Archive for the ‘Oak Furniture’ Category
Monday, February 15th, 2010
Amish Furniture is about so much more than wood. It’s about handcrafting furniture for generations of use in the family… It’s about loving the resources Mother Nature has provided… It’s about decorating your home in style…and so much more. We are celebrating all these facets of Amish Furniture in our very first Blog Carnival. [...]
Tags: Blog Carnival, Blog Post, eco-friendly, fireplace, Furniture, green, Heirloom, Interior Design, Oak, Sawdust, TV Cabinet, Twitter, Wine Barrel, Woodworking
Posted in Accessories, Decorating Ideas, Oak Furniture, eco-friendly | No Comments »
Monday, July 13th, 2009
Hardwood as a natural resource that has helped shaped not just communities but the evolution of societies in to countries such as the United States. Natural resources have always been a major factor in determining how well an environment can sustain people but wood has an influence that runs deeper than everything but food and [...]
Tags: Amish, cherry, fine furniture, Furniture, hardwood, hickory, MAPLE, North American hardwoods, The Amish, walnut, white oak
Posted in Baby Cribs, Baby Furniture, Cherry Furniture, Dining Room Furniture, Hickory Furniture, History of Furniture Making, Maple Furniture, Oak Furniture, Understanding Hardwood and Furniture Construction | No Comments »
Monday, June 29th, 2009
There may not be a better known or more duplicated wooden chair in the world than the Windsor. The Windsor is well recognized for its bentwood back frame and its pegged legs going directly in to its wooden seat. The Windsor is differentiated from other styles of chairs because of this styling that normally are [...]
Tags: Amish, bentwood, chair, Chairs, England, hardwood, Philadelphia, Queen Anne, solid wood, Windsor, Windsor Castle, Wood Windsor
Posted in Chairs, Cherry Furniture, Dining Room Furniture, Hickory Furniture, History of Furniture Making, Maple Furniture, Oak Furniture, Understanding Hardwood and Furniture Construction | No Comments »
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
Solid built Amish bedroom and children’s furniture is the perfect foundation for creating a childhood full of Disney memories. In 1955 Walt Disney looked at a blank canvas of real estate and saw the fantasy world the globe has grown to love. Just as you were as a child your child is captured by the [...]
Tags: Amish, Beds, Bookcases, carpets, Cedar Chest, Cedar Chests, Chests, Convertible Crib, crib, Furniture, Hannah Montana, Jonas Brothers, pirate, Princess Pocohantas, rugs, solid wood, Walt Disney
Posted in Adirondack, Arts and Crafts, Baby Cribs, Baby Furniture, Bedrooms, Cherry Furniture, Craftsman, DIY Projects, Decorating Ideas, Design Style, Hickory Furniture, Home Life, Linens, Lodge, Log Cabin Homes, Maple Furniture, Mission, Modern & Contemporary, Oak Furniture, Rugs & Carpets, Rustic Furniture, Shaker, Upholstered Furniture | No Comments »
Monday, June 1st, 2009
Renting furniture seems like a viable option in a bad economy that is suffering from a credit crisis. In fact renting home furnishings is usually a losing investment in most circumstances and not an answer to no or bad credit. Investing in high end, solidly built heirloom quality furniture, if only a piece at a [...]
Tags: Amish, Buying Furniture, Furniture, heirloom quality furniture, poor economy, Renting furniture, The Amish
Posted in Adirondack, Arts and Crafts, Bedrooms, Chairs, Cherry Furniture, Craftsman, Dining Room Furniture, Furniture Tips, Hickory Furniture, Home Life, Home Office Design, Lodge, Log Cabin Homes, Maple Furniture, Mission, Modern & Contemporary, Oak Furniture, Rustic Furniture, Shaker, Sofas, Upholstered Furniture | No Comments »
Monday, May 11th, 2009
Since all movements are contemporary to the time they were began the term Modern furniture may seem confusing, especially when its roots go back over one hundreds. A child spawned from the functional designs and philosophies of the Arts and Crafts Movement, Modern furniture designs was as influenced by the revolution against Victorianism as it [...]
Tags: Amish, Arts and Crafts, arts and crafts movement, Barcelona, Caledonia, Contemporary Design, Contemporary Furniture, Frank Lloyd Wright, Furniture, furniture design, Henri van de Velde, Mission, Modern Design, modern furniture, reclining chair, Sullivan, Victorianism, William Morris
Posted in Amish Furniture Styles, Arts and Crafts, History of Furniture Making, Mission, Modern & Contemporary, Oak Furniture, Organic | No Comments »
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
Your mother deserves something for Mother’s Day that is not only worthy of her but useful. Life is stressful and mom’s never take time to relax and care for themselves. While swings are not usually associated with adults and are usually found in the backyard or playgrounds, exclusively for children. In fact, swinging for adults [...]
Tags: ADHD, Adirondack swing, Amish, amish craftsmen, Amish Swing, Autism, backyard, cedar, cherry swing, hickory, Mother's Day, porch swing, solid wood, swing, Swinging, The Amish, walnut swing, white oak swing
Posted in Adirondack, Cherry Furniture, Furniture Uses, Hickory Furniture, Holidays & Gift Ideas, Home Life, Oak Furniture, Patio & Outdoor Life | No Comments »
Friday, April 17th, 2009
There is nothing better on the eye than a custom made solid wood headboard or full bed from an Amish craftsman. Whether it is crafted from solid oak, maple, walnut, cherry or hickory a handsome bed makes a warm and welcoming bedroom environment. That said a headboard is not a necessity when it comes to [...]
Tags: Amish, amish craftsmen, Bed, cherry, Craftsman, headboard, KING EXTRA, LONG, Mattress, QUEEN, solid wood, STANDARD, The Amish, walnut
Posted in Adirondack, Arts and Crafts, Bedrooms, Cherry Furniture, Craftsman, Furniture Tips, Hickory Furniture, Lodge, Log Cabin Homes, Maple Furniture, Mission, Modern & Contemporary, Oak Furniture, Rustic Furniture, Shaker | No Comments »
Friday, April 3rd, 2009
Art Deco-
Art Deco was born in 1925 at the Paris International Exposition and lived and evolved over a quarter of a century. Evoking images of nude nymphs, geometry-centric lines curves and shapes, early chrome and glass and caricatures of greyhound dogs, Art Deco has often been misunderstood.
Within the genre of Deco there were several sub-categories. [...]
Tags: art deco, Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts, dirk van erp, Gustav Stickley, Mission, mission designers, tiffany, William Morris
Posted in Accessories, Arts and Crafts, Bedrooms, Collectibles, Craftsman, Design Style, Dining Room Furniture, History of Furniture Making, Lamps & Lighting, Mission, Modern & Contemporary, Oak Furniture, Upholstered Furniture | No Comments »
Monday, March 30th, 2009
A PROCESS OF ELIMINATION
The first step to organizing a closet or armoire is deciding what stays and what goes. Starting with a clean slate is a benefit few acquire, but if it is possible to empty the closet and then begin elimination, it will optimize your efforts. If your discards are truly reusable then there [...]
Tags: amish craftsmen, armoire, Chifferobe, closets, Organization, solid wood, Storage
Posted in Adirondack, Arts and Crafts, Bedrooms, Cherry Furniture, Craftsman, Hickory Furniture, Home Life, Lodge, Maple Furniture, Mission, Modern & Contemporary, Oak Furniture, Organization, Rustic Furniture, Shaker, Storage | 37 Comments »