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Art Nouveau is a whimsical, organic and plant-inspired decorative style that influenced art, accessories and architecture. Art Nouveau was obviously an off-shoot of the rebellious Arts and Crafts Movement, nurtured by the likes of British designer and furnishings producer, William Morris. While the Arts and Crafts school of design theory was indeed the parent of […]

 The Amish create beautiful hardwood library tables along with solid wood bookcases for housing your personal home library. It seems to be human nature to acquire, organize and store knowledge in homes and in public venues. Written or printed knowledge has been stored in libraries or repositories as long as civilization itself has existed. In […]

The Arts and Crafts era dining room was very important in creating the vision of the home as a warm, socially accommodating environment. The solid wood dining room was the focal point of the dining area and the proper table settings were studied and practice. Although trying to break free of the Victorian’s traditions some […]