When renovating or redecorating one's home, it is often difficult to find just the right furniture pieces. Because there are so many choices available, it helps to narrow down your options to the pieces that best reflect who you are, what you stand for, and what you love. If you want to reflect your unique personality and quirky fashion sense through your furniture, read on for some helpful tips!

- Look to style magazines and online articles to help you find your vision. Even though you want to reflect your own personality through your furniture, you do not need to come up with every idea on your own. You can reflect your own style not only through your unique ideas and furniture combinations, but also through what you choose to include (or not include!) in each room.

- Ask your closest friends what they think your decorating personality is. It can be eye-opening to get a second opinion. You may think of yourself one way, but your friends undoubtedly have at least a slightly different view. Whether they have a lot of advice or just a few ideas, you are sure to appreciate their input.

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Some of the Prettiest Tolix Chairs By Melissa Edelman Antiques

Tolix chairs have been so popular, I see pictures everywhere.  Pinterest, facebook, you name it, the Tolix chair is featured as one of the most favorite chairs of the year.

The Tolix chair was designed by a Frenchman in 1907, by the name of Xavier Pauchard. His very first chair looked remarkably similar to those chairs we see all over the magazines today. Pauchard used galvanization which is a process of applying a protective zinc coating to steel or iron, in order to prevent rusting. The most common method in current use is hot-dip galvanization, in which steel parts are submerged in a bath of molten zinc. Galvanizing is also favored as a means of protective coating because of its low cost, ease of application and comparatively long maintenance-free service life.

The Tolix chairs are being produced by the top furniture companies and are being featured in almost every design magazine world wide. They are being photographed both indoors and outdoors, and being used as (Read More.....)

Tommy Smythe- HGTV star, Sarah's House co-host and Toronto has made over his historic home he revived with what he calls a "new Victorian" look — think classic panelled cabinets, (Read More.....)

Parsons dining room chairs first made their debut in the 80's and still have remained in style today.   Parsons chairs are known for their comfort, so it is not surprising that many people choose this chair as their complete dining room chairs.  Instead of having the dated ruffled edge around the chair that were common in the 80's and 90's -today's chair is streamlined, featuring large pleats and flat pressed front and sides.  The shape hasn't changed, but the tailoring has.  These chairs still have tall backs, with elongated seats and feature no armrests.  In some sense, they are much like slipper chairs.

The number one decorating secret that most designers use to their advantage is fabric patterns. Parsons chairs are all about the fabric than the shape of the chair.   They have no armrests which allow the homeowner to fit more people at (Read More.....)

Louis XVI Dining Chair Seller John Norwood Antiques

The Louis XVI style was all about simplicity, which replaced the exotic over the top ornate styles of Louis XV. Between 1760-1789 most furniture lost the extra fuss and the lines became more architectural and straight. Painted chairs and tables were trimmed in gold or another contrasting color. Gilded wood becamse popular for chairs, and legs and vertical supports appeared turned resembling spindles, quivers, columns and balusters. Flat surfaces and right angles were the popular in this style and architectural motifs were still used as decorative elements. (Read More.....)