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Have you been fortunate enough to inherit some of the furniture in your home? If so, lucky you! You probably have some beautiful, hand-crafted heirloom pieces, handed down throughout your family, with wonderful stories and memories attached to each! And what about you partner? Did they also inherit meaningful pieces from well-intended relatives? Again – lucky you! Or, maybe not…

Of course you love the connection and sentiment each piece brings to you, your family, and your home, but “too many hand-me-downs” can make your décor appear like something Sybil (from the 1976 biographical film about a girl who had multiple personalities?) might have created! Yikes! What to do?

While it may be difficult to integrate Great Aunt Edna’s pristine mahogany curio cabinet with Great Uncle Frank’s pine wagon-wheel coffee table – all within the confines of your family room, help is here...in the form of TV lift technology!

State-of-the-art TV lifts bring your family room into the 21st century – regardless

Spring is still a little ways away, but why not get yourself in the mood by starting a little spring cleaning?  It would be better to get it done now while the weather is still less than pleasant.  You wouldn't want to spend the first nice day of spring inside scrubbing and sweeping.

If you do plan on getting a head start, don't forget to clean an important part of your home that often gets overlooked:  your entertainment center.  Below are a few tips to consider so that you can make your entertainment center both clean and organized.

1)Take Stock:  Most people keep their DVD/VHS/Blue-Ray Disc collection in their entertainment centers.  Take some time to make sure that all of the actual discs are in their right box and that all the boxes are in their right spot. Perhaps you could go through your collection and remove the movies that you don't want as often and move them to a storage location. Keep your center up to date with your current trends.

2)Check Behind:  You'd be surprised

If you're a frequent movie watcher, you know that you just can't settle on anything when it comes to the experience. You've got to have a good film and a comfortable place to watch it. You have to have all of your favorite movie night snacks and drinks nearby. Sometimes, you need to have a great group of loved ones to share the experience with. But beyond all of these things, have you ever thought about how you can make your movie night even better? At ImportAdvantage.com, we've got an idea how.

Chances are, if your home is like most, your TV is too small and is displayed on an ugly piece of furniture that probably was handed down through a friend or family member. It's sad but true – your home entertainment system just isn't getting the attention it needs. Get your TV, cables, DVD player, and sound system organized, protected, and looking a whole lot better by indulging in a new TV cabinet. Trust us – experiencing a movie night with one of the pieces of furniture from ImportAdvantage.com

If you're considering buying a new television set, you will also need to consider how you are going to have your new TV set displayed.

Although several options are available at ImportAdvantage.com to display a TV, one option you may want to consider is a TV stand.

A TV stand allows you to display your television, store gaming systems, and your audio/visual equipment.  There is also a built-in vent and fan that is designed to keep your equipment safe and cool.  Our models also have the Infrared technology to allow you to change channels without opening the cabinet doors.

Here are some tips to keep in mind while you look for your TV stand.

1) Color – We have a variety of colors available in our TV stand selection.  Make sure to do some browsing to ensure that the TV stand you chose, will fit into your home decor.

2) Size – If you spend the money on a TV stand, you want to make sure that it will actually fit into your house.  Once its in your house, you want to make sure it will

Do you have young ones in your house?  Do you have teenagers in your house?  Do you have husbands who like to watch sports in your house?

If you answered “yes” to any of the above questions, you know what dangers a playing child can present to a large and expensive television.  A bouncing ball, a baseball bat, Nerf gun darts, or just some living room wrestling can threaten to damage your TV.

But you don't want to stop your kids from getting exercise and having fun.  This is especially true when the weather doesn't allow for outdoor playtime.

Import Advantage can help you solve these problems.  With the help of a TV lift cabinet, you can ensure that your television stays safe and you kids stay active.  A TV lift cabinet is a piece of furniture that actually contains a mechanical lift system.

Let's say that the kids want to play in the family room.  You can use a remote control to tell the cabinet to retract the TV.  The TV will slowly descend into the safety of wooden cabinet

That's right, Import Advantage has made it to the big screen that we so often support with our merchandise.

