Furniture in the making!

It seems like this time of year must inspire me to buy furniture! Last year I bought several lovely reproduced pieces and an antique table. This year I don't have much space in the house because our landlords have provided us with so much furniture! I did make a trip to CLMa recently which is where I like to buy my furniture. It is a bit more expensive than some of the other furniture outlets, but the gentleman who owns it gives us a discount and the quality of the pieces is excellent!! I only bought an antique chest on this visit. The chest was used about 100 years ago when a woman was married. The chest contained all of her embroidery and clothing that she would take to her in-laws home. Inside the chest is the original paper lining. I was going to have them replace it, but I decided against that because I didn't want to take away from the integrity of the piece!

While we were in the factory, we got to have a good look at the craftsmanship that goes into the reproduced pieces. The detail that goes into some of the pieces is exquisite.

This gentleman is painstakingly weaving the seat of this chair.
This woman is using the white paper design and copying it swirl by swirl!

While I was there, I thought about how much my grandpa Kimler would have loved to visit here. He would have enjoyed watching the furniture being made from start to finish. I'm sure the many afternoons I spent "working"(really finding a mattress far from grandma and having a nap) at my grandparent's furniture store when I was younger helped establish my love of quality furniture!