Comments on: ‘Period Furniture’ or ‘Furniture of a Period?’

By: Megan Fitzpatrick

Megan Fitzpatrick — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:02:30 +0000

Thanks – I fixed the links.

By: Bill Lattanzio

Bill Lattanzio — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 20:12:58 +0000

I read somewhere once a quote “Fashion is fleeting, but style is eternal. I’m not sure who said that but I feel the same way about furniture. All you need to do is ask which forms of furniture have been around the longest and then you will have the answer on what to build.

By: jhop42

jhop42 — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 18:08:28 +0000

While it might be funiture (not a typo) of the period, the question now becomes can it be updated for the current period? For example, can the hat rack be added to something to make it relevant in a tiny home? Can it be incorporated into a travelling suitcase (along the lines of a steampunker trunk)?

I have a “what to build” inspiration from Popular Mechanics from the 40s I flip through, and while I take offense at their ideas of modernizing old furniture by coating it in plastic sheeting, I think the inspiration is very worthwhile.

By: John Hutchinson

John Hutchinson — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 15:00:33 +0000

My father built a number of the Deltagram projects and this was the furniture that I grew up with. I’d love to see some of the still-relevant projects back in PopWood and watch an editor (Steve?) take them on as built projects. I’ve got a gorgeous, blonde wood and tangerine vinyl, Heywood Wakefield lounge chair that I’ll donate as a photo-shoot prop.

By: mysticcarver

mysticcarver — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 13:48:02 +0000

I see it all the time, and notice the houses and decorations of alot of the old school Czech’s that live here and often think I’ve walked into a time machine!

By: WiseGuy81

WiseGuy81 — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 12:29:36 +0000

Hi Megan, just to let you know the link for the tudor period examples is dead.