Green Leaf Report

Clive Aslet is another believer; I love his article on antique/vintage furniture vs. Ikea.  Fashion changes, furniture styles change, but any style can look eclectic and personal.  Over the years I’ve been into many friends’ homes and recognized which store they bought their furniture from, because I saw the same items in our mass produced furniture stores.  There is no decorating challenge in walking into a big-box store and saying “I’ll take that, that and that.”  Antique and vintage furniture can be so much cheaper and better made than mass produced, imported, new items.  It’s a great recycling idea, and supports the local economy.  I’m very proud of our mid-century Danish wooden dining table and four chairs we bought for cheap at a local antique mall; very few of the furniture pieces in my house were purchased new.  We need more converts.