| You're not a liberal or a conservative. You like | | | | you want out of furniture anyway. Metal and |
| cats and dogs, and have no preference regarding | | | | glass, contemporary materials, are combined with |
| Coca-Cola or Pepsi. You are a middleman without | | | | solid hardwoods in cherry, a more traditional finish. |
| being a middleman. In short, you enjoy things that | | | | Lush fabrics and modern shapes are upholstered |
| are agreeably moderate and don't interfere too | | | | as one. Curves and lines are integrated but they |
| much with your daily routine. You want | | | | don't look overly formal. However, if it seems like |
| spontaneity, but not necessarily the unexpected. | | | | a dining table is too severe, it probably belongs in |
| As a result, your home is probably neither too | | | | a more contemporary setting. On the contrary, a |
| traditional nor ultra contemporary. This, my | | | | dining table with heavily decorated feet and a |
| even-tempered friend, is transitional furniture, and | | | | mahogany finish is probably too traditional for |
| if your home isn't full of it, maybe you're leaning | | | | your tastes. |
| too heavily one way or another. | | | | Of course, some transitional people tend to sway |
| There are those that decorate their homes as | | | | a little in one direction or the other. Eclectic style |
| though it belongs in another century-specifically, | | | | furniture mashes different furniture styles to |
| the one with the French Revolution. Curlicues, | | | | become your own creation. Colors and textures |
| ornamentation, and baroque are not styles you | | | | help keep the look unified, but the actual furniture |
| appreciate in furniture. Then again, you don't much | | | | is different and lacking continuity. The casual style |
| favor the sharp lines and starkness of | | | | is more conformist, borrowing from |
| contemporary furniture either. And you certainly | | | | contemporary furniture without the formality. It's |
| don't own a Colonial style canopy bed or a | | | | perfect for families, as the basis for casual means |
| country home dining table. No, your bedroom | | | | just that: comfort and support minus the |
| furniture is transitional because you want it to be | | | | decorations. |
| able to blend with everything and anything. You | | | | With transitional furniture, it's about balance. What |
| admire the details that are part of traditional | | | | dimensions are in the middle? Is this coffee table |
| furniture, but also approve of the simplicity of | | | | too sumptuous or elaborate? Does this dresser |
| contemporary furniture. For you, the choice is not | | | | add warmth or does it feel "cold"? The |
| "what goes with this?" so much as "what doesn't | | | | juxtaposition of lines, palettes and décor will |
| go with this?" | | | | energize your home, and without ever having to |
| Transitional furniture is the perfect blend, since it's | | | | choose a side. Stay comfortable and easygoing |
| not extreme either way. The two things it holds | | | | with transitional furniture, right there in the middle. |
| dear are comfort and functionality, which is what | | | | |