furniture & decorative accessories

ONLY A VERY SMALL NICHE of old-house owners will create true period rooms.

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Most of us take an eclectic approach, mixing handed-down furniture and comfortable pieces with classics and the occasional splurge. Matching period is a shortcut to a good fit: Hepplewhite furniture in a Federal house, furniture designed by C.F.A. Voysey for a Tudor. However, any furniture complements a room by virtue of its proportion, shape, material, and fabric pattern. Spare, mid-century chairs can play well in a room dripping with ornamental plaster.

1. TROUTMAN CHAIR COMPANY troutmanchairs.​com

Using time-honored methods of master craftsmen, they create timeless rockers, chairs and tables destined to be handed down through generations. “Come sit a spell.” [phone]

2. TAPPAN CHAIRS tappanchairs.​com