This information isn't just crucial for DIYers; it can be essential to know what type of wood a piece a furniture is made of before you buy it, though figuring it out in-store can be tough.

The seat is made up of two twin foam mattresses set on top of each other, and a trundle converts the daybed into a roughly king-sized frame — just rearrange the twin mattresses side-by-side.

Fossil fuel-based polyurethane foam has been a firm favourite in furniture manufacturing for over half a century. Jane Englefield investigates the material.

Interior designers said simple tricks, like swapping out table legs, reupholstering, or painting, can make cheap furniture look fancier than it is.

Next time you see a stone, wood or brick sign, take a second glance. It might be made of foam. That’s a big part of the work done at Innovative Foam, found on Fifth Avenue just across the bridge ...

Foam rubber—like the filling inside your couch—produces an enormous amount of CO 2. A Norwegian company called Agoprene thinks seaweed could be the solution. In 1919, an entrepreneur named ...