March 30, 2006

Tokoro Inc., Professional staff reveals the peoples most common outdoor lighting mistakes.

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 Properly designed, installed, and maintained landscape lighting definitely adds function, creativity, and spontaneity in the nighttime landscape. With the help of Tokoro Inc., professional landscape lighting specialist you can circumvent the following most common outdoor lighting mistakes.

a) More is not essential superior when it comes to outdoor lighting - Using too many lights may generate an overly striking look of a “model house”, “delegation” rather than an air of sophisticated elegance.
b) Just as too many lights may form a blindingly bright appear, so will bulbs which are not correctly shielded and/or those with too high a wattage. The best low voltage lighting systems make use of bulbs specifically made to work in their system and they emit a gentle glow on landscape, a building, or focal point.c) Avoid leaving large darkened areas which portrays the eye to the light source instead of the intended focus such as a building’s distinctive architectural elements. The lighting fixtures are not the intended focal point of professionally designed lighting applications.

d) The bulbs in pre-existing lighting such as garage lighting, lighting posts, porch lights, should be habituated so that they do not compete with the overall lighting effect. These “hot spots” can be simply corrected by restoring the pre-existing bulbs with lower wattage bulbs.

e) Each property offers a distinctive canvas on which lighting designers can make their own work. With slight variations in wattage, angels of lights, plus careful placement of lighting fixtures, lighting designers avoid the glance caused by a lack of variety in the lighting techniques.

f) Improperly designed lighting or lighting fixtures without proper shielding frequently creates troublemaking lighting that glowers into the windows of neighboring homes or in the eyes of drivers on the street.

g) Too many path lights used too closely together build the airport runway effect which may draw unwanted air traffic. This can be a fault.

h) The lighting industry’s evolutions have been slow on developing viable solar lighting systems. Unfortunately, solar landscape lights are still years behind in areas of durability and lighting effect. The solar posts normally used work more as markers for the location of the fixture rather than tools to emphasize a remarkable feature of a landscape.

i) Unbalanced lighting may classify rather than pulling landscape and structural features together which creates a mixture look rather than the often sought after majestic appearance.

j) Yellowing and uneven brightness due to an insufficient power source and improper engineering can be disturbing and unattractive. Also, lack of power can also become a costly nuisance as it invariably leads to impulsive bulb burnout.

In addition to essential residential lighting products, Tokoro’s creates custom landscape, porch and villa lighting systems for subdivision entrances, clubhouses, pools, driveways, walkways, residential and commercial developments, municipalities, public facilities, and park developments, as well as complexes of apartment, town homes, and condos.

To know more about Tokoro’s porch and Villa Lighting, please call 310.657.3806 or fax at 310.271.2879. To contact us through online please click contact us in bottom of the home page. For more information on Tokoro’s Porch and Villa Lighting, visit their web site at http://www.tokoroinc.com/.

March 29, 2006

All cabinetry manufactured and designed by Tokoro, Inc. is individually built in alder hard wood and then hand finished.

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Variety and fluidity in your room’s usage are probable with the help of custom cabinetry,movable furniture and partition screens,Tokoro Inc., Staff says.

We were able to save the existing cabinetry and, by rearranging and adding new molding and cornices and paint, we brought the cabinetry and the kitchen back to life. We also replaced the appliances and added new countertops, which created a totally new space at a fraction of the cost,” Tokoro Inc., staff says.

“We have access to custom cabinetry,which allows us to do complete kitchens and bathrooms, entertainment centers and custom fireplace surrounds. We also do a stock line, which caters to a different price point with a custom look,” staff explains.

Staff continues: “We also provide every kind of furniture, fixture, lighting, countertop and, last, but not least, Klinsky Pottery.So, many times, we find ourselves advising on how to reconfigure space, without major expansion.”Tokoro can provide visitors with interior decorating tips and homeowners with custom cabinetry,design and remodeling through their Tokoro Inc., showroom. The Tokoro Inc., offers customers a one-stop home furnishing and decorative lightings with everything from small furnishings to full,custom kitchen remodels.

