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Matching furniture sets

wilma — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 16:05:23 GMT

I’ve read on several interior design websites recently that having matching sets of furniture is “out of style”.

I don’t mind looking at tips and ideas, but in the end my family and I are the only ones who need to like the furniture & design elements in our home.

We have some matching pieces in our home.

Our dining room set, table, hutch, chairs, & buffet all came from the same collection & match. Made of solid cherry wood and over 20 years old. The set still looks great today. The furniture is our bedroom matches too.

The bed, dressers, & end tables came from the same pine wood set. We recently switched out the matching 4 poster bed with one that is metal.

When we buy a sofa with a loveseat or chairs, we tend to buy those pieces from the same set. My lamps & tables do not need to match.

Do you have matching sets of furniture?

Re: Matching furniture sets

eddyandme — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 16:03:45 GMT

Both. I'm the 'eclectic' type and have chosen furniture that goes together but not a 'set'.

My parents bought 'sets' in their day. But, when they re-did their livingroom they got separate pieces that went together. So, I've got a little of everything in my home now!

Re: Matching furniture sets

Sooner — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 16:06:43 GMT

In furniture, I run away fast from anything "in style." All that says is "out of style" in 6 months! Always buy good stuff and stick with enduring styles in classics in furniture.

At least that's my take on it.

Re: Matching furniture sets

haddon9 — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 16:08:47 GMT

Yes in my master bedroom & dining room. We bought the furniture shortly after we married 38 years ago.

My dining room table, chairs & breakfront are the same Thomasvile set but I have another accent piece from Pier one in there.

Our bedroom set is from Ethan Allen and the headboard is different from the other pieces.

I've known that matchy sets have been considered "dated" now for many years! My dining room set is oak...another dated look. I tried to upgrade the look by having neutral walls, new light fixtures, window panels from Pier one and other accessories.

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spiderw — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 16:15:07 GMT

The furniture in my bedroom and dining rooms are sets. However, other rooms are decorated with mixed furniture which I love.

I inherited antique pieces, tables, lamps and other and I like the fact I can place them in different areas and they work.. Style and design are based on taste and while many like sets and everything in perfect order which is fine, I enjoy different elements which enhance and stand out in my rooms. In fact the different pieces of furniture are the ones the eye is drawn to when you are in the room. It is all good as they say!

Re: Matching furniture sets

millieshops — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 16:15:45 GMT

@wilma I have a whole apartment of mismatched pieces! Absolutely nothing to do with style.

As I've downsized over many years, each time to a smaller space, I had to choose what I could use in the space. I'm quite happy with most of my choices and even those I don't love don't irritate me so that I'd go out to look for alternatives. Even if I did, I wouldn't necessarily buy a whole set of furniture.

In the early 1990's I was redoing my entire living room at one time. Having seen a few pieces I liked in a local shop, I accepted a free consultation from their "designer." When I rejected one of her ideas, she actually said "You'll get used to it." I went elsewhere although I never forgot about one great painted piece that I never found elsewhere. And some years later, I bought it on a great sale! Still love it 25ish years later - and it certainly doesn't match the other woods in the room.

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Peaches McPhee — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 16:19:00 GMT

Yes I do. Dining room furniture, bedroom furniture, living room tables, and family room couches are all matching sets. When you buy furniture to last your lifetime and beyond, you don't (or can't) pay attention to trends.

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I am still oxox — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 16:28:05 GMT

Yes and no, our bedroom set matches, in the living room we have a coffee table and two end tables that match and nothing else

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patbz — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 16:34:28 GMT

As we've downsized, it's become more eclectic but we still have most of "This End Up" (remember when they had mall stores) furniture that we bought 31 years ago. I use 4 pieces in L.R. and more in office and garage. I bought it because it was rustic, comfortable, indestructable. They used to advertise its extreme versatility (I've even bought new cushions and covers ( I'm sure my son will use it when we 're gone).

