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How to Decorate a Guest Room: Giving Guests a Home Away from Home

Whether you're hosting relatives for the holiday season, or new friends who are visiting town for an upcoming conference, guest rooms can be a great way to make visitors feel at home. But if your guest room is looking more like a guest space than an actual guest room, it's time to get creative with your decorating! Here are some of our favorite guest-room design ideas that will help set the mood and create an environment where guests can truly relax. Type of Bed There comes a time in every adu ....

How to Decorate a Rustic Home: Furniture Ideas

The rustic style has been around for centuries, and it's easy to see why this type of design appeals to so many people. With its natural materials, earthy colors, and rustic furniture pieces, rusticity evokes the simple pleasures in life that seem to have gotten lost in today's fast-paced world. If you're planning on renovating your home or even just looking for ways to spruce up your current space with rustic touches, then read on. Wood Furniture : The natural appearance of furniture made fro ....

5 Different Types of Accent Chairs

Decorating your home can be a daunting task. There are so many options to choose from, and it's often hard to know where to start. One of the best ways for decorating your living space is through accent chairs. They provide you with an opportunity to show off your personality or make a bold statement in any room of the house without having to do much work! The key is finding accent chairs that match both your style and needs, but don't worry- we'll help you out with that too. Slipper chair acce ....

Black Friday: The Furniture Mall of Texas BOGO Sale

Black Friday is coming up and we want to make sure you get the best deals! Don't worry, our sale will not last just one day. The Furniture Mall of Texas is having a month-long Black Friday sale from November 8th to December 7th, called the BOGO sale. This means you can buy one item, get the second item of equal or lesser price half off. You are also allowed to finance and pay off the discounted price for six months (subject to credit approval). There's no need to wait in a long line or come in d ....

How to Care for Your Leather Furniture

Leather furniture brings comfort and luxury to any room in your home. When cared for properly, this material is made to last for many years. Unlike other furniture materials, however, caring for leather furniture must be done in a unique way to maintain its quality and keep it looking its best. If it’s time to give your leather furniture a refresh, Furniture Mall is here with tips and tricks you can follow to ensure your furniture will last. Whether you’re caring for your family’s sofa or ....

6 Signs It's Time to Replace Your Furniture

You're a responsible person. You take care of your belongings and you love your home. It's been a while since you've replaced any furniture, but signs have started to show that it's time to buy new stuff. The signs can be subtle, so let me break them down for you: wood splintering, mattress not being as cushy as it used to, or leather couch cracking? If one of these signs has shown up on an item in your home, it might be time to get you a piece that will last many more years. Mattresses Mattre ....

Side by Side: Austin's Couch Potatoes Gallery Now in The Furniture Mall

If you’ve lived in Austin for the past decade, then you’ve probably ended up walking into Austin’s Couch Potatoes furniture store. If it wasn’t the eye-catching sculpture on I-35 resembling a shrine to 3 potato deities on a plywood couch, then it was the uniquely relaxed and friendly environment that drew you in. As one of Austin’s largest locally-owned furniture stores, the brand has crafted a voice for itself through its values of loving people, bringing comfort, and trading ethica ....

Fundraising and Furry Friends

Everywhere you look in Austin, there are pets. They’re our best friends, companions, and our sources of endless serotonin. There are so many great things about owning pets, that we often forget about the times where they almost thrust us into financial ruin. Although a bit dramatic, pets are expensive. Luckily for us, a non-profit organization, Emancipet, works for affordable and accessible veterinary care. Image by Erika Rich On Oct. 24th, The Furniture Mall of Texas participated in Emanc ....

7 Tips for First-Time Furniture Buyers

Moving into a new house is exciting, but shopping for furniture to fill that home can be overwhelming and stressful. After all, there are so many different pieces to buy: couches, recliners, accent chairs, art. The list never seems to end. At The Furniture Mall of Texas, our home specialists are more than willing to lend a helping hand to new furniture buyers, but it’s also important to prepare yourself so that the experience is easy and enjoyable. Here are 7 tips for first-time furniture buye ....

Clearance Furniture: Priced Cheaply, Perfect for Guests

We're sure you've seen furniture stores that offer clearance sales, but what does this mean? Well, clearance is a way for furniture stores to sell their inventory at lower prices. There are many different reasons why clearance sales happen; maybe the store has overstocked on certain items or they have made some design changes and need to clear out old stock. No matter the reason, our clearance section is loaded with good deals! We've got all sorts of furniture available in there - couches, chair ....