Featured Brand: Canadel

We love telling you more about some of the brands we carry and we hope you enjoy learning more about some of your favorite brands as well! Today we’d like to tell you a little more about Flexsteel. So, sit back, relax and have a closer look at Canadel!

Canadel, established 1982, is a family-owned, leading North America manufacturer of dining room furniture located in Quebec. With over 700 skilled professionals employed, they believe in creating products that are hand-assembled and hand-finished, according to environmentally-friendly processes. Their products are so well made you’ll be passing them down the family for generations.

Offering thousands of possible combos, Canadel personalizes products tailored to each individual’s needs. Their style is tasteful and refined, merging design and functionality and each piece is made of solid birch from North American forests. Both stylish AND comfortable, Canadel designs give your home a unique look.

They offer tables in over 30 sizes – round, rectangular, oval, drop leaf, boat shape, square – and up to 168” in length. Their dining furniture also includes various heights – standard dining, counter dining, and bar. You can also get coordinating buffets, if you like. Plus, designs come in your choice of over 60 wood colors in 3 different finishes!

Canadel also has an exclusive design software called UDesign that enables you to customize your furniture to your specific wants & needs so you can preview before you buy. It’s free and available via computer, iPads, iPhones, and Android devices (no download necessary!).

You can check out their furniture on our site or drop by one of our locations today to see everything in person!

Get Your Home Fall & Winter Ready

When it comes to getting your home ready for cooler weather, it’s not just the interior of which you should take stock. Taking care of the outside of your home is equally important. Performing just a few bits of home maintenance on your home can save you costly repairs later on. Get a jump on these tips to save time & money!

1. Prepare your fireplace. If you’re one of the people who use their fireplaces more than central heat during the colder months, it’s a must to get your fireplace in shape. Start with having your chimney cleaned, then make sure the damper and flue are operating properly.
2. Clean your gutters.Once the leaves have finished falling, it’s time to clean out your gutters. So many issues involving water in the basement come about because of clogged gutters. Clear out leaves, dirt, and other detritus, then examine downspouts for damage.
3. Check for leaky faucets.A leaky faucet can lead to a busted pipe in the middle of winter – never a good time. Finding any issues before the weather turns super cold will save you a lot of trouble!
4. Inspect the boiler & furnace.Go ahead and find a reputable heating company before the cold hits & they all get booked up, then have them take a look at your boiler & furnace to avoid either blowing out in the dead of winter.
5. Examine your property.As lovely as snow looks, once it’s down on the ground it can cause a myriad of problems. Snowfall on cracked walkways or loose pavement can be a definite health hazard, so now is the time to walk around your property to see if anything needs to be fixed.
6. Invest in a generator.If you don’t already have a generator, now is a good time to think about getting one. By now you’ve likely gone through one or more instances of living in a home without power for days at a time (Sandy, anyone?) – a generator will make another storm blackout that much easier to deal with.
7. Change the filters in your home.Keep your family healthier during the colder months by changing out your air filters, plus filters in the stove vent, dryer vent, and room fans.
8. Make your home energy-efficient. Repair any cracked windows, check for drafty doorways & caulk if necessary, and add insulation to keep your house warmer during the fall & winter and to cut down on heating costs.
9. Bring your outdoor furniture inside.Don’t leave your patio furniture outside during the winter. Clean it all off, then store in a dry area for the next few months to avoid damage.
10. Reverse your ceiling fans.Having your fans running clockwise after you’ve turned on the heat will create an updraft that pushes heated air from the ceiling down into the room (super-helpful in rooms with high ceilings). This simple tip might also enable you to turn your thermostat down a couple of degrees!

Taking care of the outside of your home before the weather cools off will help keep the inside of your home (and everything in it) better protected. By heading off busted pipes, blown out furnaces, dirty gutters, and potential tripping hazards outside, you’ll save the precious time & money you would’ve spent doing things like de-flooding your basement, buying new furniture to replaced the ruined, or having to temporarily live in the cold. Take a couple of hours to do the above tips and keep your family happier, healthier, and safer this fall and winter!