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These
sites, run by associations, trade magazines, or
commercial enterprises, typically contain
directories or lists of links providing contact
information for manufacturers, reps, service
providers, retailers, and other resources useful
for home products and interior design
projects.
AHFA - American Home Furnishings
Alliance - Member Resources - Suppliers Resource
Guide
http://ahfa.us/resources/suppliersguide.asp
Information and links to all
AHFA Supplier Division members. The database may
be searched by product or by service. It also may
be searched by state.
AHFA - American Home Furnishings
Alliance - Member Resources - Trade Name
Search
http://www.ahfa.us/ftn/ftn.asp
Listing of trade names by
manufacturer. The database may also be searched by
trade name.
ARCAT - Building Projects, Specs,
Specwizards, CAD Details for Architects and
Engineers
http://www.arcat.com/
Search the ARCAT (Architect's Catalog,
Inc.) database by company name, brand name,
product type, or association.
The Blue Book of Building and
Construction
http://www.thebluebook.com/
General contractors, subcontractors, and
suppliers working within the building and
construction industry.
Building Online Directory
http://buildingonline.com/
Search
engine provided by Building Online, an internet
design agency for the building and home
improvement industry.
Building
Products and Materials by Sweets Network
http://products.construction.com
McGraw-Hill Construction Sweets Network. Product
catalogs, manufacturers directories, resources,
and links. Search by products, projects, and
people.
Building.com
http://build.com/decor/home.pl
Manufacturer
directory and New Product Showcase. Lighting,
plumbing, hardware, and home decor.
Buildings.com Buyers' Guide
Home
http://www.buildings.com/directory/
Browse
product and service listings or search by
keyword
Casual Furniture Retailers
http://casualfurniture.org/dealer_locator/
Serves as a directory of casual furniture
retailers with search by geographic area.
Contract Lighting Search
http://www.contractlighting.net/search.cfm
Search
for manufacturers, architects, specifiers,
designers, lighting reps, shows, market centers,
and associations.
Contract Source Guide
http://www.contractdesignsourceguide.com/
Contract
magazine's directory of product and service
providers for the commercial design community
working on retail, commercial, and corporate
spaces.
D&WC Online Directory & Buyer's
Guide
http://dwcdesignet.com/Directory/index.html
Drapery
& Window Coverings Magazine product, company
and organization directory.
Design Group Directory
http://mediabrains.com/client/design/bg1/search.asp
Product
source guides for architectural lighting, contract
furnishings, hospitality design, and the kitchen
and bath business. Search through all four guides
by company name and keyword.
Designguide.com
http://www.designguide.com/
Includes a directory of design
professionals, a huge online product showroom for
residential and commercial markets with images,
and industry links to associations, design
centers, magazines, etc. All have profiles and
links to sites. This also has a designer
locator.
Entertainment Design Industry Resources
Directory
http://bg.entertainmentdesignmag.com/industry_resources
Search
suppliers by company name or category.
Find Your Furniture
http://www.findyourfurniture.com/furnfind.asp
American Home Furnishings Alliance's
furniture finder for consumers with links to
sources.
Floor Covering Weekly Product Source
Guide
http://psg.floorcoveringweekly.com/fcwframeset/psg_search.asp
Search
manufacturers, distributors, sales agents, and
services.
Furniture Today & Home
Accents
Today Buyers Guide
http://www.homeaccentstoday.com
Listing
of furniture and home accents manufacturers,
importers, suppliers, etc.
Furniture World MarketPlace
Listings
http://www.furninfo.com/epages/default.asp
Find
furniture manufacturers, suppliers, consultants,
and other industry services.
Glass
Factory Directory of North America and U.S.
Industry Factbook
http://www.glassfactorydir.com/
Listing
of the glass manufacturing locations (not artists
or studios) in the U.S., Canada, and
Mexico.
Home Furnishings International
Association Directory
http://www.hfia.com/sw_rr_directory.asp
Lists
manufacturers' representatives in the
southwest.
Home Furnishings News Online
Directory
http://www.hfnonlinedirectory.com/
HFN's
directory of home furnishing product suppliers,
including home textiles, tabletops, furniture,
floor covering and much more.
Home Lighting & Accessories Lighting
Search
http://homelighting.com/locator.cfm
Search
for manufacturers, parts suppliers,
representatives, stores, shows, market centers,
and associations.
Housewares.org
http://www.housewares.org/industry/search/default.asp
International
Housewares Association directory of manufacturers,
manufacturers' representatives, exporters, service
providers, associations, journals.
idhonline
http://idhonline.com/
Interior
Decorators' Handbook online. The New York
metropolitan area's main resource guide for the
interior design industry.
IESNA Manufacturers Directory
http://www.iesna.org/manufacturers/manuf_search_form.cfm
The
Illuminating Engineering Lighting Society of North
America's manufacturers directory.
Interior Design Buyers Guide
http://resourceguide.interiordesign.net/default.aspx?pubid=1
Interior Design magazine's online
buyers guide with contact information and links.
Search by category, keyword, or company.
Interiors & Sources
http://isources.hotims.com/r5/search.asp?action=search&return_by_category=y
Interiors & Sources magazine
product directory and source guide with
links.
International Furnishing and Design
Association Find an Expert
http://ifda.com/findanexpert.php?PHPSESSID=07a835a1da2c8cfceaf829d6e6397e7a
Multiple
expertise categories useful in finding an expert.
Also includes designers.
International Sleep Products Association
Supplies Guide
http://www.sleepproducts.org/Template.cfm?Section=Supplies_Guide&Template=/CustomSource/SuppliesGuide.cfm
The
mattress manufacturing industry trade
association's supplies search tool.
Unfinished Furniture
Association
http://unfinishedfurniture.org/
Retailer,
Sales rep, and manufacturers listings.
Wallpaper Directory
http://www.wallpaper.com/directory/
Profiles of architects, interior and
product designers, retailers, and manufacturers.
This also has a designer
locator.
Western
Home Furnishings Association Directory of Western
Furniture Manufacturers and Service
Providers
http://whfa.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=41
The industry
advocate of the independent home furnishings
retailer. Site also has member and service
provider
directories.
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