Thursday, April 2, 2009

Sea of Brown

Furniture shopping to some people is a chore. Upon entering a store, they are greeted with a sea of brown, from one end to the other, brown, brown, brown. But wait! Have you noticed the subtleties of brown? Blue tones when Ohio Certified Stain Seely is applied to solid cherry or oak; orange red tones on quarter sawn white oak with Michael’s Cherry stain; strawberry blond tones with natural on red oak, or S-2 stain; more rich reddish tones of natural cherry darkening with exposure to light. Gorgeous! And the grain of real wood, so varied (to die for!)and interesting, versus the sameness in pattern with veneer.

Such complexity in solid wood, that suddenly it’s not a sea of brown; far from plain. Touch the wood. It will seduce you with its beauty. Matte like hand rubbed oil finish, hand rubbed urethane finish or low sheen finish, plus high sheen finishes are your choices for your furniture, to give enormous pleasure for years to come. To the right is our miniature sea of brown in our booth at the Portland Spring Home & Garden Show. Notice the variety of brown.

When we receive your furniture, 4-6 of us inspect it, and always end up oohing and aahing over the beauty of the wood. Then we wipe the drool marks. Mother Nature done good. Other items such as placemats, pottery, pewter, fused glass plates, or pictures are accent colors in the sea.

When ordering a table, Remember— a McKay table pad.