Antique Furniture

Antique furniture has for years been the stuffing of ancient castles and mansions either abandonned or renovated and opened to the public. Louis IV, Old English, Art Déco or Liberty Style are still frequently found in these old houses and often the style of the interior relates to the archtecture of the building.
But antique furniture means not merely the rare item sold at Sotheby's to collectors at immense prices or else create museums or film sets. The modern customer highly estimates not only the value of antique furniture and its obvious supremacy over modern furniture in terms of its better quality and its durability, he also seeks to create a certain atmosphere at home when mixing different modern styles with pieces of old ones.

A notebook could very well be placed on an ancient desk of Louis IV just because of the fact that the notebook is very modern and does not diminish the aura of it like for example sheets of paper, rubbers, collections of pens and textmarkers and other stationery. A modern shelf could be decorated with an old bust without provoking contradictions as long as the styles are mixed carefully. Old English armchairs and sofas are very well compatible with a flatscreen tv-set or a Bang & Olufson stereo set emitting tunes of the latest album by Norah Jones. And who says that hunting-scenes have to frame the old grandfather clock? Why not Rothkos? It is a myth that certain pieces of furniture require the like pictures or other accessories in their wake.

Likewise it is not wise to think, that antique furniture only requires company of its own and therefore will become too expensive for ordinary customers. On the contrary it shows the individuality of a home and its owner when different styles are mixed cleverly, showing both, the high esteem for the old and the neccessity to keep traditions, as well as openmindedness towards the light speed developmentments of our modern society. A mobile phone resting on an ancient book shelf between volumes of Shakespeare and Dickens characterizes the owner as neither being a philistine nor antimodern and thus he has a good chance to become a role model for an entire generation hoping to be more than an easily looked through person. In addition, antique furniture such as antique sideboards or sideboards of the art deco epoch are not very likely to lose its value over the years, it is even possible that it is continuarly rising.