Ivory French Provincial Dining Room Furniture

ivory french provincial dining room furniture is one of the most popular furniture styles in history style that is frequently copied and provides a warm enduring look.
Picture romantic images of long, lazy lunches in the hillsides of rural France. Many people use this decorating theme to create a relaxed European look in their homes. All over the world, meals are being served on a waxed French farmhouse table surrounded by ladder-back chairs with rush seats.

French provincial furniture was first made in the mid-1700s and continued to be widely manufactured throughout France during the 19th century. Many of these pieces were smaller, less-ornate and therefore less expensive versions of furniture that was popular in Paris and Lyon during the reign of Louis XV.

Since the furniture was designed to be used by the farmers and craftsman of the small towns and the country side, it was made by cabinetmakers from the less expensive from local timbers such as oak, beech and walnut and fruit-tree woods. These woods provide a simple strength and beauty to his style of furniture.

For many enthusiasts of ivory french provincial dining room furniture, the raw Signature pieces such as armoires, buffets, sideboards, chair rails and china cabinets or even the simple farmhouse tables radiate a "sunny personality" in any room.
And unlike highly polished furniture, French provincial pieces are user-friendly and forgiving. This is furniture that is not fragile, even though it is elegant and beautiful.

In more modern times, many manufacturers added formica table tops to their ivory french provincial dining room furniture. This created an extremely durable piece of furniture that could all of the punishment a large busy family can give a dining room table.
I�ve also seen many of these sets painted ivory or white with ornate gold flours de leaf hardware on the cabinet doors and drawer pulls which nicely off set the plain white or ivory paint. Put this ivory french provincial dining room furniture in a room with darker colored walls and a dark hardwood floor and you get a sparkling, clean yet elegant look that will make any homeowner proud.