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New Year’s Celebration Tips: How To Clean Up and Remove Wine and Alcohol Stains and Rings (part 1)

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

 
New Year’s Eve parties bring together the old and the new to be celebrated and memorialized by one and all. The ritual of good food, great memories and celebratory toasts all mark the end of the old year and the beginning of a new and promise filled year. Unfortunately, some of those toasts are memorable […]

The Curtains Are Rising On Personal Home Theatre & Media Entertainment Centers (part 2)

Monday, December 29th, 2008

You have wisely selected the perfect Amish built focal point for your new media room or personal home theatre - the entertainment cabinet and now it is time to fill it with quality electronic fun. A well planned personal home theater will deliver years of entertainment for you, your family and friends.
TELEVISION:
Both satellite and cable […]

The Best Christmas Stories, Books and Poems To Read On Christmas Eve

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

Christmas Eve family and friends are gathered together inside of your well appointed home; filled with warm and welcoming Amish custom built furnishings. The fireplace is burning a with an amber glow, friends are cozy on your sofa, delicious holiday treats are spread out in a buffet on your solid wood dining room set and […]

Important Tips: How To Buy a Computer Desk, Computer Work Station, Computer Rolltop or Computer Armoire

Friday, December 12th, 2008

Thankfully, the 21st century Santa Claus is an electronic genius, who has the workshop capability to bring you that fully loaded computer system you’ve been good all year for. Even more thankfully, there is amazing options in computer desks that will not only serve as your new command station for online gaming and of course, […]

Stylish Solid Wood Bench Seating Is Back: 5 Reasons Why Benches Work

Friday, December 5th, 2008

  
There is a simple purity, a grand country casual elegance about bench seating, especially when crafted from solid hardwoods by superb furniture builders like the Amish. Bench seats were most likely the second evolution of personal seating, the first being the stool. From huge banquet hall in the Middle Ages to large farm family’s daily dining, the […]

Living Room Seating Definitions: What is a Sofa, Couch, Davenport, Divan, Chesterfield, Love Seat Or Settee?

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

Living room seating has changed gradually over the centuries. Words and language evolve just like furniture styles and designs. Throughout the centuries home furnishings have came a very long way from their beginnings and so has the verbiage we use to describe or name the furnishings. Here are a few that you may or may […]

How To Relax at Home: Recliners, Bathroom Retreats and Massage

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Everyone longs for a moment, or longer, to relax but the fact is that most of us don’t really know how to reach full relaxation. Also, the irony in relaxing at spas, retreats, etc., is that the cost alone can create more stress. By setting up a home environment that is conducive to relaxing we […]

A Brief History of Mechanical Furniture and the Morris Recliner Chair

Monday, October 20th, 2008

Mechanical furniture like the Morris reclining chair have a long, interesting and well documented history thanks to great designers like William Morris and Gustav Stickley and important design authors like Sigfried Giedion. In these icon’s footsteps dedicated Amish craftsmen still produce mechanical furniture and recreate solid wood Morris chairs. The Amish Morris Chair recliners are […]

Understanding Maple Hardwood Amish Furniture

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

  In the genus known as Acer there is a group of trees that produce a distinctive wood used in high quality Amish furniture, more commonly known as the hard maple, sugar maple or just maple. Grown in many places in the Western Hemisphere, the maple tree loves cold weather. In the North the sugar maple […]

Understanding Cherry Hardwood Amish Furniture

Friday, September 19th, 2008

Cherry has long been a coveted wood and when used in the creation of Amish furniture designs it is a stunning choice. The Amish always choose native hardwoods for their furniture and cherry is one of, if not the, finest hardwood in North America. The elegance of hardwood cherry furniture is showcased in tables, cabinets, […]