Admin
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Post by Admin on Feb 1, 2006 4:37:48 GMT 10
Do you have a favourite furniture style or wood tone that is your personal choice?
Me, I love oak. I am an oak person thru and thru..next I would choose pine. I don't like dark furniture much at all. At least not in my home.
My style is old, country, prim, distressed. Wormwood, things that look as if they were used centuries ago.
I also love the Queen Anne look.
You?
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lynn
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Post by lynn on Feb 1, 2006 6:55:36 GMT 10
hmmm....when I was younger, I favored the oak. Now I lean more toward the cherry. But nearly all of the furniture we have is oak.
I love the country look too. But I lean more toward country french, somewhat traditional. I also love the tuscany look.
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Post by Deed on Feb 2, 2006 0:11:14 GMT 10
I love oak and pine too and perfer the lighter shades. Style? I don't know whatever catches my eye at the time I guess. LOL
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Post by teddymaker on Feb 2, 2006 1:10:30 GMT 10
I love oak!!!...I also have a lot of pieces painted white and distressed...I love the look of pieces that have been passed down and used and loved...I don't go for matchy matchy with pieces...drives dh nutts...I like that cottagey mix of antiques and different pieces..My house is quite eclectic!!!
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Post by Admin on Feb 2, 2006 1:15:48 GMT 10
Jayne,
I am betting I would fall in love with your home. I too love the white distressed look and I have been trying to get dh to agree to paint and distress our master bedroom set which is 30 years old and too dark and really dated. I think if I distressed or crackled it and changed the handles it would look so much better. I don't much like mixy matchy either. Although this home is more matchy than the one in Michigan..
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Post by ellise on Feb 6, 2006 14:25:28 GMT 10
Well, my favorite is Oak but my bedroom is all Mahogany. My living room is soft pine, and my dining room USE to be Oak, now it's just some ugly stuff we thought we liked, but will be changing it soon. ;D
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Post by braided-rug on Feb 6, 2006 14:27:47 GMT 10
There is not as much oak in Australia, although modern houses probably have it as there are more woods around now.
I have some some wood that is paler than pine, forgotten what it is called.
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Post by ellise on Feb 6, 2006 14:29:14 GMT 10
br could it be birch?
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Post by braided-rug on Feb 6, 2006 14:30:37 GMT 10
No not birch, thanks Ellise.
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Post by braided-rug on Feb 6, 2006 14:37:14 GMT 10
Maybe it is Beech, will come to me later.
We have a Kauri piece, it is pale. I also have a towel rail in Jarrah which is reddish, it is a bit worse for wear at the moment but can be fixed.
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