"Phxbrd" <lesliesethhamm...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> "FarmI" <ask@itshall be given> wrote in message
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>> "Phxbrd" <lesliesethhamm...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>> "FarmI" <ask@itshall be given> wrote in message
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>>>> "Phxbrd" <lesliesethhamm...@yahoo.com> wrote in message

>>>> Hell, I had to live in an old house or two when I first got
>>>>> married.  I even had to get by with old furniture.  Don't feel bad.
>>>>> I'm sure you'll do better as time goes on.

>>>> Snort!  I'm stuck in a modern house and I'd give my eye teeth to live
>>>> in an old house again.  I also loathe new furniture.  It's badly made
>>>> (even the expensive stuff).  It dates too quickly and scratches and
>>>> damages too easily.  Give me a piece of furniture made of solid wood
>>>> that can be steamed to remove the dents and that develops a patina with
>>>> time and care rather than just ending up looking tatty and suffering
>>>> from flaking, chipping, cracking, separating or sagging irreparably.

>>> Woolworths never did make what you could call really good furniture.

>> You've learned from your experiences.  You'll make better choices next
>> time.

>> Try
>>> Ethan Allen:

>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_allen_furniture

>> That might work in the US but really you foreigners have no idea of the
>> lack of competitiveness of your home grown products in the world market.

> AAMOF, Ethan Allen furniture is higher quality and more expensive than I
> need, although I've bought some of it in earlier years when I was raising
> chillun.

> We've seen what "quality furniture" is to you Euro peons.  Ikea furniture
> is absolute cack, and bought only by impoverished college students.

> upon quality.  Having said that, I have an 11 year old  hardwood dining
> room set made in Indonesia or summars similar.  We used up all our native
> hardwoods, and like you, have foolishly not replanted more.