Archive for August, 2009

Fieldstone outbuildings were a significant lure for couple - Baltimore Sun

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
Fieldstone outbuildings were a significant lure for couple
Baltimore Sun, United States
Drawers and cabinets under the island are fashioned of bird's-eye maple that contrasts warmly with heart-of-pine flooring. When one is seated at a plain rectangular wood table in a room filled with plants, crockery and old framed pieces of needlework

Gallery Furniture opens upscale satellite store - Furniture Today

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

Furniture Today
Gallery Furniture opens upscale satellite store
Furniture Today, NC
HOUSTON — Gallery Furniture has opened a satellite store here to showcase the upscale segment of the broader assortment at its main store. The new showroom at Post Oak and Westheimer, a former Pier 1 Imports, features 15000 square feet of selling space
Gallery Furniture Opens Second Store Home Furnishings Business
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Chic on the cheap - Times Online

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
Chic on the cheap
Times Online, UK
So, rather than horrid pine shelves to store my books and tea sets, I have a 1930s tallboy, a 1960s sideboard and a 1950s display case. One of my best bargains is a moss-green wing chair that in Heal’s would have cost at least £500, but I bought for

The transformer - Times Online

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
The transformer
Times Online, UK
In order to retain the feeling of the complete room, Herford created a multifunctional living-space box, constructed mainly from smoked oak, which wears and ages like good-quality furniture. “The box sits within the room, but sections of mirror and

Explosion rocks Spruce Pine - Asheville Citizen-Times

Monday, August 24th, 2009
Explosion rocks Spruce Pine
Asheville Citizen-Times, NC
Jamie Miller, an employee at Cody LeGrant McKinney CPA located across from BRP, said he initially thought the blast was dynamite from a nearby mine or a falling piece of office furniture. “I honestly thought something heavy, like a bookshelf,

People pulling for St. Stephen goalie - Telegraph-Journal

Monday, August 24th, 2009
People pulling for St. Stephen goalie
Telegraph-Journal, Canada
to Saint John the next day to meet foundation representatives and hit the furniture stores. While they worried about the trip to Saint John, other people worried about the leaking roof on their home at Oak Haven a few kilometres from St. Stephen.

Hap Moore Antiques Auctions - Antiques and the Arts Online

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009

Antiques and the Arts Online
Hap Moore Antiques Auctions
Antiques and the Arts Online, CT
18th c. old finish pine slant lid clerks desk on box stretcher base. Late 18th c. NE maple five drwr. bracket base chest. Early 19th c. maple and pine four drwr. chests. Good one and two drwr. NE pine blanket chests. 18th c. PA bracket-based walnut

Fine European Furniture and Decorative Arts - Maine Antique Digest

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009

Maine Antique Digest
Fine European Furniture and Decorative Arts
Maine Antique Digest, ME
Estimate: $1500-2000 A Portuguese silver and tortoiseshell model of a turtle, David Ferreira, Porto, late 19th/early 20th century. Estimate: $4000-6000 A Continental carved oak, papier mache and gesso stationary box in the form of a tortoise,

1920s cabin makeover repurposes artifacts to retain its 'soul' - Los Angeles Times

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
1920s cabin makeover repurposes artifacts to retain its 'soul'
Los Angeles Times, CA
When it came to decorating, the glamour-prone designer imagined that her knotty pine paneled walls could talk. Though she favored rustic furniture and folksy textiles, Fellman also indulged her sense of fun. "I don't mind a little nostalgia because

Wheelwrights: a tradition is preserved - Telegraph.co.uk

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009
Wheelwrights: a tradition is preserved
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom
Yet again, the Best Traditional Business category proved one of the hardest to judge as furniture restorers competed against shooting schools. By Andrew Pierce But in the end, an ancient craft won the day. Philip Holder, one of the last surviving