Bamboozled ...

If you're looking to create a chic, elegant and tailored space, faux-bamboo chairs are a must. In recent years, they have been made famous by  Jonathan Adler, an American interior designer who also owns an eponymous furniture and home accessories line. Although its contemporary counterpart has been prevalent as of late, the Chippendale chair is no passing trend - it has been around for hundreds of years. What I love most about faux-bamboo chairs is the glamour, femininity and haute-couture look that they give to just about any space. If you want to add instant elegance into your home, Chippendale chairs are the way to go!

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JMX Bamboo Unveils New Website Design

JMX Bamboo, part of the JMX Family of Stores, has a new look. The change was made to better showcase the bamboo moulding, bamboo stair parts, and bamboo furniture featured on the site. Check out the new site and send us your feedback today at business@jmxinternational.com!

You can also learn more about the history of bamboo at the new improved website.

JmxBamboo moulding at ebuild.com

JmxBamboo moulding featured at ebuild.com.

Bamboo Moulding - Exotic, Ecological, & In Stock!

Bamboo is one of the most beautiful, long-lasting, environmentally friendly and unique products in the molding market today. Realizing the aesthetic, structural, and environmental benefits of bamboo, more and more people are using bamboo to replace their old molding and are installing bamboo molding in new homes. Because of the popularity, bamboo molding is also in high demand. However, bamboo molding is often difficult to find and takes a long time to order. JMX accommodates this demand by emphasizing bamboo molding and offering a number of features that other suppliers do not:

• We have a wide variety of bamboo molding items in stock, ready to ship
• We will accommodate your deadlines and will ship to your location
• We accept special orders and custom requests
• We also carry a variety of molding, including specialized molding and custom requests
• We offer scheduling options for regular orders - such as monthly and quarterly orders
• We can support high-volume orders
• We offer competitive prices and top quality products

Our pre-finished bamboo molding have all of the enduring qualities that you should expect:

• GreenSpec listed
• LEED Credits: MR Credit 6 - Rapidly Renewable Resources
• Formaldehyde emissions of less than .5% surpass E1 standards
• Factory applied multi-coat aluminum oxide finish
• Easy to maintain and clean - never needs waxing
• Lifetime structure/10-year finish warranty
• Natural, elegant and beautiful
• Ecologically friendly
• Easy to install (nail or glue)
• 25% harder than Red Oak, 12% harder than Rock Maple
• More dimensionally stable (less expansion and contraction) than many commonly used woods, including oak and maple
• High quality, tongue and groove, precision-milled

Our bamboo pre-finished moulding not only protect the environment, but also provide beautiful material that rivals the tensile strength of steel. Our company combines the majesty and magnificence of bamboo with the convenience of accommodating and attentive service. Invest in the future with JMX Bamboo moulding.

How to add warmth to your home...part two

Last month I wrote about my love of wood, and how it can add a feeling of warmth to your home.

Today I am posting about my next favourite materials for adding warmth to your home - cane, wicker, rattan, rush...all those wonderful materials that are woven into bags, baskets, chairs and more.

This picture below is one of my absolute favourite pictures. I probably say that too often, but this is definitely in my top ten. I'm loving the old fan (one day I will get one, I came 'this' close recently but was outbid), the old desk, the fabulous lamp but most of all I love the cuttlefish baskets on the wall with the lettering stamped across them. Text and texture - this makes me happy!



The colour of cane and wicker helps wins me over - ranging from soft barely-there sandy hues, to rich chocolate browns. All the different weaves catch my eye too.

These cane chairs below blend beautifully with the old wooden trestle table, but also add another element of touch-me-texture.

The deep browns of this cane lampshade blends in beautifully with the browns in the figurine, the metal fruitbowl and the picture frame. I don't think this was some happy accident, but the result of an artist's eye.

Love the baskets below, with their lovely little tags, and the collection of beach bags, casually stacked on top of this console.

More great baskets adding colour and texture, and blending and contrasting so beautifully with the wonderful warm hues of the wardrobe and the leather bags. Leather and woven materials are a classic combination.

Next up is a divine collection of hats, bags and fisherman's baskets, all in delicious honey shades. Look closely and you can also see the cutest little lamp, complete with leopard skin shade!

Take away the bags in the next image, and the image would be rather dull - but the texture of the bags and the differing weaves add contrast and interest to the vignette.

Here's some more basketry with text stamped on it - just so perfectly gorgeous....I want them! This could be a project to try one day....

I have recently bought a basket exactly like the one in the picture below. Just one more to the collection - I have woven butlers trays, a cane trunk, cane baskets on top of my kitchen cabinets...the list goes on!

Images 1 Unknown - from my style file 2 Tine K 3 Australian Home Beautiful 4 Australian Home Beautiful 5 Interiors (now defunct) 6 Notebook Magazine 7 Country Living 8 Toast via Absolutely Beautiful Things 9 Atlanta Bartlett 10 Australian Country Style 11 Dreamhouse

Best wishes,