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Tables

Bistro Tables! I love them! When I first saw the scene represented by this photo, I wanted to write a post centered around it. What is so special about it? After all it is only an ordinary kitchen bistro table. It certainly is not the high fashion design that one would get in a home decor salon, or from any designer. The kitchen is ordinary with an eclectic assortment of appliances on a modest counter, a simple bistro table and chairs in the middle. What came to my mind when I saw were childhood memories of summers days in a French country home where I would spend vacations with my aunt. A simple, unassuming vacation kitchen, where life is easy, relaxed, where we are carefree, and life is kind. That is the true spirit of a bistro table.

It is no wonder that more than 150 years after bistro chairs were first introduced bistro table and chairs sets are still the best selling furniture around the world every year. [click to continue…]

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Bistro tables can be defined by just one adjective: charming!

A bistro table is perfect for areas in the house where a full size table would be to big and cumbersome. Another quality of a bistro table is versatility. Because a bistro table is  small, not always light though, you can easily move it to the deck or the patio when you need to. Some will have you believe that [click to continue…]

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Using Table Runners

November 19, 2009
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The Holydays are approaching and some of us are already thinking on how we will decorate the house and perhaps even how we will set the table. Traditionally many of us will use a table cloth perhaps it is time to pay a little attention to table runners.
What are table runners?
Simply put they are

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The Luxury of a Console Table

October 12, 2009

Once a home has a dining table and matching dining chairs, and all the necessary kitchen furniture like kitchen tables and stools, and once a living room has a coffee table and a side table beside the sofa, and all the furniture that’s essential has been purchased, then the little extras like a hall table [...]

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