Shaker furniture

A while back, on a cold wintery morning, I drove from southern Maine through increasingly rural back roads to Canterbury, New Hampshire, then up the crest

PITTSFIELD -- Walnut arms curve smoothly in a chandalier. A wooden clasp glides apart, and a brown oak box opens to show a row of teabags. Shakers did drink tea. But here with a sewing table and golden-grained wall cabinet stands a computer desk.

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Pharmacy at Hancock Shaker community in Massachussetts. The Shakers were 19th century America's largest and best known communal utopian society, and by 1840 there were 18 communities from Maine to Kentucky.

One of NYC's best new restaurants, The Commerce Inn takes inspiration from Shaker design. It presents a fresh look back, and style ideas to apply at home.

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Shaker hanging cabinet

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Love the color of this wood stain contrasted with the wall