Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Sun 13 Jan 2008 01:46:24p, Dee.Dee told us...
>
>> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message >
>>> We have some nice shops and design studios here, but 90% of what I buy
>>> is from NYC where I still know dealers.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Wayne Boatwright
>>
>> That's fantastic!
>>
>> When we lived in Hawaii, we lived the last months in a high rise. A guy
>> moved in adjacent and immediately started remodeling. When he went to
>> buy his furniture, he took a trip to North Carolina and had it all
>> shipped to Oahu. He invited me in to see it after it was completed, I
>> was interested in the furniture he had picked.
>>
>> What he had chosen was mostly a mixture of French Provincial and Ethan
>> Allen type furniture, but he had put a fake fireplace in the living
>> room. The condo was wall-to-wall furniture. Guess he had over-bought
>> - :-)) The prices ARE good in NC, I've heard.
>


Yuch! As much as I like traditional furniture, I can't see using it in
the tropics.
It always made me sad to visit old friends who had retired from New
England to
Florida, taking their heavy, dark furniture with them. It looked out of
place, incongruous
with the lush surroundings and indoor-outdoor living.

gloria p