Furniture as Art?

Okay, let me say this right up front – my living room furniture is OLD.  It is so old that I can’t even remember what year I bought it.  But, it is also sturdy and extremely well-made.  I remember that when I got it, way back when the dinosaurs roamed the earth, I went to [...]

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Finished With Refinishing!

I talked in this earlier post about the disaster I made of trying to refinish my dining room table and how I would redo it someday in the far future…  Well, sometimes the future  happens a lot earlier than you expect!  The morning after the Big Table Job, I noticed several places where the varnish [...]

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A Little Decorating Solution…

The way my living room is configured, what with the location of the windows and fireplace, there is only one place to put my leather recliner.  (I know, I know, it’s very Archie Bunker-ish!  But it’s damned comfortable!) This leaves a very narrow aisle to walk through from the front door back to the dining [...]

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