You’re looking for a timeless and simple style to decorate your home, but don’t necessarily want to tie into one design or wood color. You want simple lines but a nice variety of shapes and angles to add character to each of your rooms, and the answer is Amish Mission Furniture. This variation of Amish furniture has a long history of beauty and strength finding its origins during the mid 1800’s, as part of the Arts and Crafts Movement era of furniture design.
The idea behind the Arts and Crafts Movement lies in hand-crafted products being made with integrity to combine both utility and a simplistic style, all concepts which encompass the theories behind the Amish way of life. Amish wood craftsman easily adopted these skills at the time.
Each piece of Amish Mission Furniture is built 100% by hand, with each chair, bed and tables made with wood slats of only the highest quality and durable hardwoods like cherry, maple and oak. Each piece is chosen carefully to ensure the most even coloring and texture, then hand sanded until smooth and ready to take any of the multiple stain colors of your choice.
One of the theories behind the name “Mission” furniture lies in the idea that each piece of this uniquely handcrafted furniture has a mission to serve in your home. Some of the types of Amish Mission Furniture include:
Arts and Crafts: Considered to be the original Mission Style furniture, the simplistic style of this furniture is characterized by a use of straight edges at the tops of the pieces and rounded edges at the bottom. Drawers and cabinets are straight in their angles with no real decoration other than their pewter handles, which is traditional for all Mission Furniture.
Shaker: 90 degree angles and straight lines best characterize Shaker furniture, but these simple lines are enhanced by carved wood décor within the headboard or drawers of each piece.
Royal Mission: One of the most decorative styles within the set, beveling decorative angles is used to create beautiful but durable pieces for your home.
We at Amish-furniture-home.com are dedicated to offering beautiful Amish furniture for all rooms of your home. With the addition of the new website we are able to offer our customers a wide selection of products such as bedroom, office, living room and outdoor furniture. Many products are made of fine oak furniture. Please browse our pages and start designing today!
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