digrazia@nacho.DEC (11/07/85)
I'd like to know what furniture-kit companies there are. I know about The Bartley Collection and Yield House. I'm looking for a kit to build a loveseat. I'd really like to build a maple one like the ones Pompanoosic Mills sells (in Fairlee or Bradford, Vt., I think), but I don't have the time to build from scratch, and I don't have the scratch to buy a built one. Bob DiGrazia Replies to ...decvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-nacho!digrazia
bruce@fluke.UUCP (Bruce Reynolds) (11/13/85)
Hello!
Although not a kit, unfinished furniture is cheaper than getting the "real
stuff". Such furniture might also to better and nicer than the real
stuff. It is available all over around here (Seattle).
I bought two oak coffee tables and a rocker unfinished. The pieces were
solidly made -- I would not want a coffee table that anyone, even a pro
football player, couldn't jump up and down on. We sanded, and stained
with oil, and rubbed them a bit to finish them.
This furniture is beautiful; it has a nicer finish than anything I saw in
the store. It is impervious to spills and drinking-glass rings, and upkeep
is simple (wipe with lemon oil every so often).
A few weeks ago, a lamp got wet and bled PAINT onto my table (?!), leaving
a black stain, impervious to soap. I was able to wet sand it away
completely in a couple of minutes, using clear lemon oil as the lubricant.
No indication that there was ever any problem.
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