Do your New Year’s resolutions include entertaining at home more in 2018? Are you inspired to create a space for your guests that is both elegant and comfortable? Would you like to gather around a new dining table? Keep us in mind! With the help of our very talented, third-generation cabinetmaker, we design and construct…
Or just trying to organize all those notes, bills, and important papers? In either case, the first step is to find a spot of your own with space to stretch your mind and organize your thoughts. Virginia Woolf spoke of the need for a room of one’s own, but I’ll settle for my own desk! …
If you think this is a trick question, you would be right. Before you can answer the question, you have to decide what you mean when you say “Mora clock.” Most of the time, for most people, Mora clock = Swedish tall case clock. If you delve a little deeper, you will find that people…
It’s always nice when your hard work is recognized! We were pleased to have the Decorative Arts Society include Edith Gilson in their “Meet the Expert” series. Thanks, DECASO! You can read their feature here. You can also view their curated collection of Gustavian antiques here.
We love carved horses! As you can see, we usually have a small herd of toy horses here at Cupboards & Roses, along with other animals that catch our fancy. It’s lucky that Sweden loves the horse even more than we do. You simply can’t imagine the earliest settlements in cold Scandinavia succeeding without horses….
We just love these things! A Swedish “bonad,” or wall hanging, is a window right into the nineteenth century life of the Swedish farmer and his family. Imagine living on a farm in the Swedish countryside. Your windows openings are small to keep out the cold during the long winter, and the low sun peers…
Mangle boards! What are they? We must hear that question here in the store at least once a week. Have you wondered the same thing when you’ve seen them here on our web site or perhaps in a folk museum? The answer begins with laundry. Those of you as old as me may remember our…
Each year, Edith makes a trip to Sweden to search for the best in antique Swedish painted furniture. This year, she had her brother to keep her company, and they traveled up and down through Southern Sweden, visiting our favorite sources and meeting a few new ones. Edith makes her base in Copenhagen and stops…
Finding the past in the 21st century – antiques blogs are the way to go. Blogs are the perfect medium for buyers, sellers, and enthusiasts to share their love of antiques. We’ve collected a list of the best places on-line to learn about finding, identifying, buying, and maintaining that perfect piece of history. You will find…
The United States is such a young country that we Americans have a skewed idea of what constitutes an antique. our perception of time is further obscured by shops that say they sell antiques but actually sell things like Depression glass, vinyl records, and rotary phones. Basically, what you might find in your grandmother’s house. While those things can…