By Anne Gilbert While furniture using animal horn and hide may upset animal lovers these days , there was a time when it was a decorative status symbol and costly. Furniture and decorative horn accessories were made in Germany as early as 1833. They came to international interest when it was displayed at the 1851 Crystal Palace Exhibit in London. […]

By Rachel Hoffman I have always loved a great mirror. Some of the most gaudy and elaborate French mirrors are my favorite. They are just so over the top and the frames look like something out of a fairytale. I once heard a proverb that said, “Mirrors show us what we look like, not who we are.” It’s so true […]

May 5 Cinco de Mayo May 8 Military Spouse Appreciation Day May 10 229th Anniversary of the first ship of the United States Navy, the frigate USS United States, being commissioned (1797) May 10 251st Anniversary: Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys seized Fort Ticonderoga (1775) 251st Anniversary: The Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia (1775) May 10 Mother’s […]