Posts Tagged ‘Chests’
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
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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 »
Saturday, November 15th, 2008
Bedrooms are wondrous rooms that hold many functions and events – many more functions than just sleep. Statistically we spend the majority of our days – perhaps actually nights – inside the bed chamber. We not only hope that it will provide us a safe and comfortable place to sleep and rejuvenate for the next [...]
Tags: Amish Furniture Styles, ARESISTOVAR, Armoires, Bed, Bedroom Furniture, Chests, chests of drawers, closets, Mattress, resistovar, Tables, wardrobes
Posted in Bedrooms, Home Life, Mirrors, Organization, Storage | 4 Comments »
Monday, October 13th, 2008
Today the Amish craft solid wood chest of drawers as stand alone pieces or part of a bedroom suite. The name Chests of Drawers is literally derived from the furniture piece that was a chest or trunk; a wooden box for storing clothing linens, books, documents and valuables of any kind. The earliest forms were [...]
Tags: Amish, amish craftsmen, Arts and Crafts, chest of drawers, Chests, chests of drawers, Furniture, Mission, Shaker
Posted in Cedar Chests & Trunks, History of Furniture Making | 1 Comment »
Monday, September 15th, 2008
The cedar chest, hope chest or trunk may well be as many furniture historians believe, the first true piece of furniture. From it, most certainly, evolved the chest of drawers. The box called a trunk or chest was a common sense and practical structure. This wooden framed box was built to store and move personal [...]
Tags: Amish, Cedar Chests, Chests, history of trunks, hope chests, trunks
Posted in Amish Furniture Styles, Cedar Chests & Trunks, History of Furniture Making, Storage | 2 Comments »
Friday, March 14th, 2008
When you think of a chest of drawers or armoire, you might be thinking that these are only useful as pieces of bedroom furniture. While these are great and functional pieces in any bedroom that can be used for clothes, lingerie, accessories, linens, or towels, they can also offer wonderful amounts of storage and space [...]
Tags: Amish Furniture Styles, Armoires, Chests, Interior Decorating, Interior Design
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