Focus on Cape Cod, New England

Posted by Steph, on August 14th, 2010, under Lifestyle, RSS

Cape Cod is a sandy peninsula stretching out into the Atlantic Ocean like a crooked arm. The Cape’s first settlers were the Wampanoag people, who lived on Cape Cod for thousands of years before the Europeans arrived.

America as we know it today began along the rocky shores of New England. The Pilgrims first landed on the tip of lower Cape Cod in what is now Provincetown in 1620, but deciding that this land was too sandy to support them they continued to sail across the bay to establish Plymouth. In the twenty years that followed the settlers spread north and south from Plymouth, settling in the bay-side sections of Sandwich, Barnstable and Yarmouth.

The first homes built by the English settlers on Cape Cod with wigwams, copies of those of the Wampanoag people, made of twigs, bark, hides, corn and grasses. Eventually more European style homes were constructed but with a unique New World twist. The Cape Cod Cottage was based on a traditional English house with a hall and parlour, built of wood and covered in wide clapperboard or shingles to protect against New England’s stormy weather. Following Queen Anne’s taxation of houses greater than one storey the Salt Box houses became popular, having a long pitched roof sloping down to the back with two stories and the front and just one at the back. This asymmetry of the unequal sides and long, low rear roof line along with the flat front and central chimney are the distinctive features of this house style. Again the buildings with timber framed and covered in wooden cladding.

The prosperity of Cape Cod has always been linked to the sea, from the arrival of the pilgrims across the sea to the fisherman who have worked the waters for centuries, to the modern day tourists heading for the beach. Today tourists flock to enjoy more than sixty public beaches, enjoy numerous outdoor activities, and to sample the local cranberries, shellfish and lobster.

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Exclusive Showroom Offers

Posted by Steph, on August 13th, 2010, under New England News, RSS

Visit our West Sussex Showroom now to get your hands on some great bargains!!!

In our Sale Area we currently have a selection of amazing discounts on a variety of furniture. These offers are all SOLD AS SEEN so you do have to visit us to take advantage of these huge discounts!

We have one remaining Burlington Extending Dining Table, reduced from £1298 to an incredible £698.60. For this price you are getting the stunning 5ft x 3ft Burlington Dining Table with its white turned legs, secret storage drawer below and solid oak top – plus two extension leaves that will extend the table from 152cm to 252cm. Please note the leaves are most suited to just occasional use – please call us on 0870 872 6292 for further details.

Other great reductions include one New England Coffee Table reduced by 30% from £598 to just £418.60, and one New England Side Table reduced by 25% from £228 to £171. Both of these tables feature a solid oak top with white fluted legs and useful magazine shelf below.

We have one White Burlington Dresser remaining, a product that we have disconi=tinued to make may for the Burlington Dresser with Oak Top. With simple shelving on the top, two large drawers and substantial cupboards below, this dresser is a real bargain at just £840.

For more information – or just to check which prodcuts we have available in our Sale Area, please call us on 0870 872 6292.

And remember – if we don’t have what you are looking for in the Sale Area, order now to save 15% off all new stock excluding accessories and upholstered items!

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New England Style Kitchen Dressers

Posted by Steph, on August 11th, 2010, under Home Makeovers, RSS

A welsh dresser is a great addition to any home. Dressers are both stylish and functional, providing both storage and display space. At New England Lifestyle we have a fantastic selection of white dressers in all shapes and sizes. All of our kitchen dressers are designed by us and hand made exclusively for us, they are not available to buy at any other retail outlet.

If you are looking for a white kitchen dresser, take a look at the Rhode Island Dresser. Available in two sizes, this shaker style dresser has a selection of cupboards providing ample storage space behind closed doors. Standing 182cm high, this white dresser is perfect for a cottage or where ceiling height may be limited.

If wall space is plentiful and you are desperate for storage, the New Hampshire Dresser has to be the one for you. This is the largest of our dressers and has an incredible amount of storage – yet being only 42cm deep it will not dwarf your room.

Perhaps you are looking for a dresser purely for display purposes? Take a look at the Westport Dresser. This very stylish New England Style Dresser combines our classic white with a solid oak top. The Westport Dresser features an open storage shelf below, and open shelves above with three useful drawers.

If you are looking for a compact dresser, take a look at the Small Burlington Dresser or Small New Hampshire Dresser. Both of these white dressers are no wider than 110cm, and stand 200cm tall making them an ideal choice for a living room – perhaps either side of a chimney breast.

Once installed in your home, personalize your dresser by displaying your favourite ornaments and photographs. Keep it chic or simple – or give your dresser a more traditional feel by varying your displays.

A white dresser is a real investment; a versatile piece of furniture that will last for many years to come. White furniture allows you to change your room as you please, always keeping your interior light, fresh and welcoming.

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