Timeless Furnishings and Design Center, Bakersfield California

Mix the Cultures and Eras

Occassionally the architecture of a home will reflect ideals of order and harmony, while the decor can be an experiment in creative culture clashes.  The luxurious Houston home featured in a recent Veranda Magazine is a perfect example. In the magazine’s photos, Native American rugs drape a French leather sofa near a Roman-style stone capital, an Italian angel sconce and a Peruvian chest. “Guidelines don’t allways apply. Who’s to say an Indonesian figure doesn’t go with a Moroccan glazed piece?”  says Andrea Palladio.

See more of this kind of design inspiration and be sure to tab through the photos of the Houston home. I really liked photo 4  “the red room” with a Peruvian antique chest, carved elephants, Chinese ceramics, East Indian silver and ivory candlesticks.

You’ll find many items in our showroom that are very similar to what the designers have used to decorate this home! Click here: Veranda Magazine

Now you can go preview a sample of this kind of accent furniture we have in our store including French and Oriental Cultural Accent Furniture

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Watch a blank living room transformed into a Balinese oasis in a day, (O.K. actually two days)

Design in a day – quick tips:
(Notice how they used these techniques in the video)

To do’s and tips

1) Choose your style or theme Use a home decorating magazine photo you like. Plus choose one of two of your favorite items.

2) Your impact wall Paint one wall a color or add an accent to it, or at least choose a large piece of art to make that wall become a focal point.

3) Position the furniture How will it look as you walk in the room? Arrange seating for conversation and your sofa should look to the fireplace, the view, or the TV.

4) Light Have plenty of soft and also dramatic lighting. Built in and floor and table lamps with the right light bulbs should do it.

4) Colors (From your theme) Use touches in a combination of things like accent pillows (quick and easy), accessories, wall art, an area rug or drapes.

5) Position the accessories The final layer, refer to your magazine photo(s) for ideas and group the accessories in layers, or in threes and to continue the color theme.

Lastly, a touch of green Every room can benefit from a plant or flowers or tree. Live or artificial can work.

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Inspirational design ideas we like:
(Sometimes finding that first cool piece it what starts the creative process)

Ell Decor’s shopping tips (in New York) in this video:

When decorating gracious sophisticated and large homes in Bakersfield and elsewhere, full of exquisite luxury, we find ideas and design inpiration in Veranda Magazine

For a younger, quirkier modern retro-vintage look, check out
Elle Decor Magazine

And of course for comfortable every day casual style, which mixes more modern yet classic furniture with hints of nostalgia and family treasures, look at the great ideas in the catalog of nation wide retailer Pottery Barn

You can find alot of unique furniture like this in our furniture store in Bakersfield CA or our online store.

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You might ask yourself, “why buy used furniture?” The best reason to buy used furniture is because you can get great quality furniture for a fraction of the original price. And, in many cases the furniture has been very well cared for.

“Used furniture” can be a misnomer at Timeless Furnishings. Just like comparing a used car that’s a 20 year old clunker to a pre-owned, mint condition 2009 Mercedes. Not the same.

You’ll discover that the used furniture in our used furniture store in Bakersfield California is similar to the fine furniture you’d see in Architectural Digest or Veranda Magazine. While we do offer a mix, including cheap furniture, most of or items come from large homes in neighborhoods such as Bellaire, Pasadena and Beverly Hills.These ore the kind of caparicious homes that boast twenty foot high ceilings.

Find out the “secret” to your neighbor’s new home furnishings and how they really stretched their buying dollars. Whether you’re looking for that special accent or furnishing your entire home, Timeless Furnishings is the place to shop for unique furniture.

Interior designers have been using these ideas and resources for years. Their best work is usually reflected in homes that mix new and used furniture, plus antiques. Now it’s your turn.

Buying fine, quality furniture does not have to be an expensive option. Good, tasteful and well made furniture can be purchased at reasonable prices.

Even so, when buying fine furniture, even used furniture, take it as an investment that you are making in your life. Not something that you will use and discard after a while.

Make your shopping experience feel like an exciting time. Like you’re on a buying trip in Europe, with designers to help you choose the perfect antique cabinet for the dining room of the house you’re decorating in Southern California.

