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How can I choose a colour for an armoire?

Furniture Ferret: The colour scheme in one's space can be a bit accidental, but it has a great effect on how you feel in your space. The two things to consider for everything colour is balance and associations. Balance simply means that the colours in one's space should be coordinated in some way, so that it looks like a unit. This can be achieved by using a colour wheel, and choosing colours that are either quite close to each other (colours that are only different in lightness or intensity always go together, but small variations in tone can also be fine), or relatively far, for example on different halves of the wheel (complementary colours like red and green) or on different thirds (for example, cyan-orange-purple). Other colour combinations are likely be somewhat jarring because of how our eyes and brains understand colour. Associations with and emotions connected to colours are also important. It is quite probable that these emotions are cultural and learnt, which means that they can be quite different in different cultures or just for different people. Blue is often connected to productivity, but also stability, calmness and even sadness. Green is clearly the colour of nature, and is said to evoke safety, luck and envy (though in other cultures this latter is yellow). White can be connected to peacefulness, cleanliness, innocence and emptiness, and, for example, mourning in India. Red is regarded as the colour of friendship, willpower, leadership, desire and revenge, which is a very wide range of emotions. But it is clear that in nature, it signals danger or importance, so it should be put next to a neutral colour to allow the eye to rest. These associations are so different that these guides seem to boil down to just one piece of advice: pause and consider what the colour means for you.

Is it possible to search for armoires by width, height and length?

Furniture Ferret: Finding armoires in search engines on the web by measurements is difficult as search engines are best at finding text only. Also, when searching for armoires to fit a given space, slightly shallower pieces would also fit. Even if some webshops allow searching for armoires by size, searching many webshops at the same time needs a different solution. Furniture Ferret scour many websites on the Internet and list thousands of products so you are able to find the one that fits perfectly.

Questions and answers

What is the best way to measure the space to fit an armoire in?

Measure the width and the depth of the floor area where you'd like to put an armoire. The easiest way is to use a measuring tape. Hold the start of the tape down at the edge of the area, and let it run to the other edge. If the distance is larger than what you can stretch to with your arms, ask someone else for help, or split the distance into multiple parts. This can be done by either holding the tape down partway through and continuing running it while letting the first end go, or by marking how far you have measured on the floor or wall, and reposition the tape to complete the measurement. If you want to avoid drawing on your floor, try putting down a pointy object like a pair of scissors there instead. Make sure to avoid dead places where the piece of furniture won't go like skirting boards. Also don't forget to take the height of the space and the item into account wherever the ceiling is low like in loft rooms.

Can I order the 120cm wide armoires by price?

On every search page there is the option to order the results by price (lowest or highest first), or relevance. Click or tap on the button just above the first result, after "Order by", to change how the results are ordered. Sorting by relevance shows the armoire at the top that matches most of the keywords in the search, while sorting by price will show the least expensive or most expensive armoire at the top. Change the ordering to "Price: low to high" to see the cheapest 120cm wide armoires available on Furniture Ferret.

From the history of furniture: Old Pewter Part 4

Paris in a crown, more often a fleur-de-lis, and the inevitable crowned rose all are to be found. The Brussels rose is six petalled, crowned, and there is a fiffure of St. Michael and the Dragon in a beaded circle, and also a gothic B to be found too. Antwerp has the rose alone or crowned, and an arm and hand. There is a large amount of Belgian pewter to be found in this country, particularly near the early Dutch settlements.

In Figure 298 we show a Dutch tankard, dated tJR 1747, and marked with the flying angel of Brussels. It is a handsome piece with an ornamental incised pattern, and a motto in Dutch on the front. An English hot- water kettle faces it, and between the two small is a English creamer with a fine band of repousse work sur rounding the top. The little two-handled bowl rather unusual piece is a o also, on account of the carved work in the bottom.

The worn old plate at the top has personalahistory of its Own which makes each scar and dent of extra value. It belonged to the Rev. Samuel Kirkland, who took up his residence about August 1766, at Kanon-

1, warohale, the chief village of the Oneida Indians, about twenty miles west of the Mohawk River. Mr. Kirkland went as missionary to the Indians, and lived among and with them. He built house for him a self, " through constant and very hard labour," he writes, " digging the cellar, hewing and drawing the timber with his own hands."

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