Daily Furniture & Home Renovation Brief | 2026-08-03
Selected updates from the last 7 days for furniture and home improvement operators.
SEO Summary: Daily furniture and home renovation news roundup with market trends, design updates, and retail insights. Featured: Athens apartment features "fluid layout" that adapts to houseguests; Jay Shetty’s Netflix Podcast Studio Is "Swaggy" Enough to Welcome Oprah and Lucy Hale.
1. Athens apartment features "fluid layout" that adapts to houseguests
Apostolopoulos was approached by a friend to transform his home in the Stroggyli Polykatoikia apartment block, designed by architect Nikos Despotidis in the city's Kifisia neighbourhood in the 1970s. The space was previously used as a psychiatrist's office and was in poor condition, so the first step involved removing all internal partitions to reveal the original structure.
2. Jay Shetty’s Netflix Podcast Studio Is "Swaggy" Enough to Welcome Oprah and Lucy Hale
“Every detail was chosen to create a sense of warmth, presence, and timelessness,” says Shetty, “because the conversations we have are deeply personal. I wanted people to forget the cameras were even there.” Los Angeles-based designer, Mike Moser, was tapped for the job.
3. 14 Abandoned Cities Around the World With Eerily Beautiful Architecture
Photo: GIUSEPPE CACACE/Getty Images Save Story Save this story Save Story Save this story Architecture is both art and tool—but rarely do we get to experience one without the other. No longer beholden to the needs of daily life, buildings can be viewed from a purely aesthetic perspective, observed more like sculpture than structure.
4. Reserve a room for Wood Pro Expo Lancaster
— Exhibitors and attendees traveling to Wood Pro Expo Lancaster (WPEL) will not find a more convenient and relaxing place to stay than the Warehouse Hotel at the Nook. The Warehouse Hotel is connected to Spooky Nook Sports , home of the WPEL exhibit hall, eliminating the daily commute to and from the show.
5. Scott Bloyd, wood industry veteran, has died. He was 71.
By Larry Adams July 31, 2026 | 2:00 pm CDT Print Long-time industry-vetern Scott Edward Bloyd, 71, of Mentor, Ohio, died July 3, 2026, after a lengthy battle with heart disease. Bloyd, born May 13, 1955, in Grand Junction, Colorado, was a lifelong craftsman and innovator.
6. Safety Commission finds lead level rules sufficiently low
“The Commission has determined that current regulations already require the lowest amount of lead that is technologically feasible to achieve. Therefore, the Commission is not revising these lead limits at this time,” according to a Federal Register notice penned by Alberta E.
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