According to staff, offering a diverse selection of product and services enables the firm to hold client requests. It mounts under existing cabinets or can easily be designed into custom cabinetry,either way saving valuable counter space, the staff says.

March 28, 2006

Tokoro Inc., Villa Lighting Unveils exterior light Fixtures Handcrafted with Pioneered Art Glass.

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outdoor lighting designs,Tokoro Lighting has pioneered stunning new outdoor lighting products modernism featuring stunning and colorful Art Glass shades, in exterior light fixtures of contemporary and transitional lighting. Tokoro villa Lighting is a Tokoro Inc., Company, the nation’s leading manufacturer and designer of Villa lighting and Out door lighting.

Tokoro Lighting’s strikingly beautiful designed Art Glass exterior lighting fixtures feature striking designed glass shapes and styles. Each exterior fixture is handcrafted in the USA by Tokoro Inc., craftsmen, who are responsible for high-temperature slumping of art glass into unique designed pendant shades.All outdoor fixtures are available in some variety of handsome metal finishes.About Tokoro Villa Lighting Tokoro Villa Lighting is a Tokoro Inc., Company, the nation’s leading manufacturer and designer of Outdoor Villa lamps and decorative lighting. Although founded in 1977, the firm’s roots actually date back to the past, supplying the villa and his villa Studios with lighting products and chandeliers. Tokoro Inc., Villa Lighting offers thousands of in-stock stained glass lighting and decor designs, with thousands of large variety of customizable lighting options.Its vast line includes: Old Forge Collection of styled lighting/decor, craftsman signature series of Outdoor/Indoor Lighting (including new Landscape lanterns) featuring Arts & Crafts designs and a broad range of styles, Villa lighting Gifts and Home Accents, Comfort Lighting Fashion Collection, all variety of furniture items. In addition, Meyda Lighting offers Extensive Custom Capabilities to create the custom lamp, fixture, window, furniture items or accessory of your dreams. For more information, contact Tokoro Inc., Lighting at 310.657.3806. Website: www.tokoroinc.com Email: sales@tokoroINC.com. Tokoro Inc., is headquartered at 9663, Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 207, Beverly Hills, California 90210

March 26, 2006

Select the bed of your choices

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The bed is the only item of furniture you will purchase that gives you happiness night after night. Nowadays, the bed continues to offer self-interested comfort, some personal calmness and a glimpse into your innermost dreams. The bedroom is the one room where you can rejoice some isolation.

Although the decor should have some connection to the rest of your condo, the bedroom is a place where you can adjust the style to a more personal message. For obvious reasons, romance is a lot the preferred mood of the bedroom, and in a small condo it’s best to buy a bed that just cuts to the chase.Our upholstered headboards can really set the romantic mood. Elaborate carved wooden beds, although dominating, can be a welcome sight in a condo where owners have to constantly make negotiations in style and scale because of space limitations. A large powerful piece can make a virtue out of supremacy if it is dressed in luxury and is not part of a unwieldy bedroom suite. Furniture salespeople may push the “made to match” features of bedroom sets but there is nothing that kills the mood of the sleeping lair than a “three-piece suit” of furniture. If you’re attracted to the clean, straight lines of modern furniture there are many style options that can attain that orderly but comfortable look.  You can choose from the geometric shapes of art deco or even go intense austere and have a sleeping space comprised of just a bed on a frame, dressed in neutrals or white and nothing else. Or, you can set a tone of burning downtown splendour with a minimalist bed outfitted with a rainbow of tropical colour.  Another tip, which can develop the look and function of your bedroom, is to get a bed that is set up high. Have it high enough so you don’t have to crane your neck to catch a glimpse of the view.The same is true when you’re deciding on a bedside table: function is important, but so is height. You don’t want to be reaching up or down in the nighttime to turn out the light or find that glass of water.

Finally, when it comes to outfitting your bed, it really is the time to focus on your style. If you like romantic then go for broke with fussy flowers. If you want clean lines then try raw silk luxury with a cashmere throw. Or if the richness of royalty is the mood you’ve chosen for sleeping, then wrap yourself in brocades and velvets.

