It can be a blessing and a curse: inherited furniture, writes Jennifer Nixon in HomeStyle. There’s a lot of sentimental value in Grandma’s wingback chairs. Memories of sitting in Grandpa’s lap for story time. Or posing for pictures with Great-Aunt Edna.
And yet, how does one bring a pair of decades-old chairs into a living room that’s made up of recent purchases from Pottery Barn or its like? See tomorrow’s Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for designer’s advice for incorporating sentimental pieces into a home.