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   RANGERP75R | Dec 28, 2003 09:42am | #1

   Birdseye

       I responded to that thread exactly as it was asked. "What is your favorite style of furniture"? I answered from the choices what my personal favorite style is. That choice is what I feel comfortable using and what elates to casual in my home.

      I also like the other styles and a few that weren't listed. I enjoy building various styles even though some definitely won't end up at my home. I have built Queen Anne back in the late 70's and early 80's. It was built for someone that does like that style in their home. I have never built the Sheraton, but I like to look at it. Queen Anne and Sheraton would be as out of place at my home as Osama Bin Laden at a Baptist Convention.

      And yep, the Sheraton and Queen Anne requires more craftsmanship. But I didn't get ask that question, just what is your favorite style of furniture? I think that some may read more into the question than ask, and you will get a lot of answers based on how they inter-rupted the question. So IMO, the final results of the poll can be very decieving if you allow it to be and will not really un-earth any substantial results.

      Well, maybe with the exception of "what your favorite style of furniture is"! ha.. ha..

   Regards...

   sarge..jt 

   Proud member of the :  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>) 

   
   

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   Edited 12/28/2003 1:48:01 AM ET by SARGE

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   kensshop | Dec 28, 2003 06:09pm | #2

   Birdseye,

   I completely agree with you about the craftsmanship of Chippendale and Queen Anne furniture.  My initial introduction to cabinet making in high school shop (1971-72) was making two Chippendale tilt-top piecrust tables with mahogany.  From that point on I have had a unique appreciation for what those early cabinet makers could do with basic tools and extreme talent.  We must all remember, though, that you don't miss what you never had- I'm talking about machinery.  They used talent, skill, and patience- something that, for me, has been a very slow process.  The beautiful pieces produced by these early cabinet makers has been my motivation to emulate their work, though I do use power tools.  I have yet to attained their skill levels.  I've also made many Federal pieces with inlay work, but I don't make inlay.

   Furthermore, the Current Work Gallery of each new FWW drives my motivation.

   I love the Arts & Crafts and Shaker furniture for its charm and functionality.  Our 60" round cherry dining table, of my design, is such an example.

   Gotta love it all.

   
   

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   Edited 12/28/2003 10:30:00 AM ET by Ken's Shop

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   user-252128 | Dec 28, 2003 10:07pm | #3

   Yeah, you do have to love it all... I had a friend in NYC who ran the Michael Carrey Gallery. Stickley was so comfortable, for all those right angles.

   I just finished doing something, well shameful. I found a fairly ruined Eastlake dresser at a local antique store and repurposed it into a bathroom vanity. Gave it a second life, I guess. They REALLY cut corners with that style. There was actually bark on the bottoms of the runners! The outer case was solid Walnut, though -- the dealer had no idea. I added the appropriate veneers.

   Cost (chuckle, chuckle...)

   Cabinet $100

   Granite pre-cut countertop $169

   Oval porcelain sink $39.00

   Brass finish faucet $89.00

   so, for less than $400,... a country bathroom feature.

   I downloaded/attached pictures, but I'm not sure that worked.

   Thanks for your response. Hope you enjoy. Chat again soon.

   Happy New Year!

   Brad

   
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   fdampier5 | Dec 28, 2003 11:22pm | #4

   I really dislike the term Stickly style.

      What most people think of when they say Stickly style is Stickly's missonary style.  It's what made him popular but it's far from his only style..  I Have his mahogany style.. a style that gives nod to earlier english styles..   I first found a piece of his original mahogany style in california at a swap meet.. it was a dresser..   Painted white of course but it was a breeze to clean off.  when I went to sell it after my tour was up I brought it to a furniture broker to sell for me.  (I paid $15 for it originally)   I was hopeing to get about that much for it..  

     The broker sold it out East someplace and gave me $500 for it which I was tickled pink to get.. Unfortunetly I saw an entry in his books where he got over $5000 for it.. (took the sweetness off the deal) but still I was ahead $485..

     when I later started looking for real furniture I looked and found out how rare his venture into Mahognay had been..

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   user-252128 | Dec 28, 2003 11:27pm | #5

   FYI:

   http://www.arts-crafts.com/archive/gstickley.shtml

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   fdampier5 | Dec 29, 2003 08:19am | #6

   Yes?