Archive for the ‘Organization’ Category
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
While we may collect things from sports cards to furniture simply for the enjoyment of the hunting and the gathering, most of us collect knowing that there is a chance if needs arose, we could sell that collection. Many a handcrafted Amish built bookcase holds the world’s most prized collectibles. It is a fact that [...]
Tags: Amish Furniture Styles, Art, Cedar Chest, Cedar Chests, Chests, colectibles, Hutch, hutches, Quilts, Storage, storage units
Posted in Accessories, Amish Quilts, Bookcases, Cedar Chests & Trunks, Clocks, Collectibles, DIY Projects, Home Life, Lamps & Lighting, Linens, Organization, Porcelain & China, Rugs & Carpets, Storage | No Comments »
Friday, March 13th, 2009
Packing up your home and moving is never easy, especially if you are doing it on your own. After tossing away things you have accumulated and probably never used, gathering up various sizes of boxes at every grocer and liquor store in town for packing, boxing up everything you can live without a few days [...]
Tags: Amish Furniture Styles, heirloom furniture, moving, moving tips, SLIDE, Sliders
Posted in DIY Projects, Furniture Tips, Home Life, Storage | No Comments »
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
Wood veneer is used to give furniture a fine wood grain appearance less expensively than using a solid piece of that wood. Wood veneers are produced in very thin, 3 mm or less, sheets. It is most often used on less valuable woods or materials in order to give them an outwardly attractive appearance. Most [...]
Tags: amish craftsmen, Amish Furniture Styles, Egypt veneer, marquetry, parquetry, Shaker, solid wood, Solid wood furniture
Posted in Adirondack, Arts and Crafts, Baby Furniture, Bedrooms, Bookcases, Cedar Chests & Trunks, Cherry Furniture, Craftsman, Dining Room Furniture, Hickory Furniture, History of Furniture Making, Lodge, Log Cabin Homes, Maple Furniture, Mission, Modern & Contemporary, Oak Furniture, Rustic Furniture, Shaker, Understanding Hardwood and Furniture Construction | No Comments »
Friday, February 27th, 2009
Absolutely no manufacturer of home or office furniture makes finer case goods than the Amish craftsmen of Northern Indiana. Understanding how a great case good item is designed and constructed will insure you have chosen your pieces wisely. Furniture is divided into two basic construction categories – upholstered furnishings and case goods. A case good [...]
Tags: Adirondack, Amish Furniture Styles, ARESISTOVAR, Arts and Crafts, Bookcases, Craftsman, heirloom quality furniture, Lodge, Mission, Shabby Chic, shakers, veneer
Posted in Adirondack, Amish Furniture Styles, Arts and Crafts, Bedrooms, Bookcases, Cedar Chests & Trunks, Cherry Furniture, Craftsman, Dining Room Furniture, Hickory Furniture, History of Furniture Making, Lodge, Log Cabin Homes, Maple Furniture, Mission, Modern & Contemporary, Oak Furniture, Rustic Furniture, Shaker, Storage, Understanding Hardwood and Furniture Construction, Upholstered Furniture | 1 Comment »
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, January 26th, 2009
Food, water, clothing and a place to give you shelter is the necessities to live a decent life. While it is true that you can make do with the most minimum of furnishings in order to create the shelter that protects you we are fortunate enough to be able to create a warm and welcoming [...]
Tags: Amish Furniture Styles, furniture investment, game center, home environment, intelligent design, personal atmosphere
Posted in Accessories, Adirondack, Arts and Crafts, Baby Furniture, Bedrooms, Cherry Furniture, Clocks, Craftsman, DIY Projects, Decorating Ideas, Design Style, Dining Room Furniture, Furniture Tips, Hickory Furniture, Home Life, Home Office Design, Lamps & Lighting, Linens, Lodge, Log Cabin Homes, Maple Furniture, Mirrors, Mission, Modern & Contemporary, Oak Furniture, Organization, Rustic Furniture, Shaker, Sofas, Upholstered Furniture | 1 Comment »
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 »
Saturday, January 17th, 2009
Whether you were fortunate enough to have invested in the Amish custom-built six piece corner computer desk for home or office or you had just enough space for a hand built Mission computer station, there are some electronic essentials on the market today that will amplify your office environment.
From picking out your solid wood computer [...]
Tags: computer station, electronic gadgets, laptop, personal workspace, The Amish home office, work domain, workspace
Posted in Home Life, Home Office Design, Organization | 2 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 »
Saturday, December 27th, 2008
A personal home theatre complete with a custom built entertainment center may seem out of reach for many homes but, in fact, it is quite achievable with a good plan and the room. While you can easily spend tens of thousands to create a personal home theatre the good news is that even those on [...]
Tags: Amish Furniture Styles, Amish hardwood, entertainment center, high quality sound system, home theaters, home theatre, personal cinema, theater experience
Posted in Accessories, Home Life, Organization | No Comments »