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furniture types

Classic Leather Furniture

January 4, 2010

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Want to add a touch of class to just about any room in your home? Consider using classic leather furniture to bring some style and substance into your home. Leather furniture is available in a variety of styles and pieces. Although most people immediately assume that leather is too expensive or out [...]

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Solid Oak Furniture

October 8, 2009

There are a lot of companies that produce solid oak furniture, and because of the design of the furniture in general, you aren’t going to have many issues with the company you end up choosing. The decision really comes down to taste, and getting what you want from a piece of solid oak furniture. [...]

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Mahogany Furniture

October 7, 2009

If you are considering making a major purchase of furniture then it pays to carefully consider the type of wood from which it is made. I strongly recommend you consider buying a piece made from mahogany. This is a hard wood which has a very beautiful dark reddish color and which has the major attribute [...]

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Mission Style Furniture

October 7, 2009

The popular style of rustic straight line style furniture began life around 1895 when Joseph McHugh produced a simple rush seated chair for the Swedenborgian Church in San Francisco and based the design on the Spanish missions of colonial California at the time.
The style is characterized by straight lines and flat panels, and the wood [...]

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Painted Furniture

September 17, 2009

The use of painted furniture should not be underestimated in providing a beautiful alternative to traditional oak and mahogany stained furniture, particularly if your home is contemporary in design. The inspiration for the many examples on sale today comes primarily from the 18th and 19th century designs in central and northern Europe and this makes [...]

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How to Find the Best Antique Desk

September 17, 2009

The humble desk has been around since the early part of the 17th century, although a desk dating from around 1450 can be seen in Lincoln Cathedral in England. These early desks were primarily made from oak or walnut and two main types existed, one called a desk and one called a bureau. The “desk” [...]

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Oak Antique Furniture

September 16, 2009

Oak is one of nature’s greatest sources of furniture making material. It is amazingly durable and highly resistant to all manner of bad treatment, both from humans and insects. This beautiful hardwood has been used for hundreds of years to craft all type of furniture.
The renaissance of antique oak furniture was in the early part [...]

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Pine Bedroom Furniture

September 7, 2009

If you’re thinking about using pine bedroom furniture as the foundation for your decoration, know that it can be an excellent aesthetic choice. Pine in the bedroom can add a wonderful aesthetic when chosen properly. Here are a few important things to know about pine furniture.

The use of pine wood in furniture is extremely common [...]

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