When you decorate your home, it’s not just about filling up spaces with furniture and “stuff”. It’s about bringing out your personal taste and displaying life’s experiences in a comfortable and welcoming room.

Decorating can be part discovery, part development and part interior design principles. But mostly it’s about what you like. Our furniture store has been created with a passion to bring out the “frustrated decorator” in everyone.

You’ll start to realize that you can buy old pieces of furniture and put them in a room and make them feel modern. add a touch of fun and glamour and it will show you design signature.

Call it used furniture, pre-owned home furnishings or consigned antiques, Timeless the finest in well treated high quality pieces. Come find the perfect piece to show your sense of  style.

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Vintage furniture finds in California aren’t limited to Los Angeles or San Francisco. Bakersfield vintage furniture discoveries at Timeless Furnishings are an every day occurrence.

But these vintage beauties don’t offer themselves up easily. We sometimes have look look past years of dust and neglect to find them.

It’s not about everything being absolutely perfect. It’s about the vintage furniture providing a certain feeling for your family, so they’ll want to come in and relax.

It’s fun to see what interesting pieces you can mix.

Try an acrylic and glass coffee table with a velvet covered vintage sofa and gilt trimmed side tables with an antique art glass vase. Hang a 1960’s vintage crystal chandelier; add a pair of ’50s vintage French chairs and a piece of  bold contemporary art over your sofa.

When you mix these older furnishings in a context with contemporary art, they become fresh. You’ll achieve a little bit of elegance without everything looking dark and heavy.

As you begin your search, you’ll start to sort the good stuff from afar before you even get really close.

Hunting for treasures is fun with friends who share your interest. Much of what you see you’ll also feel, both in your heart and quite literally. You’ll probably end up fingering furniture carvings, silver candlesticks, and cut glass bowls.

Our vintage furniture will range from European antiques that create an old world elegance or shabby chic feel to the beautiful furnishings and art from other cultures such as the Middle East and the Orient.

Go ahead and scout for decorative and architectural accents like French antique leaded and stained glass windows or a Gothic arch motif fireplace mantle.

Look for old European chandeliers, lanterns, sconces, doors, rugs and anything else that will add an aged feel and charm.

Maybe you’ll even come across a large anonymous ancestral portrait in oil with an ornate but cracked frame that you’d like to hang. And don’t forget the floor. A vintage kilim rug can add that extra softness.

Now look for something fresh and different to mix in. A sleek red laquer desk from Tibet can team up with a folk art Chinese wooden chair. On the bookshelf to the side, a Buddha bust and Balinese stacked boxes can add to the Asian influence.

You’ll create a statement of all your own.

What ever you’ve got in mind, we’re likely to have it in our Bakersfield vintage furniture store now or very soon.

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We will come to your home by appointment.

First, we’ll determine the first room you’d like to decorate, and discuss with you your ideas and your most treasured possessions that you‘d like included.

Then we’ll meet with you in our showroom so you can see what’s new in fabrics, furnishings and home accents. We’ll show you an edited selection that fits your style.

We can do as little or as much as you like.

You say OK and we’ll deliver and place everything for you in your home, even rearranging the pieces you already have.

If you judge the result successful, we can continue room by room. You can spend as little or as much as you want — style needn’t be outrageously expensive.

You pay only for what you like and approve.

And, during the next 21 days, you get to use your discounts and FREE $50 Gift Card toward these items.

For example: if you need to order a sofa, the chair is FREE. Lamps and wall art are 2 for 1. A unique piece of accent furniture will be ½ the price.

Watch your home become extraordinary!

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Two Shockingly Easy Room Updates…fast, cheap, impressive

Add some art to your floor with a new area rug, then bring in the outdoors with a vase of fresh flowers. A unique vintage or modern glass coffee table, or new wall décor will give a new focal point and could become conversation pieces. You’ll inexpensively and quickly totally transform a room.

Update and beautify your bathroom with a classic new designer vanity. From elegant to contemporary, with granite or marble tops. They come predrilled for the faucet and included the sink — ready for easy installation — from $299.

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