New Year, New Products to Love!

I hope you enjoyed (or are still enjoying!) the holiday season. I, and all of us at EuroLux, wish you a healthy and happy 2013.

I want to share some exciting news with you to kick off the new year. EuroLux will always be known for its fine French antique furniture, but we realize not everyone's home can accommodate an 8-foot tall antique buffet. And not everyone's budget can accommodate the antique furniture of his or her dreams.

That's why I'm pleased to let you know we've expanded our product lines to offer you the very best reproduction antique furniture on the market today. High-quality reproductions serve many purposes:

• They're generally sized to fit the proportions of modern rooms (and by "modern," we mean homes built within the past century).
• They can help bridge the style gap between genuine antiques and newer home furnishings to create a seamless interior design scheme.
• They often give you the ability to customize the finish color and level of distressing.
• They're budget friendly.
• They enable you to obtain items that don't exist as antiques (or are extremely rare), such as king-size beds, made by adapting authentic period designs.
• They become tomorrow's heirloom antiques. After all, even an antique Brittany armoire made in 1880 once was a new piece of furniture.

Greg and I hand-picked the reproduction product lines to carry because we wanted to make sure they truly were the highest quality available. The vast majority of our reproduction chairs, chests, beds, and other items involve a significant amount of hand work by a skilled craftsman. This ensures you receive a very high-quality product. Let me tell you more about these new additions to our inventory.

First, we're excited to announce we now carry Dale Tiffany light fixtures. These exquisite chandeliers and lamps often replicate the original designs of Louis Comfort Tiffany and use traditional methods to create the hand-blown art glass in each shade. Dale Tiffany Studios also creates its own designs and employs the highest level manufacturing standards for each piece. From luxury replicas to budget-friendly fixtures, our Dale Tiffany line offers you the chance to incorporate historic designs or contemporary updates into your decor.

This exquisite Dale Tiffany polished chrome chandelier, for example, incorporates real crystal pendants (as opposed to less-expensive glass). And at just 18 inches tall, it's proportioned for today's smaller foyers and bedrooms - or a large master bath. Picture yourself soaking in the tub under this sparkling beauty!

We also now offer exceptional, hand-crafted reproduction furniture. Here's a small sampling of the items now available in our reproduction category.

This English Tudor style king-size bed is crafted of solid alder wood with cherry accents and features an aged, distressed umber finish so it will blend well with your existing antiques.

This gorgeous bar stool offers you an updated French Country style to complement your decor. This barstool features a hand-shaped back and hand beading, which guarantees that no two are alike. It's an exceptional piece of fine furniture.

After seeing these examples, I hope you'll agree "reproduction" is not a four-letter word! I judge these items worthy to stand alongside any piece of antique French furniture in the home.

What's your take? Do you eschew reproductions in favor of the "real thing," or do you see reproduction furniture as an opportunity to round out your design scheme?