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Comfortable Decor Schemes Dominate This Year’s Styles

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

 The economy has literally made it less a saying and more a reality that home is actually where the heart is. Our homes have become less of a showplace that we pass through as we rush to work or out for the evening and more the heart of living, entertaining and the heart of whom […]

Interior Design Trends 2009 -2010 - Amish Built Designs Keep In Step With Fashion

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

                                                                     

Interior décor trends follow the fashion world even more now than ever in history.  As clothing displays more beading, feather trim, this year’s hot decorative ruffles, and many other embellishments it is appearing in furniture and home decorating items, too. Light fixtures, accent furniture such as tables, upholstery and many accessories are displaying the latest fashion […]

A Brief History of Butter Pats, Butter Chips, Butter Plates, Individual Butters

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

Many an Amish built solid wood bookcase, hutch, cabinet or curio holds the precious porcelain collectible known as the butter pat, butter chips, butter pads or individual butters. While many young homemakers today may not know what a butter pat is, they still remain a compact, decorative and highly sought collectible. These miniature plates are […]

A Brief History of Quaker Produced Waterford Crystal: From Ireland to New Year’s Eve to Your China Cabinet

Friday, January 2nd, 2009

 Waterford crystal is almost as famous for the New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square in Manhattan, New York City, as it is for divine crystal home décor and glassware items. The magic of the famous ball of crystal and electric lights rising to great heights atop a pole on the One Times Square building […]