Matching furniture sets

wilma · ‎03-13-2010

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?

eddyandme · ‎09-24-2011

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!

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

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.

haddon9 · ‎03-09-2010

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.

spiderw · ‎06-14-2010

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!

millieshops · ‎03-09-2010

@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.

Peaches McPhee · ‎04-19-2010

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.

-- pro-aging --

Rochester, New York

I am still oxox · ‎03-09-2010

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

Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and start being positive what could go right.

patbz · ‎03-10-2010

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).

wilma · ‎03-13-2010

@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.