Home and Decor » quality amish furniture http://www.amish-furniture-home.com/blog Your friendly guide to tasteful interior design Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:31:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 The Universal Design Appeal of Amish Furniture http://www.amish-furniture-home.com/blog/design-style/the-universal-design-appeal-of-amish-furniture/ http://www.amish-furniture-home.com/blog/design-style/the-universal-design-appeal-of-amish-furniture/#comments Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:10:52 +0000 Torie http://www.amish-furniture-home.com/blog/?p=1428 It’s a common misconception that just because the Amish ride around in horse drawn buggies and shun modern conveniences that their furniture is devoid of modern style. Nothing could be further from the truth!

When discussing Amish furniture, you aren’t talking about the style of the piece but rather its origins and level of quality. The Amish use the best materials and techniques handed down for generations to make high quality heirloom furniture that will last decades longer than big-box furniture store stuff.

Amish furniture is extremely popular around the country and the world. The Amish are very careful to listen to the merchants that sell their furniture, so they make products that are not only of the highest quality but also popular amongst customers. It makes no sense to only restrict your furniture making to one or two styles, especially when your customer base demands a variety.

Funtional & Beautiful

Amish furniture is influenced heavily by classic styles like Queen Anne, Shaker and Mission. Their tie to the past is evident but that does not mean these pieces don’t have a place in a contemporary home. Amish furniture exemplifies functional, clean lined furniture. You won’t find any extraneous or overly ornate designs or elements on these pieces. Every drawer opens and every knob is attached to something that needs a knob! This simplicity gives them a universal appeal that will work perfectly with any interior design look you have adopted. Look at this Empire Chifferobe for example.

The materials used in creating this furniture have a huge impact on the overall style and look of the pieces. High quality wood and non-synthetic materials combine to create that clean line look that makes Amish furniture so universal in a design sense. The natural wood and stains are easy to match with other pieces and design elements. Putting together a room has never been easier when you’re dealing with Amish furniture!

Furniture That Will Last

The longevity of these pieces is one of their best qualities. Why spend money on something that is going to be land fill fodder in a few years? The Amish produce heirloom quality furniture that will last you decades. Its universal appeal will allow you to use it in many different design settings. As your tastes change and you redecorate you will always find a place for your Amish made pieces. The best thing is that these high quality pieces are made of all natural materials, so if you want to have them refinished or touched up you won’t have any trouble.

No matter how you have decorated your abode, you will enjoy using Amish made furniture to fill in that missing element. Quality is never out of style and with a wide variety of looks and pieces you’ll be sure to find something that goes perfectly in your current design scheme.

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 J&R-JRB-042 Image  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 is tapped for its sap that is boiled to the much-loved maple syrup. Early Native Americans knew the value and strength of maple and made weapons and spears crafted out of it. Because of that strength, in the 1800’s even women’s shoe heels were made out of the maple tree‘s wood.

Reaching an average of 130 feet, the fast growing sugar maple tree is found mainly in the Mid-Atlantic and Lake states. This tree is the second most abundant of all the hardwoods and arguably the hardest. The texture of this maple ranges from extremely hard to medium with exceptionally small pores and a close fine, uniform consistency. The maple’s sapwood is a satiny white and contains a mildly red-brown tint. The maple tree’s heartwood has variations ranging from light to a dark red-brown. While usually straight grained this wood is also famed for a few variations that occur like birds-eye, flame, quilted, wavy, blistered, curly, and fiddle back figures. Because maple is so hard it will often split before allowing a nail; even more surprisingly, will bend the nail.

The early Colonists recognized the maple’s value, using it in many home furniture items, as witnessed in Early American designs. While the Amish today use it in fine home furnishings, especially chairs and baby furniture, maple is also used widely in veneers, kitchen cabinets, doors and moldings. Because it has no specific flavor it is the standard hardwood chosen for kitchen utensils and cutting boards. Interestingly, bowling pins and lanes are created from the hardwood maple and many musical instruments like guitar fingerboards and drums also owe maple their quality.

The Amish craftsman finds the maple woods easy to stain, up to a medium dark color, although their natural coloration is beautiful and desired. Maple is able to hold an outstanding finish like RESISTOVAR, which is preferred by Amish craftsmen. From china cabinets to dining room table and chairs to entire bedroom suites and armoires maple is a preferred hardwood that can accommodate many design styles. From Modern to Shaker and Mission maple is available in many stains and designs from Amish furniture producers today.

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