Resource Furniture Redefines Space

NEW YORK, Feb. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Resource Furniture opened its first showroom in the year 2000, and since then has taken on five additional cities, offering discerning designers, architects and consumers around the world the most unique selection of high-end, high-design, and high-innovation furniture solutions available. The flagship showroom is located in Manhattan's Upper East Side design district. Resource Furniture's expertise is in their proven ability to spot trends and identify how we will successfully live, work and play in increasingly smaller and overlapping spaces, both by need and by choice throughout the 21st century.

Form may follow function, but the solutions at Resource are not robotic, sterile or boring. A wall of bookshelves might spin around to reveal a queen bed. A lacquered table set for dinner may be hiding another queen bed. But the technology and engineering behind the wall bed systems made in Italy by Clei is generations beyond the traditional "Murphy" bed; these bed systems are sleek and slim, many only 12" deep. The panel that the bed silently swings out of – with a one-handed, smooth and silent mechanism – is available in a wide range of customizable wood and lacquer finishes.  The work station where you can comfortably run a small business from home, transformed, is ideal to invite 12 of your most discerning friends over for a four course meal.

The success of Resource Furniture is proof that there has been a shift in how consumers are defining and using their space. In an increasingly urbanized world, most consumers have to adjust to contracting environments; more and more, our living and working spaces are overlapping.  Today, even the most high-end consumers live in spaces where rooms are multi-purpose, such as an office or media room that also serves as occasional guest quarters, or a sitting area that converts to sleepover space for grandchildren. But a reduction in square footage doesn't equate to a reduction in function, or in taste level. It just means that spaces are required to do double-duty more than ever before. The implications are also evident beyond our urban centers. Even in non-urban and extra-urban environments, a smaller footprint with fewer upkeep responsibilities is becoming more and more desirable, even for those who can afford large homes.  These systems simplify and streamline, yet still embody luxury and comfort.

As consumers rethink their use of space, Resource Furniture is on the cutting edge of this new approach and the values of their manufacturers are inextricably linked with the Resource Furniture philosophy. The furniture generally exceeds the exacting European environmental requirements, which are far stricter than US standards, and the companies represented follow the extremely strict labor standards of the European Union.

Each Resource Furniture showroom displays dozens of systems with thousands of possibilities for individual consumers, architects, and interior designers to push the limits of space and structure. Just as they have meticulously selected every piece displayed in their showrooms, founding partners Ron Barth and Steve Spett have crafted a business model that extends far beyond their ever expanding list of showrooms in New York, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Montreal and Hong Kong to include many more individual and businesses engaged as key Resource furniture licensing partners.

"We have grown from a single room to a global brand, and our business at Resource Furniture continues to flourish, with five new showrooms opened in 2011 alone," said Ron Barth, CEO of Resource Furniture.  "No matter which location you walk into, you'll recognize both our attention to the beauty, quality and innovation of our products but also our strong commitment to client satisfaction. We are very proud of the excellence and singularity that our brand brings to any market."

"When you walk into a Resource Furniture showroom, right away you get the sense that this is unlike any other furniture shopping experience you have ever had," said Steve Spett.  "It is immediately clear that we aren't selling furniture to fill space. We offer our clients real solutions that address the real challenges of how to live smarter – now and in the future."

SOURCE Resource Furniture