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The Economy of Silver Plating: From Old Sheffield Silver Plate to Electroplating

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

Silver plate is a highly desired and extremely affordable collectible that can enhance your home’s dining room or kitchen’s décor. Silver plate has historically been used as a more economical version of real silver in dining accoutrements such as cutlery, tankards, pitchers, caddies, tea and coffee services and candlesticks. If it was crafted in the more […]

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 […]

Minding Your Own Beeswax - How To Craft Beeswax Candles

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

  Candlelight dancing on the surface of your expertly finished solid wood dining room table does something magnificent to the soul. Not only does the candlelight add reflective animation to the room’s décor but it is provides ambience and even scent. Candles have been an important part of the home since ancient times and today […]

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 […]

Owning Your Own Island : Why Today’s Kitchens Are The Hub of The Home

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

 
No man is an island but life is a lot more functional when he has one in his kitchen. The smart Amish kitchen table owner knows that a compliment to your perfect kitchen is an island. The contemporary home is not complete without a central work area for either chopping or peeling, eating, studying. […]