traditions furniture - tables and chairs

This rectangular extension table of solid white oak is fit for a feast.




















After you select the right table, you can change its style by changing its edge or legs. The edges add character without adding cost. Most legs are interchangeable without changing a table's price.

The Extra Large Turned and French Regency legs are thicker and carry some additional cost. Our Turned and Tapered legs are also available in counter height. This option will raise the height of a table from 30" to 36".

Click here to see how.

hardwood furniture

About half of Gat Creek Furniture in is built in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. A collection of more than 25 individual workshops – many owned by Amish and Mennonite families – hand builds the remainder in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Delaware.




















Each piece of furniture is made by hand. The artisan signs and dates his or her work. Gat Creek exclusively uses domestic hardwoods - cherry, oak, and walnut, all wood coming from sustainably managed forests.

Gat Creek

The 2009 Annual Homecoming Show for Gat Creek Furniture is being held this week.

Gat Creek features solid handmade furniture from native oak and cherry, with many of the pieces made by Amish and Mennonite craftsmen from Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Some of my favorite things include the solid cherry rectangle table with two leaves that seats eight. This table is available in oak or cherry and with a variety of stain finishes and custom edges and legs.

Gat Creek also hand builds a mission style table and chairs, here shown in a clear unstained oak.

the flowers

I wish that my flowers grew like they do in Tuscany. But then, Wichita does not get the morning mists off of the Mediterranean or the afternoon showers that cool the hillsides.

doors and windows

Doors and windows are among the most photographed images in France and Italy. Red, blue, green, they are weathered and stained. Usually, doors and windows are set off by pots filled with colorful flowers or by vines arching above and over the entrance.


















A door, a window and a cheese shop - even when the paint is not kept up, the look of the building is other-worldly as if time has frozen and we are transported in time and place to a simpler life.












Finally, add a bicycle to a door and a window and you have a perfect setting. Who needs a car?

trompe l'oeil

During the Renaissance, painting ceilings was common place. Many ceilings were transformed into trompe l'oeil murals. A famous example is the Sistine Chapel painted by Michaelangelo between 1508 and 1512. The term trompe l'oeil refers to perspective illusionism, the ability to trick the eye into thinking that a two-dimensional painting has depth.

The sitting room of the Villa Poggiale uses trompe l'oeil in its arched 18 foot ceilings. The manner is more in the style of French Renaissance with the use of architectural features rather than with the use of natural scenes.

Wichita Symphony Showhouse

All pictures posted on shutterfly.

Here is the livingroom chest, part of the Castle Bromwich collection from Theodore Alexandre and available at Traditions Furniture.

The room is French in style, casual in approach, and comfortable in use. The artwork recreates European themes.

wichita symphony showhouse

The Showhouse continues until the 21st of June. Here are some more pictures of the rooms:

The Sid Dickens wall is a golden yellow paint with faux finish. The curtains and blinds are by Marion Alley.

Symphony Showhouse 2009

The Wichita Symphony is again hosting the Symphony Showhouse. The showing is at Parkstone Development at Douglas Avenue and Rutan Street and runs for three weeks beginning May 28, 2009.

Traditions Home is proud to contribute to the design of the Symphony Showhouse.

The design team consists of Marion Alley, Marilyn Rine, Dayna Rosencutter, Diane Fletcher, and Vicki Guernsey. The design is French in flavor. The colors are rich reds, yellow, and golds.

The design concept is to create a comfortable living environment. The flow of traffic is maximized by placing the sofa in the bay where it commands the view of the living area.

The chandelier provides a warm light and the use of Sid Dickens tiles are a bit of personal whimsey. The curtains were custom made, as well as the blinds.

The wall color is gold with a slight faux finish to give the area the look and feel of a French manor house.


The Parkstone Development will be the tallest condominium devopment in Wichita when completed.






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