HomeClick.com is Closed

HomeClick.com has closed.

The site is part of Home Décor Products, Inc. Nine retail websites were operated by Home Décor Products, Inc. including AbsoluteHome.com KnobsandThings.com, Hechinger.com, PoolClick.com, and ChefsCorner.com

The home decor webtailer filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy siting it owes it’s 20 largest unsecured creditors more than $2.8 million. Excessive inventory costs have been sited as the company’s reason for demise.

It’s reported Home Décor Products, Inc. has assets of $8.1 million and debts of $9.2 million.

The HomeClick website is up for “browsing only.” The Home Décor Products, Inc. website is not up but it’s LinkedIn Page is available.

Home Décor Products, Inc. had Web sales in 2007 of $83.8 million, according to reports by Internet Retailer.

March 12, 2009

Smallbone for Sale

Smallbone Plc announces it is up for sale after a “challenging” February.

The company, which designs and makes furniture for kitchens, bedrooms and bathrooms for celebrities like Oprah Winfrey and Elizabeth Hurley, saw a decline in February sales and a significant reduction in customer deposits, it said in a statement.

This news comes just weeks after putting a financial package in place that was intended to generate positive cash flow in 2009. However, after a recent strategic review, it was deemed insufficient.

Some speculation is being made about whether the company will split off the Mark Wilkinson Furniture Line. Perhaps sell it back to the founder.

Mark Wilkinson co-founded Smallbone in the late 70s. He left Smallbone in 1981, and together with his wife Cynthia formed Mark Wilkinson Furniture (MWF).Mark and Cynthia sold MWF to Smallbone Plc in 2005, reuniting Smallbone and Wilkinson.

March 9, 2009

Bye Bye Carpet

Things are starting to move forward in the Studio.
I am happy the ugly carpeting is gone.
See more photos on the Sneak Peak Page.

The drop ceiling will be coming out next.

February 24, 2009

New Triflow Concepts Faucet Design

Triflow Concepts commissioned pre-eminent architect, Zaha Hadid, to explore the capabilities of brassware technology in designing the tap of the future.

Hadid employs the latest in 3-D software to create a touch-sensitive faucet with a unique body that bends and twists like liquid mercury.

The triflow faucet has two spouts, one for filtered water and the other for unfiltered hot and cold water. A green halo light comes on when the touch filtration button is activated. The light turns red when the filter cartridge needs replacing.

The cost of the filter cartridges is unknown but the Designer Triflow Faucet is $7,000. Finish choices for the faucet are gold, nickel, chrome and pewter.