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<p>[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 264876, member: 5066"]LOL, yeah, well you know, a slight exaggeration! Still, old furniture in general isn't exactly in fashion these days.</p><p>I can see why people back in the day went for the painted look and bright vivid color. It was a new thing & they were probably sick to death of pilgrim style furniture after 3 or 4 centuries. Plus they lived in the dark and having furniture that had some POP color wise was most likely very appealing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 264876, member: 5066"]LOL, yeah, well you know, a slight exaggeration! Still, old furniture in general isn't exactly in fashion these days. I can see why people back in the day went for the painted look and bright vivid color. It was a new thing & they were probably sick to death of pilgrim style furniture after 3 or 4 centuries. Plus they lived in the dark and having furniture that had some POP color wise was most likely very appealing.[/QUOTE]
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