Material knowledge, design notes and craftsmanship guides from a furniture maker working since 1981.
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A dressing room is not a box; it continues the bedroom. Planned right, even 4 square meters is enough. Layouts for 4, 6 and 8 square meters, corridor width, island drawers, lighting and material choices.
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Three materials come up when you buy a wardrobe: solid wood, real wood veneer on MDF, and wood-pattern laminate. They are not the same thing. Which stays flat on a large door, which one is real wood, and how to tell them apart when you buy.
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A wardrobe is the largest surface in the room, not a standalone box. Drawn in the same wood, with the same handle family and the same proportions as the bed and nightstands, it lets the bedroom read as one piece. The decisions that tie a wardrobe to the room, from scale to the light inside it.
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The first entry told the 1981 founding, the origin. The second tells the today built on that origin: Erhan, the person who turns design into reality on the shop floor. CNC programming, quality control and material supply chain; 18+ years in solid wood, lacquering and veneering; the bridge between a render and the delivered piece. The workshop's discipline, the factory's scale.
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A living room set stays 7 to 10 years. Room size, fabric family, solid frame, foam density, budget and care: six points to check before you visit a showroom.
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Archidecors started in 1981 in Modoko with my father İbrahim Yeğen's first step. From a workshop into a store, from a store into a production facility: the road since 1981, the three structural difficulties of the founding years, and the way of working that has not changed since.
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Custom furniture in six steps, from brief and samples to installation and warranty. About six weeks for one room, two to three months for a whole home.
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Complete guide for international designers, hoteliers and villa owners considering Turkish furniture: the Modoko ecosystem, lead times, FOB/CIF/DDP, container loading, quality control and customs.
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The white marble empire is cracking. 2026's two rising stars are warm Turkish stones, Elazığ Cherry's burgundy vein and Denizli Travertine's porous warmth. A stone reading from production.
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When Şikayetvar opens, the Turkish premium furniture industry's report card stares back: a 60-year-old brand at 2/100, response rates as low as 21%. An open note on what the industry should learn from the service mirror.
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Turkish furniture industry US export data is open. One brand has 52+ container shipments, another claims $359M (customs shows $23.4M), a third has zero sea-freight. ImportYeti and TÜİK data, read through our own project-based export work, without naming names.
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How a single email through Hilton's supplier portal turned into a 12-month site delivery from our production facility. Katara Hills Hilton villa furniture: brief, production, logistics, on-site installation. An open lesson for the sector.
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Italian minimalist lines, built in Modoko: how cutting out the brand premium and the middleman margin changes the price of a piece. From inside the factory.
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Milano 2026's "A Matter of Salone" theme, from the Fòco installation to Cloud Dancer, from collectible design to family craft, points the same way. A Turkish manufacturer's read from the production floor, without a single image.
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Pantone named Cloud Dancer (11-4201 TCX) the 2026 Color of the Year, the first white in Pantone history. What it means, how to use it, which textures bring it to life.
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Villa interior design examples from our Bodrum and Doha projects, then the process: 6 phases, what each one realistically takes, and the budget lines.
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How to choose the right fabric for furniture? Differences between velvet, bouclé, linen and leather, durability tests and which works best in each space.
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Marble and quartz differ in more than price. Porosity, stain resistance and heat tolerance, from the production floor of a factory working stone since 1981: here's where each one belongs.
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Ergonomics, material quality, acoustics, and brand identity in office furniture selection, a guide to designing productive workspaces with custom manufacturing advantages.
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Pick the fabric before the paint, level the nightstand with the mattress, leave 60 cm on each side of the bed: practical bedroom rules from a furniture maker.
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Furniture is the largest line in a hotel FF&E budget. Which tests and standards to ask for and how production is planned, with notes from our Soho Grand and Katara Hills projects.
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Caramel velvet, walnut, terracotta accents and brushed brass: how to build a warm earth-tone palette room by room, with a material pairing table and five common mistakes.
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How to balance durability, brand identity and budget in hotel furniture selection? The right materials, suppliers and design criteria for commercial use.
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Kitchen island design trends for 2026, material comparison (marble, quartz, wood), ideal dimensions and lighting plan. Everything you need to know for a custom kitchen island.
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Don't get tricked shopping at Modoko. 7 golden rules for material checks, price negotiation, and finding trustworthy stores.
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A niche, a ceiling beam or an uneven floor is where made to measure pays off; in a rented flat ready-made usually does the job. Nine criteria compared.
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How custom furniture is priced, how long one piece takes and what the warranty covers: the points to get in writing before you place the order.
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Japandi is fading, warm minimalism is in. Brushed solid wood, travertine, bouclé, curves and earth tones: what changed in 2026 furniture, and why.
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Our Zekeriyaköy villa design project: warm minimalism with American walnut, travertine and bouclé across a 450 m² home. Process, materials, room-by-room decisions.
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Carrara, Calacatta, Emperador, travertine and onyx: which marble suits which piece, how it compares with quartz and how often the surface needs sealing. Practical notes from our factory.
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Oak runs light honey, walnut runs deep chocolate: color, Janka hardness and durability compared across 7 wood types in one table.
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Hygge meets Anatolian craft in one room: a walnut top on birch legs, kilim upholstery, brass handles, geometric carving. The material and colour balance of warm minimalism.
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Is paint and varnish smell from new furniture harmful, and when does it clear? Solvent-based paint needs 7-14 days of ventilation, water-based 2-7 days. VOC, formaldehyde, and fast-clearing methods from a furniture maker.
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Ten interior design movements side by side, from Art Deco brass to Japandi oak: where each came from, its materials, how to mix two without chaos.
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What is brass made from? A copper-zinc alloy never found pure in nature. From mine to PVD coating: which finish keeps furniture brass bright for years?
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