March 24, 2006

Tokoro Inc., Table lamps

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“The most popular type of lamp is the Athena  lamp because you can use them on end tables, night tables, dressers and buffets,” Tokoro Inc professional staff says. “They’re very versatile.”

Athena lamps have fantastic shapes with 3-way socket allows you to change the lighting from moody to bright at the flick of a switch. The “Athena “themselves can be quite ornate, glazed parchment lampshades and incredible hand patina.

Coupled with slim shades, pairs of Athena lamps are a popular choice for buffet tables.Because buffet lamps are chosen for visual impact rather than to provide light for reading or cooking, they do not have to spread light far beyond their own shades.They may have shades made of brightly-colored brocade or burnout velvet.

We provide our clients with some exciting variety of table lamps such as Cassandra , Duchess, Mojave, Rosalie and Sahara Tokoro staff says. All variety of table lamps are provided with glazed parchment lampshades and incredible hand patina. “Your dark shades soak up all the light.

Lamps with colored shades are really more accent lights,” Tokoro staff also added. If you want to brighten an area several yards radius around your lamp, use a high-wattage bulb.

March 21, 2006

Floor Lamps

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We are Tokoro Inc., offering a large selection of table lamps and floor lamps with enormous savings. Tokoro’s professional staff says the most practical lamp style around has newborn popularity. “A lot of floor lamps are coming back,” he says. “It makes it nice for a reading chair to have a floor lamp beside it.

Tokoro Inc, www.tokoroinc.com, named floor lamps the hottest lamp trend of the moment. “The right floor lamp provides a high quantity of decor energy and lighting power just where you need it,” the site says. “A rapid tip to keep in mind when shopping: the taller the lamp, the more room space you need around it, so look to shorter floor lamps for use next to tightly grouped reading chairs or sofas.”

The American Lighting Association (www.americanlightingassoc.com) says softer metals for lamp bases, such as brushed nickel, stainless steel, pewter and brushed copper, are clear winners over once-omnipresent shiny copper. .” Floor lamps are practical because they take up a square foot or less of floor space, but can add light and style to a large area.

Metal, shaped iron, and anything antique is in. If you choose an antique lamp, make sure to inspect the wiring, staff says. If you see a cloth-covered cord or any ragged or exposed wires, have it rewired. If you’re thinking of adding one of those tall, thin fluorescent torchieres to your decor, think twice.

March 20, 2006

Tokoro is one of the nation’s largest cabinetry manufacturer

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Welcome to the world of Tokoro Inc. We have a Lifetime of Choices for you. Whether you are buying cabinets for your first home and new family, updating your home to keep up with a growing family and the all facilities that requires, or picking out the kitchen for your empty nest. Cabinets from Tokoro Inc., allows you to have the kitchen of your dreams no matter what phase of life you are in … so pick a room and start planning! Like fashion or furniture, cars or cuisine, cabinetry follows trends. From the coasts inward to the US, innovations in style and functionality sweep the nation. But trends in cabinetry are following furniture trends within weeks or months, rather than a year or two as they used to. This hardly gives trend-aware homeowners time to catch their breath. 

Our all the cabinets are fitted perfectly around the appliances and everything looks beautiful. Cabinetry groups like Baldwin group, eaton group, Fairmont group, regency group, gramercy group and trvisco group are available in Tokoro Inc. Alder wood remain popular choices. Countertops are bold colors rather than neutrals. Expect greens and golds to reenter the appliance market as well.  Whether your style is classic, recent or somewhere in between, it’s easy to organize your creativity and cabinet wishes with Tokoro Inc., Design Planner. Simply select your favorite cabinet woods, styles, accompaniments and finishes and you’ll be well on your way to creating the look of your dreams. 

March 19, 2006

Tokoro Inc., Customization of sofas,benches and chairs

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We make fashionable sofas, benches, chairs and custom sectional couches that are durable and space-saving. This seating is ideal for any living room, family room or other room where comfortable, practical sofas and benches are needed. Each chair or couch is firm, medium firm or soft according to customer choice. They are easy to slipcover, with optional showing wood sofa frames that are nearly everlasting.

