Posts Tagged ‘resistovar’

How To Make Spring Cleaning Day a Family Fun Day

Monday, April 13th, 2009

You carefully selected your custom Amish pieces to make your house a home, but after a long winter indoors your carefully decorated, but not so fresh, home is in need of a family spring cleaning day. Alright, your family may not be thrilled to hear you have decided to host a family spring cleaning / [...]

New Year’s Celebration Tips: How To Clean Up and Remove Wine and Alcohol Stains and Rings (part 1)

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 [...]

How to Gift, Collect and Display Retro Vintage Bathroom Linens and Hand Towels

Monday, December 1st, 2008

  
Vintage bathroom linens, hand towels, finger tip towels and bath linens are beautifully showcased when displayed on a solid wood, Amish designed and built quilt rack, shelf, cabinet, or other organizational furnishing. Placed strategically in the bathroom or guest room, these heirloom quality furniture pieces can hold your collection of Shabby Chic guest linens, from [...]

Your Bedroom: Life’s Command Center

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 [...]

The Closet Artist: How To Create an Art & Craft Room In An Armoire Wardrobe (pt.2)

Friday, November 7th, 2008

 
Inside everyone lurks a closet artist but thanks to the storage opportunities created with Amish furniture that closet can be a custom built armoire wardrobe. The hobby of producing art and creating crafts is a valuable stress relieving activity. Whether as homemakers, students, professionals or laborers, we are usually called upon to produce but not [...]

Why Invest In Hardwood Wine Racks For Wine Storage?

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

Amish woodcrafters have carefully considered every need for your home including the storage of wine. Wine is one of the oldest and most widely served beverages in the world and the proper storage and display of bottled wines is critical. Whether you partake yourself or simply like to have it on hand to serve to [...]

Why The Amish Choose Fine Furniture Finish ARESISTOVAR

Monday, September 29th, 2008

ARESISTOVAR™ is the finish of choice with Amish furniture experts today. The Amish require high standards in their finishing process and ARESISTOVAR is an excellent two coat system that provides good build-up with extraordinary clarity. The gloss retention is only overshadowed by its durability. The Amish have insured heirlooms by protecting them with ARESISTOVAR in [...]

Understanding Oak Hardwood Amish Furniture

Friday, September 26th, 2008

 
White oak and red oak are both used in the museum quality furniture created by the Amish. A very versatile hardwood, oak comes from the genus Quercus. The red oak is found in more abundance than its cousin white, and both have a natural beauty coupled with strength and durability. From medicines to leather tanning [...]

Understanding Walnut Hardwood Amish Furniture

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

 Walnut is one of the beautiful hardwoods that are used by Amish craftsmen in well-designed and elegant home furniture. This wood has been a favorite with carpenters for hundreds of years because of its strength and its deep brunette character. This chocolate brown wood stands out against other lighter woods, making a stunning contrast. This [...]

Understanding Maple Hardwood Amish Furniture

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 [...]