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Want to Buy an Antique Bed? A Buyer's Guide You Must Read
Antique furniture is an investment worth taking part in. Buying the best antique furniture is comparable to buying the best art piece. Over time, the value will rise and you'll have one...
Getting Trendy: The Top Antique Decor Trends of 2019
Did you know that antique home decor is back in style? Antique items help give your home a unique look that reflects your personal style. However, it can be difficult...
Mix and Match: How to Mix Antique Furniture With Modern Design
Worried your antique furniture won’t work well with the rest of your home? If you have a sleek, modern home design, then it might seem this way at first. Don’t...
9 Antique Furniture Styles Straight Out of Britain
The antique market accounted for a staggering $2 billion in the United States last year. Rich with history and a story of their own, British vintage furniture pieces are among the most...
How to Determine the Age of Your Antique Bed
If you like antiques, you will love the Antiques Road Show televised on TV. British accents and old items of value that have been knocking around in homes for decades...
Thomas Chippendale
There are many interesting facts about Thomas Chippendale and we will highlight and show them in this series over time. One favorite, that may seem obvious but most people don't...
Buying and Owning an Antique Bed
What's old has become new again in the realm of home design. Decor aspects that our grandparents and great-grandparents used out of necessity, such as apron-front sinks and chippy dressers,...
Are round antique tables really round?
Round antique tables are a misnomer. While they may have started out as round tables, authentic wood antique table tops should not be round. We will cover this in detail...
What's the difference between marquetry and parquetry?
While both marquetry and parquetry can beautifully decorate fine furniture, to better understand the differences, let's quickly review. Marquetry: "marquetry" is inlays of different color woods (or other material) and...
A Timeline of Antique Furniture: The Periods, Furniture Styles & Features
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man or woman in possession of a large or small fortune must be in want of upholstery. In fact, there are...
The 9 Hallmarks of 18th Century Designs
The 1700s gave us the Declaration of Independence and the Age of Enlightenment. And the first English novel, Robinson Crusoe. The designs of the era gave us some firsts, too....
Scalable Cuisine: What to Look For in an Extendable Antique Dining Table
One hundred years ago, the market for antiques was populated by the wealthy. People like the Rothschilds were spending large sums of money on furniture and filling their New York apartments with them. Now...
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