We offer very long sofas, very small (short) couches, and many sizes in between, as well as narrow, medium and oversize (wide) chairs. Every upholstered or wood sofa, bench and chair has the simplicity of design of contemporary; however, especially with darker wood colors, they can mingle well with traditional or other decors.

Ease of re-covering, combined with extra-sturdy, mostly solid-hardwood structure, means that this furniture is renewable, maintainable, very cleanable (with hundreds of our fabrics), and economical in the long run. Each sofa, loveseat or chair is made to order in your choice of thousands of fabrics (or provide your own), many lengths, different heights. Also, every wood sofa or chair except one can be ordered in your choice of many wood finish colors.

Each bench, chair or sofa is non-bulky, compact and well suited for small spaces, with relatively narrow arms, your choice of many lengths. But they are still comfortable for most elevated people as well as for petite people.Tokoro Inc., has selected to focus on one specific competitive advantage: to offer their customers a unique product that they could not get easily in another way. The whole process is very incline and well crafted: 

Given the strong focus on customization on Tokoro Inc., site, they could offer a bit more customization. While choice is not always valuable, for this product more fabric options could offer more value — given that this is a product for the after-sales market where people may have very specific wants for decoration.

March 17, 2006

The wonderful and flexible benches from Tokoro Inc. CA,

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A bench complements a contemporary table well. Outdoor benches are a practical outdoor addition for any home. There are many different varieties to choose from, all with their own unique features. Benches are now so flexible and light-weight, they are just right for any setting. In the home, a perfect bench choice is one with storage.

Many manufacturers are now making benches with smart storage spaces that have no effect on the look of the bench. These kinds of benches go great in a garden area, for storage of tools, vessels, and other gardening material. They also go great on a covered patio or floor where you can store games, magazines, and other outdoor toys. Another great idea is in the kitchen or family room. It’s a great place to put things like blankets or cookbooks. These types of benches can be very decorative and make a wonderful inflection.Another option for large outdoor settings are heavy duty outdoor benches. These types of benches are made with heavy molded frames and recycled plastic encumber so they are sure to last a long time. Heavy-duty benches are great for playgrounds, parks, and pool areas. The lumber comes in a variety of colors and can withstand the elements. Large wooden benches are always a classic addition to any outdoor setting. They are beautifully crafted and come in a variety of decorative styles. One disadvantage of wooden benches is that they can be quite heavy. It is also important that wooden benches are weather treated or they can become decayed. With recycled plastic lumber, there is no rotting or need for treatment. Whatever bench you choose, you are sure to find one that will accent your living space the way you want it. Whether looking for class, comfort, or convenience, you can find it all. Manamadurai Karthikeyan, writes for Patio Stuff at http://www.tokoroinc.com/. A full service provider of villa lighting, indoor and outdoor patio furniture. For great deals on outdoor benches, visit the site here http://www.tokoroinc.com/or contact us at 9663 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 207, Beverly Hills, California 90210. Tel: 310.657.3806 Tel: 800.351.6613 Fax: 310.271.2879.

March 16, 2006

Tokoro Inc., beautiful furnitures for enery one who needs contemporary designs….

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Furniture for every room and every taste in modern, contemporary and traditional designs. Whether you’re looking for stylish leather sofas, fabric sofas, chic glass dining tables or traditional wood dining tables and occasional furniture you’ll find it all at Tokoro Inc. Parents get used to children outgrowing belongings quickly. But that no longer has to be the case with bedroom furniture.

Our companies now design nursery furniture designed to grow with children. The pieces, usually offered in groupings, include cribs that convert to child and full-size beds, and dressers or hutches that double as changing tables. The sets, which also include nightstands, armoires, desks and bookcases, are intended to last a lifetime. The chic, contemporary look of the nightstand makes this piece a modern classic.

 Buy a bench. A handsome piece of garden furniture invites you to enjoy sitting in your garden. “Remember that the garden was destined to be looked at as well as walked through,” Tokoro Inc., professional staff said. He also told that “Garden furniture gives the garden a feeling of life. “Garden ornaments will do the same thing. Choose suspiciously, and don’t scrimp - you’ll be looking at the furniture or garden decoration all year, and it ought to be something special, staff said.

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