Yep, agree with all the above, could be cobbled together with a different top. Still, for $200 bucks as Ghopper says, you can't expect a pristine...
BINGO! suspects that is a major reason demand is way down, nothing like having a large immovable paperweight around the house! :hilarious: It...
Victorian whimsy? The "clam" is probably a shell carving
Absolutely! Prices on 18th-century desks have fallen off a cliff in recent years, doubt it's much better for 19th-20th examples. If you have a...
Don't know about England but, in the USA antique desk sales have hit a rough patch and prices are way down. We don't live in a paper world like we...
Particularly if structural City inspectors here are not engineers, they require not only an engineer stamped drawing but additionally, a signed...
This is how a kitchen remodel that may have started out modestly turns into a 100k+ project. Totally insane. Why not just sell this one & buy...
UPDATE: I got a call this past Friday about this very thing, removing 15' of dining wall that adjoins the kitchen. Nice house, toney part of town...
Here it is, many don't like the reality of this situation but it is what it is sort of thing....
Ditto Ditto again! We just had a discussion about dining rooms a few threads ago, your problem is dining rooms in large part are going extinct in...
It's Stickley's Colonial revival line from the 1950s-60s. This isn't the Stickley collectors are looking for, unfortunately. Here is the...
No, comfort was the furthest thing from the Shaker designers concept, they were ALL about function, FUNCTION, and FUNCTION! I can't even trick the...
Yes, an INCREDIBLE amount of pre-planning went into Shaker designed furniture, additionally, this furniture was built by some of the most talented...
Sure, "tilters" are a ball & socket device installed on the 2 rear legs the Shakers developed to allow one to lean back in your chair without...
Yes, there were 2 Shaker villages in NH, Canterbury & Enfield. I have ALWAYS lusted for an Enfield work stand however, considering the prices...
Indeed, it was not their goal or intention to make elegant furniture but, that's how it turned out. I own only 1 Shaker piece, an 1840 cane seat...
One area of antique brown furniture that does not seem to realize that prices are in a free fall is Shaker. I am not sure exactly why this is....
Agree, I think antique but probably not period. Yes, it's lived a hard life, drawer interiors varnished, the top but also in looking at 1st pic...
Possible Yep is, drawer pulls & legs/feet are Hepplewhite Uh Huh, another "project" piece and, veneer work isn't cheap. I am leaning towards a...
Not period but you know, in the style kinda thing.
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