January Flexsteel Sale - Treating YOUR Leather Furniture with Care

Flexsteel Leather sofa

Take care not to place your furniture too near a fireplace, stove or radiator.  We recommend    at least two feet of space between your furniture and the heat source to prevent excessive drying.  



Sun Damaged Leather Furniture
Protect your leather furniture from all forms of sunlight.  All natural leathers (especially aniline and nubuck) will fade when placed in sunlight. Do not place your furniture near windows, under skylights or in direct sunlight.






Keep leather clean by dusting weekly with a soft, clean cloth or by vacuuming with a soft brush attachment. Comfort wrinkles will naturally occur over time, as you settle into your leather furniture.







To minimize wrinkles, fluff cushions regularly. Wrinkles are not considered damage, but part of the character fine leather develops over time.  






Avoid using ink pens, nail polish, nail polish remover or other harmful household products near your leather furniture that might result is spills and cause permanent damage.











Immediately attend to spills by blotting the area with a soft, clean cloth. Do not wipe or rub the spill, which may cause the stain to spread or penetrate the leather more deeply.  

Jacksonville Woodchuck's Furniture designers want you to know that Newspapers should not be on the sofa


Avoid setting magazines or newspapers on your leather furniture. Ink may transfer onto the leather, causing permanent damage.  








Take extra care with sharp instruments and pet’s claws. Leather is stronger than fabric, but will puncture with force, causing need for a difficult repair.



Decorating Trends for 2013





Here at Woodchucks Fine Furniture of Jacksonville we are preparing to go to the High Point Furniture Market in Atlanta, GA. The High Point Market is the largest furnishings industry trade show in the world, bringing more than 85,000 people to High Point every six months. Serious retail home furnishings buyers can be found in High Point twice a year because if you can’t find it in High Point…it probably doesn’t exist. Here we will be looking for new items to showcase in our store this up coming year! What do you think of these up coming trends? Is there any you would like to see at Woodchucks Furniture this year?



Antique Furniture "I hope people start looking at period furniture again — beautiful old pieces to mix with modern ones. Why pay $12,000 for a new chest of drawers when you can buy a gorgeous handmade faded mahogany thing at auction for $1,200?" — Bunny Williams





Bright Paint Colors "Photoshop, HDTV, and hi-res computer screens have dialed up our sense of vision. Our rooms will be full of brighter, more saturated hues. I just used Life Savers candy colors on a project and plan on using them more." — Stephen Shubel





Computer-Generated Fabrics "On runways, fashion designers have been showing computer-generated photorealist fabrics. Believe me, we'll soon be seeing those kinds of fabrics in living rooms." — Tom Scheerer





Homey Kitchens "We're moving toward a more organic modernism with warm, modern materials that look vintage: slate, irregular floors, weathered concrete, natural crackle-glazed tiles that look handmade. Less slick kitchens!" — Peter Dunham





Elegant, Graceful Design "Enough with the plain. I think people want pretty, and I predict a surge in demand for classic fabrics like Colefax and Fowler's Bowood." — Leta Austin Foster







Brass "I'm crushing on brass! I love how it revs up any space. It's timeless and affordable. What's not to like?" — Melissa Rufty