tables and chairs 2 04 by Article Announcement
Published Date: 08/06/08
As a furniture buyer for a major regional store, my family often consult me when they are looking for couches, tables and chairs. I have this unique passion for chairs and tables that people find silly at times, but when it comes time to buy a new piece of furniture it always comes in handy. You see, I have always loved the way that furniture can help you to construct and lay out a space. To give you a trivial example, when I moved into my new house we had nothing but folding tables and chairs at first. We were shipping things from out of state, you see, and it would be some time before they got there. I found myself and my family sitting at her kitchen table, eating off of paper plates night after night. Everything was different than usual ? the conversation, the table manners, and even the food we are eating. Only when we got our tables and chairs installed in our house did things finally get back to normal. It was almost as if we were programmed by the furniture.
This is why it is so important to buy the rights tables and chairs for your house. Every table and chair has a different personality, and that personality will rub off on you. This is one of the reasons that kids tables and chairs have a certain look to them that reflects childhood temperament. Generally, they are made out of solid plastic in a single bright color. Children tend to have a very bright, unsubtle view of life, and childrens furniture tends to reflect this view.
Although many people are aware that the way they decorate their house reflects on them, it is surprising how many of them don't have decorations and furniture that fit with their personality. So many people are caught up with a view of how they should be or how they're expected to be that they take very little time to notice how they really are. When my clients are looking for tables and chairs, I always have them perform a simple perceptual exercise. I have them imagine that they are meeting some treasured, long-lost friend for drinks ? perhaps at a bar, perhaps in heaven. I have them get extremely immersed in the activity and then suddenly I ask them ?what does the table look like?? By catching them by surprise, I can get them to reflect on what furniture they truly desire.
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