Re: Matching furniture sets

wilma — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 16:35:54 GMT

@patbz wrote:
As we've downsized, it's become more eclectic but we still have most of "This End Up" (remember when they had mall stores) furniture that we bought 31 years ago. I use 4 pieces in L.R. and more in office and garage. I bought it because it was rustic, comfortable, indestructable. They used to advertise its extreme versatility (I've even bought new cushions and covers ( I'm sure my son will use it when we 're gone).

@patbz

I remember This End Up stores. I had a kitchen table & chairs from them in my first apartment.

Re: Matching furniture sets

Desertdi — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 16:40:31 GMT

My "style" is Hippie/Industrial......with a bunch of Tiffany reproduction lamps, and some mid-century modern thrown in.......

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Still Raining — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 16:42:48 GMT

We tried this when we were all giddy with being newlyweds. Now after many moves and sizes I have a mix. I also have some pieces from the grands that match nothing and just love. Some well loved pieces have been recovered too. No one left to please but me.

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NickNack — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 16:43:05 GMT

I've never bought matching pieces. I buy furniture one piece at a time, and it lasts forever. I still have the same bedroom furniture that I bought when I was in my 20's (bed, dresser, bedside table.) It's Henredon and was not from the same collection. I intend to always have it. I have other pieces of furniture in my bedroom, too.

I buy furniture with the intention of keeping it forever. I usually reupholster my furniture instead of buying new, too.

My mother never liked matching sets of furniture, and I have followed her example.

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VaBelle35 — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 17:01:35 GMT

My bedroom is a set. It's a small space and I wanted night stands with drawers for extra storage and a dresser.

So bed, dresser, night stands, 4 pieces.

For the rest of the house, no. I only have a kitchen, no dining room. I have never found a table and chair set I love. I have those industrial chairs that everyone has for the kitchen and a white metal table from Amazon. No hutch or anything.

In my living room (only living space, no den) I have a matched set of glass tables from pottery barn for a coffee table, end table and a tv stand. Sofa is leather from Macy's, chairs are from Marshall's, other table is from Hobby Lobby.

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Foxxee — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 17:18:45 GMT

Matching sets are out of style now, but in a few years they will be out.

I don't use matching sets. I chose complementary pieces in the same style and wood preferring a style that won't become dated.

As for sofas and chairs, I prefer they be different, again, in the same style. I also chose fabric that wouldn't become dated. Often flowers, for example, can be dated to popularity during a specific decade.

I honestly don't care about trends or what others like. Purchase wisely and furniture will last a lifetime.

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Lali1 — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 17:21:58 GMT

This has been true for along time. My husband always wants the whole set and I tell him that is not where it's at babe.

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RedTop — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 17:29:02 GMT

Yes, and I have always been very happy with the look of the rooms in my house.

I rarely ever see pictures of homes in magazines that interest me. I acknowledge pretty pictures, but seldom see a picture of a room I would want to live in.

My husband and I built this home for our family to live in comfortably; it was never intended to be a showplace or featured in magazines.

Re: Matching furniture sets

jeanlake — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 17:38:01 GMT

Interesting question. Enjoy reading responses. Our bedroom sets are matched. Hubs and I grew up in homes with mismatched bedroom stuff; not always attractive. Having quality, matched bedroom sets as adults is something we're comfy with. We add interesting lamps and wall decor. The rest of my home is more eclectic. Kitchen cupboard cabinet is a great color of red with a more traditional dark mango wood modern farmhouse table. Everything in open dining room is eclectic. I want my open living room to be more eclectic and am working on that. I put a lot more thought and research into eclectic decor than matched.

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Kitlynn — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 17:57:32 GMT

I like furniture where the pieces compliment each other but they don't have to be a set. I do like to have the chairs match in a room and the lamps also if they are on an end table.

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chessielady — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 18:15:49 GMT

Our bedroom furniture matches....chest, bed frame/headboard, dresser and mirror. It is from Ethan Allen. It was purchased 46 years ago and I love it as much as the day it entered our house ! Table and dining chairs match but every thing else is an eclectic combination that pleases me...don't care much for trends !