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Old 06-29-2011, 05:31 AM
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Originally Posted by mr and mrs bike View Post
How many of you have taken your darker wood "Northern Furniture" down to TV and not been happy with it after you had the expense of getting it down there ? Did you make it work or start over? We are coming down in Aug to furnish our Gardenia in Buttonwood. My orginial thoughts were Pottery Barn with a touch of Asian BUT now I've gotten sentimental and have the movers taking quite a few of my New England things. So, I don't know what the heck I'm going to end up with !!!!!!!!!!!! My best thought out plans just got thrown out with the stale wine.
A friend took a decorating class at Lifelong Learning College and the decorator said that dark wood is accurately the "old Florida" style and fits very well with the white wood work. The earlier homes were furnished by well heeled people who brought their dark wood furniture with them. She said to make it blend by adding some touches of tropical and beach. I would like to take that class.
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