Know Your Antique Furniture

An Overview of How to Identify Antique Furniture

If you are like thousands of people who love to pass their time in flea markets or visiting garage sales, you know that there are hidden treasures in those places.  But you may have never thought of yourself as an antique furniture expert.

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Antique Dining Room Furniture – Entertaining in Style

When you set out to create that unique décor that only antique dining room furniture can provide, there is a wide range of items to include in your shopping list.  You would include an antique dining table, cabinets, serving trolleys, side tables and chairs.  Along with those major items, using antique or antique looking tableware including the dishes, silverware and glasses will complete the look.

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Antique Bedroom Furniture – Creating an Elegant Atmosphere

The bedroom of your home has to do many jobs.  Obviously, it must be relaxing, warm and welcoming for the ones who will sleep in that room.  But it also must be a room that projects the right décor message that ties in with the themes of the house.  A well decorated bedroom can be left open and on display for guests to admire.  Nothing does as wonderful a job of accomplishing both of those goals as antique bedroom furniture.

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Antique Oak Furniture – Adding Beauty and Value to Your Home

Along with the various periods, colors and designs of antique furniture, the variety of types of construction give you a lot of options when you are considering remodeling with antiques.  Not only does the look and the price of each piece vary by age and the condition of the piece, the type of wood used in each piece of furniture will have a big influence on how it looks and its performance as part of the décor of your home.  That is why so many people pick pure antique oak furniture when they decide to remodel with antiques.

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Why Did the War of 1812 Start?

There were actually several reasons why the war of 1812 started. The official reason as made clear in the declaration of war by the United States of America to Great Britain was the Impression Issue that was made by the British Government under their Orders-in-Council.  This Impression Issue is an act whereby men are forced … Read more

Weapons used in the war of 1812

The weapons used in the war of 1812 were knives, swords, bayonets, pistols, muskets, rifles, cannons and to a lesser extent, crude bombs. Among these different kinds of weapons, muskets and rifles with bayonets were the most used and in fact, were considered as the weapons that won the battles between these two opposing armies. … Read more

War of 1812 Timeline

1803 – 1812 The War of 1812 timeline started when a total of nearly 10,000 American sailors were forcibly made by the British navy to work in their ships.  This enforcement was made under the British Impressment that was authorized   under the Orders-in-Council of the British Monarchy. 1805, July –  British naval forces started to … Read more

War of 1812 Facts

• Our first war of 1812 fact is that the HMS Leopard of the British Navy signals the US ship Chesapeake to stop for inspection if there are British deserters working in the ship.  Chesapeake refused to obey and was then fired upon by the British war ship that resulted to the death of 3 … Read more

Overview of The War of 1812

Overview of the war of 1812 started on June 18, 1812 between the United States and Great Britain when the United States of America officially declared War against Great Britain.  This declaration of war by the United States against Great Britain was said to have been caused by factors such as the Impressment issue and … Read more

The American Civil War

The American Civil War started on April 12th in the year 1861 and last until April 9th in the year 1865, although the last shot of anger actually occurred in June of 1865. You could say the American Civil War was a war of north versus south and a war born out of abolition of … Read more