SILQ Chair: Smart Furniture’s Review

SILQ Chair by Steelcase Review by Christian Roemer I’ll preface this review with some brutal honesty: when I first heard about the SILQ chair, I thought it was all pomp and little circumstance. From the dramatic initial announcement to the scant interim details, I thought that SILQ would just turn into another random office chair that some people would buy. I figured that SILQ…

Furniture of Smart Furniture Vol 3: Kenny’s Chattanooga Craftsman

Kenny’s Chattanooga craftsman has tons of charm, comfort, and style. Check out his outstanding upholstery pieces from American Leather and Innovation! Meet Kenny: our customer service manager and generally rad dude. He’s been on the front lines providing incredible service to our customers since April 2013. He’s a rock climbing, bike riding, good-time-having kind of guy. In this installment of “In Our Store, in…

The Chattery: An Interview

The Chattery is a shared, adult learning space that teaches all sorts of folks new tricks. The Chattery’s new home in the Chattanoooga WorkSpace building has signified a big growth moment for them. Creating a new classroom space has opened up a world of opportunity, and they’re running with it. We sat down with Jennifer and Shawanda, the two masterminds behind the Chattery, to…

Home Tour: Christian’s Greenington Bedroom

Check out Christian’s modern and eco-friendly bedroom, courtesy of Greenington. My wife and I moved into our house about six years ago. Since it was our first home purchase, we didn’t have any furniture to our name aside from a couple of random items that we acquired during our college years. We bought a few pieces of furniture when we moved in—some cheap stuff…

Chattanooga Modern: Smart Furniture + Uptown Firm

This beautiful home collaboration between Uptown Firm and Smart Furniture Studio will make you want to move to Chattanooga ASAP! What happens when you combine the realty savvy of Uptown Firm with the styling panache of Smart Furniture? You get a one-of-a-kind home in the illustrious Scenic City. Two of Smart Furniture’s ultra-talented designers, Amy and Leslie, spent hours designing and bringing this awesome…

In the Kitchen: Dropping Beets

We’re dropping beets and style in the kitchen with a Savory Beet + Shallot + Goat Cheese Galette along side some baking and eating essentials. Check it out and try the recipe for your next spring soirée.  May is here and produce season is bright and booming. The lines at your Farmer’s Market are probably abnormally long as every week new veggies are fruits…

Father’s Day Finds

Don’t Stress — We got you covered & caffeinated for Father’s Day. Here’s the perfect gift for your dad!  Shopping for dudes can be tough. Father’s Day might be the hardest holiday to find the perfect gift for. You can spend days angsting over what to get your dad. He really needs new jogging shoes but you’re not sure of the size. You know he’s…

Summer Bounty: Tomatoes

With 10,000 varieties of tomatoes, where do you start? Luckily, we have some gardening essentials and tips from organic farmer Tom to help you have a delicious and prosperous tomato season.  There are over 10,000 varieties of tomatoes in the world. That’s 10,000 bites of juicy deliciousness to be explore. Trying all of them would hands down that would be on my bucket list….