You Distressed?  

Oh I have never heard of that before, distressed furniture...I don't go for any particulat style of furniture, I don't have expensive taste but in one room I have mostly polished pine furniture and in the other I have the darker teak furniture, I have bought a lot of my furniture from garage sales...

I like a modern farmhouse look I guess, whatever that is officially called. "Distressed" has gone a little too far in my opinion. I thought it used to have a nice woodsy, rustic look...now it looks like it's sat in a barn for 50 years and could fall apart if you breathe too hard on it. Cruddy looking furniture is just not my style.

I am with you. I am distressed lately with area rugs price.
As far as furniture, I purchased nice site bench in second hand for $3....just because it needed screw driver to tide all connections...

I consider the workmanship too shoddy on new pieces. My husband and I prefer to purchase an antique that will, most likely, last another 30-100 yrs beyond it's present age. Our forefathers really knew how to take pride in a piece of furniture and make it last forever. I don't particularly like the 'distressed' items but I don't mind an item that has the original finish and an aged patina. I have my father's baby dresser, which I refuse to have 'refinished' because it's just as my grandmother kept it and it's still in fine shape. A few bangs and scratches, but they are family history and I cherish it as such. I, honestly, believe that most things are now made TO break and fall apart where that was not the standard in times past. LOL! Listen to me, sounding like an ol fart. ;)