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<p>[QUOTE="say_it_slowly, post: 18497, member: 50"]<i><span style="color: #bfbfbf">I'd rather see it antiqued or have the color knocked back. I hate when old, chipped, or faded objects are placed against a stark white, it's a bit clinical like a museum and tends to highlight the stains and flaws rather then the patina and richness of the objects.</span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #bfbfbf"><br /></span></i></p><p>Actually not as white as it looks but the flash lightens it. I'm more concerned with housing things safely and within reach. There is much more of this reference collection scattered about in cabinets and on shelves and every flat surface. I'm not really much on fashion or illusion, if it's old it's old if it's new it's new. But then that's me and it won't suit everyone. </p><p><br /></p><p>(And those ugly chairs got dragged home from an auction for DD2 who just needed some seating for a new apt. but then ended up taking something else. They need to be recovered or donated one of these days when I get to it.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="say_it_slowly, post: 18497, member: 50"][I][COLOR=#bfbfbf]I'd rather see it antiqued or have the color knocked back. I hate when old, chipped, or faded objects are placed against a stark white, it's a bit clinical like a museum and tends to highlight the stains and flaws rather then the patina and richness of the objects. [/COLOR][/I] Actually not as white as it looks but the flash lightens it. I'm more concerned with housing things safely and within reach. There is much more of this reference collection scattered about in cabinets and on shelves and every flat surface. I'm not really much on fashion or illusion, if it's old it's old if it's new it's new. But then that's me and it won't suit everyone. (And those ugly chairs got dragged home from an auction for DD2 who just needed some seating for a new apt. but then ended up taking something else. They need to be recovered or donated one of these days when I get to it.)[/QUOTE]
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