it's first full year on the market. Boy did it make an impact! Models like the TSH3 chair offer the simplicity and versatility desired by most professional work environments. This awesome mesh chair is available in 3 color combinations and features a plethora of useful ergonomic features. The TSH3 works great in conference, training, classroom, and desking applications of all kinds. Truly a Jack of all trades seating solution, Valore is sure to make even more waves in the upcoming year along with the new Commute chair by Mayline.

2012 was another huge year for easy to spec casegoods furniture. Lines like the Cherryman Verde series were incredibly popular. This modern collection of high quality laminate furniture was a big hit with contemporary businesses. Verde is affordable and incredibly stylish! Another hot casegoods furniture collection was the Mayline e5 series. This line made it's debut towards the holiday season. None the less, it made a huge splash at NeoCon, that transferred into immediate success. This collection highlights one of the latest trends in furniture which consists of open desking solutions as opposed to traditional office cubicles. Truly a one of a kind line, e5 has just begun to make it's impression on the industry.

Ergonomic accessories have long been a staple of office environments throughout the country. When it came to 2012 the top ergo product was definitely the dual screen monitor arm. Units like the EDGE2 model from ESI offered users limitless computer monitor mobility. Units like this were, are, and will continue to be hot ticket items for the foreseeable future. For those not hip to this trend, get on board! Monitor mounts increase usable desk space and will definitely increase your day to day efficiency. Other top ergonomic products include a variety of specialized seating and adjustable keyboard trays for home and business. At this point, ergonomics can no longer be considered a trend. This industry buzzword has become the standard for businesses throughout the world. Expect more hot products to hit the market in 2013 that will keep you comfortable and working at the highest level of productivity possible.

looking ahead to 2013 it's easy to see a few trends in the making. Modern office furniture is always a hit and with new products like the OFM Avenger chair and lines like the new Lesro Mystic series, the upcoming year is going to be quite exciting. New industry staples like the ones mentioned above will be accompanied by a variety of new products sure to get your office buzzing. A favorite amongst industry professionals and interior designers alike is the new G20 chair by Global Total Office. Along with several new models, Global has really outdone themselves. The G20 was already making waves in 2012, but should be amongst the top selling models in the new year. Giving away all the secrets would be no fun. That being said, you'll just have to make due with these hot products and wait patiently for the release of upcoming articles and product reviews from The Office Furniture Blog. Thanks so much for your support throughout the year. Have a safe and happy holiday! See you all in 13'.

House of the Week

Last house for 2012! Happy New Year everyone!!! I'm off on a little trip with my husband, back with more historic house photos next week.

A Druid Hills classic:

photos by Whitehaven

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Sunday, December 30, 2012

Implementing Strategic Planning Properly

All companies can run well when the owners have good strategic planning as it becomes the main direction to where the business aim goes. It is supposed to be based on the mission and vision and the future goal. A good strategic plan is the least complicated, yet applicable plan and it should be accomplished by the solid team from a good leadership. As a matter of fact, many business owners make too complicated plans with unreachable goals in their business plans. When there are too many plans and they are too hard to accomplish, those plans will be useless.

If you happen to be a business owner, then you have to deal with proper strategic planning that includes:

Realistic vision

Every business owner has the right to aim for the best but the vision should be realistic. The vision should include the strategies to accomplish the main goal of the company. It is best to find the values that make business owners have the orientation in mind and stay on the track. It is dangerous when a business owner does not stay or stick to the plan because there will be major changes in almost any aspect. This is the reason why there should be written down vision for each company to avoid too many unplanned actions

Strategic Direction

No matter how good a strategic direction is made, it will be useless when the direction is not based on the real plan. When a company has fewer goals, there will be lesser plan to be accomplished by the company owner and the team. It is important to stay focused on the main goals and aims so that the whole team can do the best strategic direction. Focusing on the main goal can be done through some training for all employees so that they can have good brainstorming related with the challenges before reaching success of the company.

Vision is the first thing that all company owners to deal with before setting strategies. This is basically the main key to strategic planning. The company owner should brainstorm all the aims and goals of the companies and accomplish all actions based on the strategies which have been generated together. The importance of brainstorming is the thorough comprehension of the strategic planning so that there will be one aim that all employees, management boards and company owners to accomplish. It does not mean that all companies can easily reach the targeted aims in a blink of an eye. There are lots of efforts due to the tight competition these days, and this is the challenges by most company owners.

Strategic Planning Sample #1

Strategic Planning Process

Strategic Planning Sample #2

Different Type Strategic Planning

Strategic Planning Sample #3

Strategic Planning for Business

Strategic Planning Process

Strategic Planning Process for Business

Greenhouses Made With Salvaged Windows

Think it's too early to thinking about and planning for spring? Never!

As a matter of fact, now is the perfect time to begin planning your yard and gardens,
and for more reasons than one. First of all, it's wise to plan ahead and be prepared,
but even more beneficial (at least in my eyes) is the lift your spirits get when you
envision the warmer weather, the blooming flowers, and all the other things that
come along with springtime.

What better way to recycle old windows than build them into a unique garden greenhouse

or potting shed? Check out what some creative folks have crafted using reclaimed old

windows and doors, and maybe you'll be inspired to create your own!

I love all the elements - and colors - of this pretty greenhouse

I love the arched windows and old doors used in this greenhouse by Dreyne

10 x 10' Greenhouse built by Linda J & her husband via Hometalk

Pretty garden shed greenhouse

Pretty purple greenhouse via Penick

Salvaged window greenhouse via Apartment Therapy (above and below)

Greenhouse made with recycled windows and doors

Window greenhouse by Angela Davis at Gardening In My Rubber Boots

Greenhouse instructions by Michael Taeuber via Instructables

Reclaimed window greenhouse (above and below) via BHG

Simple greenhouse made from old windows. I love the red!

Baby greenhouse by Design Dreams by Anne

Mini greenhouses by Linda at Bluegate

Window greenhouses by North Peace

Create a tabletop mini greenhouse from old picture frames via Country Living

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resolutions

Have you thought about your new year's resolutions? I have started to jot down a few, some trivial and some meaningful. A fun one I have decided on is to cook my way though some of my favorite cookbooks in 2013.

For the last few years, I have been a creative cook, creating meals from what needs to be used in the fridge or freezer, not thinking to go to my cookbook collection. When reorganizing the shelf the other day, I realized that so many of them are being ignored.

This year, I will try to get through most of Ina Garten's cookbooks. I love Ina's recipes (and her pretty homes). Her recipes are always delicious and her cookbooks are filled with beautiful photography. I have used her first one, The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook the most, bought it years ago when it first came out. It is full of bookmarks and stains.

I will blog about my journey through Ina's books, a la Julie and Julia and post about any yummy discoveries here and there. What are some of your resolutions this year?

Happy New Year!

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Saturday, December 29, 2012

The Best of Whitehaven 2012

Nothing like the fast approach of the new year to get one thinking about the year in review. Thought it might be fun to revisit the five most read Whitehaven posts from 2012. Without further ado, they are, in descending order (click on the title of the post to read the original post):

5. Richard Keith Langham - Learning Lecture