Archive for the ‘Furniture Uses’ Category
Friday, June 11th, 2010
The average size of the American home has grown tremendously over the past handful of decades. Homes which were once just over 1,000 square feet have swelled to 2,000 square feet and beyond. Despite this supersizing, there are plenty of Americans living in spaces that are less than 1,000 square feet. Many of these dwellings [...]
Tags: Buying Furniture, Decorating Inspiration, Interior Design, Organization, Small Spaces
Posted in Decorating Ideas, Furniture Tips, Furniture Uses, Storage | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
You have wisely invested in custom made and finished solid wood bookcases or shelves from Amish designers and craftsman – now what? You have items you love and that need homes, but how best to display them to not only showcase the collection but to not detract from your beautiful heirloom furniture.
First, realize what [...]
Tags: amish bookcase, Amish Bookcases, Amish Furniture Styles, custom furniture, decorate, heirloom furniture, shelf, Wood Bookcases
Posted in Accessories, Art & Photography, Bookcases, Clocks, Collectibles, DIY Projects, Decorating Ideas, Design Style, Fireplaces, Furniture Tips, Furniture Uses, Home Life, Home Office Design, Mirrors, Modern & Contemporary, Organization, Porcelain & China, Storage | No Comments »
Sunday, April 26th, 2009
Amish solid wood bookcases, shelves, corner cabinets and hutches, that themselves are collectible, are the optimal organization center for any collection. Today’s collector knows that the best way to showcase your collection is in a central area, instead of spread throughout the home or office. Collecting is as old a desire as the hunting and [...]
Tags: Amish, Art, Bookcases, Collecting, corner cabinets, Craftsman, custom shelves, hardwood, Hutch, hutches, investment, Organization, solid wood
Posted in Art & Photography, Bookcases, Clocks, Collectibles, Decorating Ideas, Design Style, Furniture Uses, Home Life, Linens, Organization, Porcelain & China, Storage | No Comments »
Saturday, April 25th, 2009
Thanks to the Amish craftsmen you can create an outdoor retreat getaway for your mom for Mother’s Day. Obviously, there is a reason that Mother’s Day is in the spring – so mom can get out of the kitchen and in to the yard! On Sunday morning you can lead her out, on to her [...]
Tags: Adirondack, Amish, backyard, Benches, cedar, Chairs, Gardening, GIFTSET, Mother's Day, picnic, retreat, solid wood, swing, Swinging, SWINGS, Tables
Posted in Adirondack, Furniture Uses, Hickory Furniture, Holidays & Gift Ideas, Home Life, Patio & Outdoor Life | 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 »
Monday, March 23rd, 2009
Why worry about travel safety and soaring transportation prices this year when you can plan for a vacation to paradise in your own backyard? For less money than you would spend on a cruise for two you can convert your patio into a private resort setting using handcrafted custom patio furniture from the Amish. These [...]
Tags: Amish, backyard, cedar, Furniture, Outdoor Furniture, picnic, retreat, solid wood, swing, tripod frame swing
Posted in Adirondack, Amish Furniture Styles, Decorating Ideas, Design Style, Furniture Uses, Hickory Furniture, Home Life, Patio & Outdoor Life, Rustic Furniture | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
A preferred showcase chosen by many collector’s of fine porcelains like Royal Doulton is the hardwood bookcases, curios, china cabinets and shelves designed and built by the Amish. Like Amish heirloom pieces the precious and highly valued and regarded collectibles and décor items designed and crafted by the Royal Doulton Company are world-renowned and highly [...]
Tags: Amish hardwood, Bookcases, china cabinet, corner cabinets, curios, Henry Doulton, hutches, John Doulton, John Watts, Royal Doulton
Posted in Accessories, Bookcases, Decorating Ideas, Furniture Uses, Home Life, Organization, Porcelain & China, Storage | 1 Comment »
Monday, February 16th, 2009
The unusual events in the world economy have many people looking for new ways to earn money and one idea is to convert one or more rooms of your home into a Bed and Breakfast. American homes that welcomed weary travelers date back to the earliest days of Colonial America. The country was young so [...]
Tags: Amish Hardwood Furniture, b&b, bed and breakfast, boarding house, Depression, early american boarding houses, economy, lodging options, travel
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Monday, January 19th, 2009
Whether you are limited on space in an apartment or house, just trying to give a room a streamlined and well organized look, furnishing a commercial living space like a hotel or setting your parents up in a scaled down residence, a pier bed wall unit is the most efficient piece of bedroom furniture in [...]
Posted in Amish Furniture Styles, Arts and Crafts, Bedrooms, Craftsman, Decorating Ideas, Design Style, Furniture Uses, Home Life, Lamps & Lighting, Mirrors, Mission, Oak Furniture, Organic, Organization | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
While homeschool families utilize the whole world from home to yard to neighborhood and beyond, as their classroom, at some point even the freest thinking parent-teacher must dedicate a room or sections of a room to the home school. Logically, home schooling families quite often use the dining room table as command central. Even “out [...]
Tags: Amish Furniture Styles, Dining Room, Dining Room Table, Dining Room Tables, home schooling families, homeschool families, homeschoolers, solid wood
Posted in Bookcases, Chairs, DIY Projects, Decorating Ideas, Dining Room Furniture, Furniture Uses, Home Life, Organization, Storage | 2 Comments »