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17-Inch Outdoor Post Light $187.50 This outdoor post light features linen glass and an imperial bronze finish. It measures 17 inches tall by 11 inches wide. Takes a 150-watt medium-based bulb (not included). This fixture is approved for wet location use as defined by the National Electric Code. Please consult your local electrical code for details. DL # 9809…. |
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9-Inch Outdoor Wall Light $85.50 This outdoor wall light features linen glass and an imperial bronze finish. It measures 9 inches tall by 6 inches wide and projects 7 inches from the wall. Takes a 100-watt medium-based bulb (not included). Backplate measures 5 inches tall by 5 inches wide. This fixture is approved for wet location use as defined by the National Electric Code. Please consult your local electrical code for details…. |
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Flushmount Outdoor Ceiling Light Fixture $135.00 This outdoor ceiling fixture features linen glass and an imperial bronze finish. It measures 8 inches tall by 11-1/2 inches wide. Takes two 100-watt medium-based bulbs (not included). This fixture is approved for damp location use as defined by the National Electric Code. Please consult your local electrical code for details. DL # 9796…. |
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Hillcrest Hanging Outdoor Fixture $233.50 Includes 8 feet of chain and takes a 150-watt medium base bulb (not included). This fixture is approved for damp location use as defined by the National Electric Code. Please consult your local electrical code for details. DL # 274780…. |
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Wood: Identification & Use $13.19 Every woodworker, professional or amateur, needs this unique and visually dazzling handbook, which brings together a remarkable amount of practical information on todayâs most important lumbers and gives a wonderful full-color, close-up view of the various grains. Created by the former editor of the best-selling Woodturning magazine, and aimed at the craftsperson, it features a main section w… |
For years now, I have been building furniture and home accessories by hand. Each piece I have created has been designed and put together by me alone and finished with the utmost care. In today’s highly competitive world, craftsman like myself are unfortunately getting pushed to the side by the “box furniture” we see in so many stores like Wal-Mart and Kmart.
To the normal untrained eye, this boxed furniture looks great. You can purchase a pine end table for around $50.00 to $75.00 that looks well made and has a decent finish on it. You can purchase at the same store a table and 4 chairs for $150.00 that will certainly hold up for at least a few years.
So how do my colleagues and I compete with this? There is no way I can buy the wood, put in the time involved in cutting the pieces, assembling them and putting the finish on for $50.00 and still make a profit. My table and chairs wholesale for no less than $400.00 and that means they sell in a retail store for $800.00. In other words, a true craftsman cannot compete and this is the dilemma we are facing today.
I am a firm believer in hand made goods, doing business with a hand shake instead of a contract and giving to people excellent quality in both my products and customer service. This is disappearing in America quicker than we would like. The hands on, old style, down to earth craftsman is slowly being put to the wayside.
I remember back way back when, (much to long to admit to you), when I started making my first products to sell. I made a ton of birdhouses and a ton of twig baskets. I sold these at a very reasonable price and it was a great beginning to my future products I developed later. Now, you can buy on many Internet sites birdhouses and baskets made in China that are of good quality and are under $10.00 each. I couldn’t even walk to my shop for $10.00 let alone make a basket for that.
So what do we do? It is up to the people who still believe in the true quality of handmade products and the craftsmanship that goes into them to stay away from Wal-Mart and Kmart for furniture and go back to buying solid, well made, handcrafted goods. Not only will you find the product you purchase most likely be one of a kind, but it will also last your lifetime and more.
About the Author:
Michael Powers is an internet marketer and entrepreneur who has owned and developed his own businesses for over 10 years now. Mike has two websites, http://www.clearwatercabinliving.com , where he sells his handmade lamps and offers information about cabin living and http://www.solidbeginnings.com , which offers tools and resources to help individuals with credit problems.
Article Source: ArticlesBase.com – A Craftsman Dilemma
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17-Inch Outdoor Post Light $187.50 This outdoor post light features linen glass and an imperial bronze finish. It measures 17 inches tall by 11 inches wide. Takes a 150-watt medium-based bulb (not included). This fixture is approved for wet location use as defined by the National Electric Code. Please consult your local electrical code for details. DL # 9809…. |
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9-Inch Outdoor Wall Light $85.50 This outdoor wall light features linen glass and an imperial bronze finish. It measures 9 inches tall by 6 inches wide and projects 7 inches from the wall. Takes a 100-watt medium-based bulb (not included). Backplate measures 5 inches tall by 5 inches wide. This fixture is approved for wet location use as defined by the National Electric Code. Please consult your local electrical code for details…. |
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Flushmount Outdoor Ceiling Light Fixture $135.00 This outdoor ceiling fixture features linen glass and an imperial bronze finish. It measures 8 inches tall by 11-1/2 inches wide. Takes two 100-watt medium-based bulbs (not included). This fixture is approved for damp location use as defined by the National Electric Code. Please consult your local electrical code for details. DL # 9796…. |
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Hillcrest Hanging Outdoor Fixture $233.50 Includes 8 feet of chain and takes a 150-watt medium base bulb (not included). This fixture is approved for damp location use as defined by the National Electric Code. Please consult your local electrical code for details. DL # 274780…. |
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Wood: Identification & Use $13.19 Every woodworker, professional or amateur, needs this unique and visually dazzling handbook, which brings together a remarkable amount of practical information on todayâs most important lumbers and gives a wonderful full-color, close-up view of the various grains. Created by the former editor of the best-selling Woodturning magazine, and aimed at the craftsperson, it features a main section w… |
What style is cedar chest with two- toned carvings on the front, simple, abstract floral design?
Can’t remember what style the dealer said- it was the end of auction and he was a little tired, too.
Thought he said Craftsman or Arts & Crafts.
It is Lane cedar chest, putting it at after 1912. This would not be true Arts and Crafts, from what I’ve seen on the net.
The font on the insurance label which is stapled inside looks more like the 1940’s to me.
I am such a novice, though, and other than this, have little idea what year or style.
I e-mailed the company but since I am not looking to buy, I am unsure whether the response will come.
Again, the identifying features of the style are basically the carved floral design and the carved border on the bottom, of a somewhat fleur-de-lis pattern with widened circle-like ovals between them, and the fact that there is a definite two-tone quality to the front panel.
Also, there are legs rounded as you might do with a lathe, and the lid of the chest is beveled.
Thank you for any pointers you can give on this!
Deco or Moderne