Archive for the ‘Chairs’ Category
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 […]
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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 […]
Tags: Amish, cotton candy machines, entertainment cabinet, entertainment center, Gustav Stickley, hd television, high tech gadgets, home theatre, leather recliners, Media Room, Morris Recliner, movie memorabilia, personal home theater, popcorn machines, recliners, reclining chair, solid wood, television hd, theater seating, theatre experience, William Morris
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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 […]
Tags: amish bookcase, Amish Furniture Styles, Buffet, charles dickens, Christmas, christmas carol by charles dickens, christmas tales, clement clarke moore, Dining Room, Dr. Seuss, Ebenezer Scrooge, fireplace, gift of the magi by o henry, morris chair, night before christmas, santa claus, solid wood
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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, […]
Tags: Amish Furniture Styles, Computer Armoires, Computer Chairs, computer station, gaming area, home office, home workplace, Pressboard computer desk, solid wood computer desks, The Amish computer desk, workspace
Posted in Chairs, Cherry Furniture, Hickory Furniture, Home Life, Home Office Design, Maple Furniture, Oak Furniture, Organization, Storage, Understanding Hardwood and Furniture Construction | 1 Comment »
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 […]
Tags: Amish Furniture Styles, bench seating, bench seats, Benches, Chairs, country homes, Dining Room, Dining Room Chair, Kitchen Table, Wood Bench
Posted in Adirondack, Amish Furniture Styles, Chairs, Design Style, Dining Room Furniture, Furniture Uses, Home Life, Lodge, Log Cabin Homes, Rustic Furniture | No Comments »
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 […]
Tags: A.H. Davenport, amish couch, amish sofas, Chesterfield, davenport, davenport company, divan, LOVE SEAT, Sofas
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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 […]
Tags: Amish Furniture Styles, Arts and Crafts, arts and crafts movement, bathroom retreat, better relationships, chairs and ottomans, home environment, how to relax, morris chair, recliner chair, recliners, William Morris
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Chairs, Craftsman, DIY Projects, Decorating Ideas, Furniture Tips, Furniture Uses, Home Life, Mission, Storage | 3 Comments »
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 […]
Tags: Amish, Arts and Crafts, convertible furniture, Furniture, furniture design, great exhibition of 1851, Gustav Stickley, Mission, morris chair, Morris Recliner, recliner chair, stickley furniture, William Morris
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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 […]
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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, […]
Tags: amish cherry furniture, Baby Furniture, cherry, cherry tree, early american, gum pockets, hardwood, history of cherry furniture, Prunus, resistovar, serotina
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