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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mansons2005, post: 264704, member: 121&quot;]I have to admit that I am among the majority in this...............while I can (and do) appreciate the craftsmanship, intellect, and talent that went into crafting pieces such as this, and their resultant beauty, I have a hard time &quot;living&quot; with this type of furniture. We had a fair to middling amount of true colonial furniture in our house (or more precisely, in our attics and barns) when I was growing up and much of it was painted. But the exuberance of colour and florid designs never appealed to me personally. When we donated the house to a historical society most of the pre-revolutionary furniture and papers/documents stayed with the house. The original house was built on a 1600s land grant, though it was greatly expanded over the centuries. It is sort of an irony that the historical society is restoring the house to its appearance circa 1941, but reflecting its long history.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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