Traditional

In the traditional furniture section we cover past and present traditional home furnishings such as four poster beds, sofas, dining tables and chairs, chest of drawers, and everything for traditional interior design.

10 Pieces of Gorgeous Reclaimed Wood Furniture

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Those who seek out reclaimed materials, recycled objects and/or repurposed pieces of furniture to stock their homes with the stuff of life are quick to explain why when asked, and their answers are usually simple logic: Why make something new unneccesarily when what you need has already been created and could just use a little TLC? Reclaimed wood in particular allows “new” furniture buyers to enjoy the beauty and majesty of incredibly old and gorgeous

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On Display: 10 Sleek Curio Cabinet Designs

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Curio cabinets rose to prominence several generations ago as a means through which to display trinkets, treasures and family heirlooms. Nearly every suburban home in the 1960s through the 1980s had at least a corner curio with five or six shelves housing vases, china or collectible family figurines and ornaments. The dated oak-and-glass designs of yesteryear have thankfully been replaced with much sleeker successors, some more ornate than others but all simpler and much more

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Trendspotting: 10 Pieces of Mid-Century Modern Furniture

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The 1950s and 60s are back in a big way; mid-century modern furniture is undeniably en vogue at the moment, and has been for several years now. It’s interesting to note the abundance of robin’s egg blue throughout today’s curation, which is illustrative of the color’s popularity in the genre. Perhaps the mid-60s release of the Audrey Hepburn classic “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” had an influence over the style of the day, just as the introduction

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What’s Simple Is True: 10 Classic Pieces of Amish Furniture

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Many of us are familiar with Mission and Shaker tables, chairs, beds and desks, but it’s a lesser-known fact that both styles are subsets of a broader genre: handcrafted Amish furniture. Since the use of electricity is prohibited in accordance with the culture’s spiritual beliefs, pneumatic and hydraulic power is used in the making of many of its pieces. And since internet technology clearly requires electricity to work, no Amish craftsmen are able to sell

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The 7-Drawer Handmade Mini-Chest from Volk

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Multi-hyphenate talent (painter-musician-craftsman, to be exact) and Rhode Island School of Design BFA-holder Brian Volk-Zimmerman started building custom, one-of-a-kind wood furnishings at a Brooklyn Navy Yard workshop in 2006. With a nod to a woodworking ancestor of his from the 1800’s, Volk-Zimmerman handcrafts wooden masterpieces like this seven-drawer mini-chest made from solid walnut atop a splayed-leg stand. Its poplar drawers are lined with fabric, and the piece is finished in oil and wax for the perfect sheen. The

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