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What is Your Favorite Style of Furniture?

17 years ago

What is your favorite style of furniture? I like so many different kinds, Mission, Empire, Deco, Victorian, even some Primative. I see a lot of things I like in a lot of pieces and the different woods. Do you have a favorite?

Sue

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stargazzer
17 years ago
Like me, no style, just comfortable furniture.
alisande
17 years ago
Antique. :-)

I generally like to keep it simple.....Shaker, Mission, primitive, country handmade.....
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clubm
17 years ago
Comfortable here.
kathi_mdgd
17 years ago
Another for comfortable,with a high back and high arms.
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marilyn_c
17 years ago
Same as Alisande...especially Mission, which isn't very comfortable, but I love it anyway.
bobbie56
17 years ago
I love furniture. That is my weakness, especially chairs. The older the better. I just moved back into my families home last year to find a chair that my dad bought for me when I was five or six. The miracle is that after all these years and my siblings took all they wanted from this house, it was still here. I was cleaning what they didn't want and I guess they never saw it. My dad bought that for me, It was a real surprise. It is a long sad story but I am where I am supposed to be. I was forturnate to have the best parents. Antique or Retro for me.
stargazzer
17 years ago
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sue_va
17 years ago
Victorian, except for chairs and sofas. They aren't comfortable. But every thing is beautiful.

Sue
Terri_PacNW
17 years ago
I like clean lines. I really like alot of Ikea based styles. Just not that you put it together. LOL

I don't want alot of ornamentation or embelishment.
intherain
17 years ago
I'm starting to love older furniture that I can restore. Simple. Sturdy. History.

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User
17 years ago
Antique..around mid 1800's. PA country, not formal.
cynic
17 years ago
Can't understand any furniture that's not comfortable. No wonder people get grouchy! LOL

My recliner's been my bed for quite a while too. This spring I should be able to lie down for a while again. But the adjustability of the recliner is superior to a bed anyway.
stargazzer
17 years ago
cynic, after a couple of months I wanted to sleep in a bed so bad and tried it. I thought I was going to have to call 911 for help getting up. Ouch that hurt. I have the beginning of what they call trigger finger from using the lever on the recliner with my blanket or pillow caught in it. Lordy, I am glad that is over.
Deb_from_Pa
17 years ago
I like comfy country.....

http://debfrompa.proboards.com/index.cgi?/
Marcia Thornley
17 years ago
Anything comfortable and casual. I love Pine furniture. I have a pine dining set of table,chairs, sideboard and hutch. I love antiques.
I do like alot of the casual modern clean lined pieces in upholstered sofas, chairs etc. in the ultra suedes and soft fabrics. And I love my leather sofa and chair. So comfy and easy care.
OklaMoni
17 years ago
free and low cost second hand. :)

Honest, the living room table and side table my father in law made back in the 70's is still my fav in my living room.

Moni
okwriter
17 years ago
Rustic.
czech_chick
17 years ago
As some posters above me said, "comfortable"!

Shabby Chic by Rachel Ashwell comes to mind.

I like country "cottage" style - relaxed, not fussy.
lydia1959
17 years ago
Like Czech Chick said - comfortable, shabby chic and cottage style. Painted or natural pieces and overstuffed chairs.
monica_pa Grieves
17 years ago
Traditional, cherry with brass hardware.
Marilyn Sue
Original Author
17 years ago
Most of my furniture I never got new, yes, the couch and the recliners and the dining room table and chairs were, the rest are either antiques or used. Most recliners are not very comfortable to me for a very long period of time, maybe for an hour at the most. They hurt my back and neck. I hate our couch too in the family room I can only sit on it for 10 minutes then I have to be off of it. I think of comfort as either my mattress or a chair, not a buffet, side board, end tables or a china buffet. I really do like most styles of furniture and I prefer something that isn't new. So nice to hear what everyone likes.

Sue
susanjf_gw
17 years ago
it's not style but how well does it hold up...our poor lr has been used for tv, eating, sleeping, "sick room"...so the sofa has to be soft and cushy..we chose a sectional that on occasion has been shoved together (face to face) and made into a "play pen" for our grands, lol...

my guest room is the where i had fun and bought some of that shabby-chic white furniture, and love...
Happy_Go_Lucky_Gayle
17 years ago
I've had it all...I started out with Pine Country. Then French Country. Oriental. To Contemporary. Now it's sort of Eclectic White Trash. LOL!

Or as my Cousin said Early Getto.
Marilyn Sue
Original Author
17 years ago
I used to call mine "Early Attic"

Sue
caflowerluver
17 years ago
Shaker, Mission, Deco, and Queen Anne (which I have). I love solid wood that is well made.
Clare
caroline94535
17 years ago
Comfortable. Affordable. Older rather than new.

I'm shopping for living room furntiure. I want "matching."
zeetera
17 years ago
Queen Anne, cherry.
pump_toad
17 years ago
Primitive pine.Also furniture with old paint.
Jasdip
17 years ago
I don't know what style I like. I know what I don't like.

But I love, love the Raymour and Flanigan commercials. I love their furniture. I've never seen them show something I don't like.
I'd love to go to their stores.
grinch_gut
17 years ago
Rusticly comfortable........nothing fancy not alot of carvings just plain....Stacu
rthummer
17 years ago
La onSalee

Era De Yardsale

Mothan 1/2 Offa

Alla comforteeble

That about all I can think of. I have impeccable taste. ;)

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