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What's the best thrift store in Chicago to purchase vintage furniture?
Posted by admin on February 22nd, 2012
Furniture Poll: what do you think of this dining set?
Posted by admin on February 19th, 2012
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Wood-Metal-5pc… and will you come and help me put it together? i love it <3 I like it. It's simple yet nice. I know how to put stuff like that together. Just may take a minute because I have a bad back and knees It's good I guess. Not really my taste, but loving the [...]
Hitchcock Fine Home Furniture?
Posted by admin on February 19th, 2012
I am inheriting a dinining room table that seats 8 and was wondering if they make anything that I can place on top of the table to protect it. I have two cats that have slipped when jumping onto furniture and their little claws come out and damage the furniture. this dining room table was [...]
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Tags: cats, dining room table, foam pad, hitchcock, wikipedia 
No Comments »What colors will go well with brown furniture?
Posted by admin on February 18th, 2012
we have brown furniture in the living room and i want the house to be brown mostly but what other colors should i paint everything? its 3 bedrooms 2.5 baths and a bonus room and a kitchen, dining room, and breakfast room. I would use dark shades of blue. I find when everything is cream [...]
How can you tell if a vintage piece of furniture is a buffet or a dresser?
Posted by admin on February 15th, 2012
I have my great great aunt's buffet but my husband thinks it just a dresser. it was prob bought before the 40's.... like I said it's my great great aunt's buffet- and I am 29. it has been passed down through my family as buffet but it does look like a dresser. It's very large- [...]
How do I get rid of a musty smell on cushions on my dining room table chairs.?
Posted by admin on February 13th, 2012
I have had my furniture in storage for several years & the cushions are perfect apart from an old musty smell? what do you suggest I do as it is a beautiful piece of italian furniture. fabreeze it or make a solution using warm water and bicarbonate of soda this neutralizes smells How do I [...]
I Need Furniture Placement HELP!!?
Posted by admin on February 12th, 2012
I have a very long and narrow living room. It is also an open concept room. The fireplace is on the far end of the room, there is a closet, hallway, basement steps, and access to the kitchen and dining room. There is no wall space, and when I put the furniture in the middle [...]
Posted in Furniture and dining Tags: accent chairs, basement steps, coffee table, plants, wall space No Comments »Furniture Restoration – Which Wax to Use to Improve Scuffing marks on Vintage G-Plan Furniture?
Posted by admin on February 12th, 2012
Hello I have a 1959 G-Plan dining room set that has some wear as you might expect of something of that age, mainly around the chair legs and on the backrests. I think that using a coloured furniture wax will improve the look of this wear. on looking at products available on the internet, I [...]
I need help with decorating an orange room?
Posted by admin on February 9th, 2012
I have an overwhelming orange dining room...bright orange. I love the color but I have nothing on the walls and I have very large, antique white colored furniture (only a table and chairs and a buffet...it's not a huge room). My question is, should I put wall hangings, shelves, pictures that are earth tones or [...]
How much do you think all this furniture should go for on Craigslist?
Posted by admin on February 8th, 2012
I have yet to take pictures of it I'm planning on doing that later tonight. the stuff is all at my Mom's house in her garage. everything is in really good condition and it consists of a large dining room table (with leaf), a set of six matching chairs with ivory upholstry. A hutch and [...]
