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**AustonT**

I'm in the final stages of planning out a new set of furniture for my home and I thought I'd crowd source a little. I'm an unabashed fan of arts and crafts furniture, and I get that not everyone is. I need a little help picking between variations of a mission style settle. One is more of a Gustav Stickley design from the turn of the 20th century and the other is an L and JG Stickley design of closer to 1910. I fancy one more than the other but I won't say.
This is the G. Stickley

This is the L and JG Stickley

**Tibbsy**

I know nothing about chairs but in my humble, and completely uninformed opinion I would go for option 2.

It has a bigger edging around it for putting stuff on

That's the only reason really

**Azza007**

Option 2 looks better to me as well.

**Grey Templar**

Option 2, it looks more comfortable and as they said its got places to set stuff.

**AustonT**

Hmm so the extended arms are a plus?
Should I add a third option?

Which is sort of a hybrid.

**Frazzled**

Option 2.
However, don't you have an SO? If so, you're acting like your opinion, much less ours, matters.

Ancient Budha say: stand not between a woman and her furniture patterns lest ye be run over like a duck in a rhino mambo contest.

**kronk**

Option 3, but not with that wood stain. Something darker, like option 1.

**AustonT**

She who must be obeyed makes many demands. However when it comes to furniture she allows me wide leeway. She gave me the go ahead for two 6ft settles and a matching chair. I get to pick the details of the woodwork, mostly because I have to make it. And she has demanded that the cushions be leather, so I'll pay someone for that. Given the fact that these generally retail for about 2-4k per settle and 1k for a chair and I can build them for a fraction of that including tool costs the Boss is willing to roll the dice and holds the veto option to sell them at a profit. SWMBO also allows me creative control in my office which is getting a Douglas fir settle (the prototype). We may extend this style to our bedroom and dining room for a heirloom set. The final product will be red oak or ash, since my preferred yard doesn't seem to have 8/4 ash at all it seems that unless another yard has hard maple or ash for a song it'll be oak.

**BlapBlapBlap**

I like option 1 the most. 2 just looks cheap and trashy...

**AustonT**

Kronk: I'm intent on a dark Danish Oil but dependent on the figure of the final piece I may choose a medium brown. I kind of have to plan for the natural darkening of the pieces over time too. The one finish I won't use is a poly. The need to be rerubbed from time to time and poly is too tough...which is normally good.

**Frazzled**

I like 2 better because it looks like the arms are better for setting a nice glass of rum on them.

Its the little things.

**mega_bassist**

kronk wrote:
Option 3, but not with that wood stain. Something darker, like option 1.

Exactly how I feel.

But of the original options, I prefer Option 1 since I like simpler designs and the stain.

**kronk**

I like the look of option 3, and it give you a place to set a glass without needing an end table or similar (with a coaster, obviously). The only part I don't like are the tiny supports for the arm rests, or whatever they're called. The ones in option 2 are too big, and the ones in option 3 are too small, if that makes any sense.

The medium brown stain sounds right, then.

Best of luck and post pictures, which ever you choose.

**AustonT**

kronk wrote:
I like the look of option 3, and it give you a place to set a glass without needing an end table or similar (with a coaster, obviously). The only part I don't like are the tiny supports for the arm rests, or whatever they're called. The ones in option 2 are too big, and the ones in option 3 are too small, if that makes any sense.

The medium brown stain sounds right, then.

Best of luck and post pictures, which ever you choose.

My beef with both option 2 and 3 is the wrap around rail. I sort of like it stylistically but it presents a problem in support. I hate the corbels wit a deep passion but the horizontal rail requires it. I think the guy who built the 3rd one had the se dilemma. I may run through sketch up and see if running a dado in the rails and going around and not over the corners would look right. I also intend on having tables regardless so thats really not much of an issue. Ideally I'd like to end up with the 2 settles, a chair, ottoman, coffee table, and a tv stand that match.
Thank you all for your input so far.

**Jihadin**

Not to throw a kink in.....why does it feel your outfitting an office?

**kronk**

What about rails on the sides but not the back?

**AustonT**

Jihadin wrote:
Not to throw a kink in.....why does it feel your outfitting an office?

How do you mean?

**Jihadin**

We both have different taste...well we both have "She who must be obeyed". To me the furniture look like something I see when I go to the Psych office. So I admit I'm a bit jaded towards it

**AustonT**

I suppose that's fair. I like the simple rustic style but my taste has been called "institutional" in the past. I'm in the crawl phase right now, my run phase is to have all the rooms in the house in quality furniture and the garage and offices with a faux antique pine look, if I dig in my pics long enough I'll post a picture of me Da's basement which is done in weathered cedar. His basement is bigger than my house though.

**Jihadin**

Think I'm on the same track as you Auston

**daedalus**

BlapBlapBlap wrote:
I like option 1 the most. 2 just looks cheap and trashy...

I wish I could offer an explaination, but this is exactly how I feel about option 2 as well. I think perhaps it's the lighter stain with the black leather. I'd say either 1, or 3 with 1's stain and leather on it.

**ShumaGorath**

AustonT wrote:
I'm in the final stages of planning out a new set of furniture for my home and I thought I'd crowd source a little. I'm an unabashed fan of arts and crafts furniture, and I get that not everyone is. I need a little help picking between variations of a mission style settle. One is more of a Gustav Stickley design from the turn of the 20th century and the other is an L and JG Stickley design of closer to 1910. I fancy one more than the other but I won't say.
This is the G. Stickley

This is the L and JG Stickley

I much prefer the color and texture of the first, but the second seems more functional due to its larger cushions and railings for drinks. I voted with my aesthetic tastes.

**deathholydeath**

I vote for the hybrid. I like the dark finish and general aesthetics of the first, but, as so many others have mentioned, the second has more space for holding stuff.

**azazel the cat**

I prefer art deco myself, but my S/O is a big fan of the older Gustav Stickley arts & crafts designs. Anyway, she says the G Stickley is more classic.

But to be honest, I've really gotta agree with Frazzled on this one: however many people from Dakka vote, your S/O gets that many votes +2, so does any of this matter?

**Frazzled**

azazel the cat wrote:
I prefer art deco myself, but my S/O is a big fan of the older Gustav Stickley arts & crafts designs. Anyway, she says the G Stickley is more classic.

But to be honest, I've really gotta agree with Frazzled on this one: however many people from Dakka vote, your S/O gets that many votes +2, so does any of this matter?

indeed she may say you have carte blanche, but I'm reminded of this timeless opinion:

**AustonT**

I ran it through sketch up with just arms, which after some research is a classic design in arts and crafts just not any of the Stickley brothers. I didnt do the rear slats because sketchup is my mortal enemy.

**djphranq**

My vote is for #2

I like the solidness of its structure... no holes on the sides.

**AustonT**

I'm building a 1/3rd scale model. I'll post pictures when it's done.