The Banyan Creek TV Lift Cabinet has been featured as a prize item on the popular show, “The Price Is Right.”

This particular cabinet is perfect for a TV that has both a large and flat screen. It allows you to display, or hide, your television, while giving you a lot of storage space for DVDs, stereo equipment, television receivers, and gaming systems.

But the neat thing that most people don't know about TV lift cabinets, is that there is a heavy duty lift mechanism that actually raises and lowers the TV into and out of the cabinet. If you want to watch TV, you can have it raise the TV out of the cabinet to be viewed. Having guests and would rather a beautifully finished cabinet? Have the TV lowered and your guests won't even know that you have a television in the room.

You can view our products on “The Price Is Right,” here.

Have you been putting off a TV upgrade for fear that the new 52” plasma your hubby has been eyeing will dominate your well–appointed den? Fear no more! Today’s big screen high-definition plasma televisions have their OWN appointments – TV lift consoles and cabinets!

In the same way your cosmetics compact operates – you open your compact to powder your nose or check your lipstick, and then snap it shut (tucking it away until its next use) TV lift consoles and cabinets offer tasteful, discreet “compacting” of your high-end TV!

TV lift technology was first introduced into the luxury hotel market, to help guests feel they had “escaped” their daily routine by offering a unique and relaxing experience. Creating the right ambiance was essential, so a minimalist approach to decorating was used. Enter the TV lift cabinet/console.

These TV lift cabinets were hand-crafted from fine wood, including cherry, oak, pine, and mahogany. TV lift technology was developed to work via remote control, so a guest

We, at ImportAdvantage.com, were happy to have recently connected with Bev and Mike Landfair from Landfair Furniture & Design which is located in the heart of Portland, Oregon. With each having the background and experience in the furniture and design industries, they offer the finest furniture selection to meet the distinct needs of their customers and fellow interior designers. Both Bev and Mike enjoy working together with the successes of their business as well as running their own Landfair Furniture Blog. Their blog offers tips on choosing the right furniture size for your space, introducing new design artists and their inspirations, to even mastering the perfect lighting for home parties and other events. Their love and commitment to pleasing their customers and readers shines through in each and every post and we feel lucky to have had the chance to connect with them. Make sure to stop by Landfair Furniture & Design and Landfair Furniture Blog and tell Bev and Mike we said hello!

Choosing the right home theater system can be daunting, but when money is no object it becomes even more difficult. With countless companies competing to make the highest end, most over the top components imaginable, it’s hard to determine where quality stops and smoke and mirrors begins. These 9 home theater components represent a cross-section of the most ludicrously expensive, pointlessly lavish, and ridiculous wastes of money imaginable. Still, if you’ve got a couple million dollars burning a hole in your pocket, some of these are pretty darn cool.

SPEAKERS:

Grand Enigma
Manufacturer: Kharma
Price: $1,000,000 / pair

You can probably think of any number of ways to spend one million dollars, but there’s only one that ends with you being the proud owner of the world’s most expensive set of speakers. Custom made for some wealthy guy in Belgium, there is only one set of these in existence. But, if you’re willing to cough up the money it’s likely you can commission Kharma to make you a pair

While parents often go above and beyond when it comes to safety devices on electrical outlets and child-proof locks on cabinets, often times they neglect to remember one of the most dangerous parts of their homes: the TV.

According to a study by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 134 children died between 2000 and 2006 as a direct result of furniture and televisions falling on them. Another report by the Center for Injury Research and Policy, part of the Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, found that 264,200 children were injured between 1990 and 2007 due to furniture and television mishaps. Lara McKenzie, one of the study’s authors, said in a recent interview that injuries increased 40 percent over the study period and about half the injuries involved televisions.

So why is there a rise in activity? Is it because of the parents, or is it the TVs? In many cases, the rise is attributed to families replacing older televisions with lighter, flat-screen models that can