Call me a little behind (I never claimed to be anything but an interested novice when it comes to design!), but I just found out the name for the bedroom furniture I have used in my boys' bedroom since they were little bitty!
Here's a bit of background info from Apartment Therapy:
Campaign furniture, as implied by its name, is portable furniture that was designed for use in military campaigns. Its origins can be traced back to the Romans, but its use peaked during the Georgian and Victorian periods (1714-1901). Designed to be easily transported during military operations, campaign furniture included folding seats, small chests, and case furniture that could be dismantled and carried with ease. Often, it was built in separate parts so as to be more mobile, and the pieces were made of durable woods like mahogany and teak.
British officers of high social position did not want to compromise the quality of life and comfort to which they were accustomed in England, so function and form were thought to perfectly mesh in campaign furniture. The iconic recessed brass handles and brass angle pieces served an aesthetic function and allowed the furniture to be easily transported with no damage to fragile corners. Elegant, strong, and practical (well, as practical as carting around solid-wood furniture could be), campaign furniture was key to style and comfort while away from England.
Nowadays, owners and designers may not value the pieces for their inherent portability, but it should be noted that even in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, theses pieces were appreciated for their simple elegance and beauty. They popped up in lavish manor homes and London flats just as often as they were hauled through India and Egypt. What was born of necessity was quickly adopted for its style, and these solid, classic pieces have retained much of that same aesthetic allure.
Well who would have thought! Apparently this style is all the rage again. Which proves: Be out of style long enough and eventually you'll be back in!!
Here's the only photo I could find of the furniture as it looked all the years my boys were growing up. The dresser at the left is the exact one in the picture that follows this one.
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| Milk in motion added bonus! |
See. Same exact dresser. The bottom two drawer pulls open one extra deep drawer. The makeover of this dresser for the featured blogger is pictured below.
Here's the latest redo on my campaign pieces---a minor revamp of the boy's room after the youngest left for college in an attempt to make the room more user friendly when everyone's home from college:
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| The table over table arrangement does a better job of filling the space between the beds | |
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| Large dresser centers space at the foot of the beds |
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| Closer look at one of the headboards |
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| No room for this anywhere but inside the walk in closet. It's appears to be an identical match for the Heart Tree Home redo above |
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