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Selling Lamps Online, Understanding Listings and Liability
Lamps and lighting are quite difficult for individuals or small manufacturers to sell to because of the technical expertise and liabilities associated with the product. To sell a lamp to most countries, the lamp must be up to that country’s standard. Many places will not even allow a lamp to be imported if the lamp…
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Home Decor and Furniture Designs For The Perfect Entrance Hallway
The entrance to your home is the first impression that most people see about your home’s design. This is why the entrance or the entrance hallway is such a vital design area for your home. Furniture, decorative mirrors, wall art, lamps, lighting, and home decor accessories are all great items to have in your entrance…
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Why Were Our Ancestors Such Good Weavers? 9 Reasons Why
We use many handwoven products in the home decor and home furnishing industry—everything from hand-woven baskets and textiles to furniture. Our ancestors and those who have gone before us are the people we need to thank for these handwoven skills. Our ancestors were such good weavers because they understood weaving was a skill to master…
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Is Nickel A Natural Element? All About Nickel and Its Everyday Uses
As part of my charity work for Project Sprouts, we were guests at a Nickel Mine in Son La, Vietnam. The nickel mine is our partner in helping us to distribute charity goods to children and schools in this area. While I was at the mine, I saw some of the nickel they had brought…
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Vietnam’s Top 10 Handicraft Villages Discovered
It has always fascinated me as to why Mao, the father of Communist China, set out to destroy many of the traditional Chinese handicraft villages, and Ho Chi Minh, the father of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, did not. At one time, both countries had similar ideologies, but how they dealt with the cultural handicraft…
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Designing Furniture – Material And 6 Things To Consider
Designing furniture is perhaps one of the most complicated things, as it can require particular skills and knowledge. We have been creating, developing, and manufacturing furniture for many years, so here are some of our top tips for designing furniture pieces. To design a piece of furniture, you need to consider the ability of the…
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Vietnam’s Bat Trang Ceramic Village History
If you go to Hanoi, one place to visit is the Bat Trang ceramic village. The Bat Trang ceramic village has manufactured ceramics for many centuries. The Bat Trang Ceramic Village in Vietnam has consistently produced ceramics for over 1,000 years. Even during the Chinese or French rule of Vietnam, the Bat Trang Ceramic village…
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Hand-weaving Faux Rattan In Vietnam, What You Need to Know
Weaving faux rattan wicker is a production process done entirely by hand. Even today, when you go into a factory, you can see the workers weaving a piece of furniture entirely by hand. Vietnam is a significant manufacturer and weaver of faux rattan furniture and other faux rattan items; Vietnam has readily available faux rattan…
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Hand-woven Fabrics from Cambodia, History & Textiles Today
Cambodia has a long and rich history of hand-weaving fabrics, like many handicrafts in Asia. It is a tradition and skill passed down from generation to generation. Cambodia first started hand-weaving fabric in the 13th century. During the years of the Khmer Rouge era, a lot of the hand-weaving stopped production due to the political…
