I don't have photos, but...

I LOVE darker oak, especially when quartersawn.
I have several Stickley pieces and will be adding one or two more.

In or not, I think it is beautiful also!

We have several dark oak Stickley mission pieces scattered throughout our main living areas -- bookcases, an antique rocking chair, and a dining table. I love quartersawn oak! This is our latest addition -- the dining table.

Oak is good. Mission oak, Victorian oak. It's okay with me when it goes out of style because then I can pick up bargains. None of my rooms are totally done in oak but it is definitely the predominant wood in my house.

Sueb20, that's a beautiful table.

I love the table. I've been wondering if something like it would make sense as a partner desk/table in our home office.

No pics, but I have medium tone oak antiques throughout my house and love, love, love it - will never tire of it: Barrister and quartersawn sliding-door bookcases, bow front china, dining table and chairs, stickley desk, hoosier, morris chair, oak and leather 1912 convertible couch, etc. So glad to hear others "embracing" oak, too!

I have an antique oak mantle, oak armoires, barley twist tables, several antique oak dressers and chest (some in attic), oh and pedestal table (also in the attic). I just love it!

Beautiful table, Sue!

I'm glad to see others embracing oak, as well. I am hoping to score big on something tomorrow on Craigslist. I'll post photos if I get them. (Chairs to go with an oak table I have.)

bird

I love mission oak, and white oak floors!

I have a turn of last century house with a lot of oak antiques. Here's a few pics:

I have a lot of quartersawn oak pieces as well. Love old oak. I think oak has gotten a bad wrap with all the 90's builder grade oak kitchen cabinets, with their orange tint. I think old oak will always been in style.

I also have a good bit of antique oak furniture. Love the patina of old pieces.

We also have custom oak cabinets - minus the orange/yellow tint. Some people actually like oak!

tina

I have an old oak 54" round table from the '20s that I didn't know what to do with. It needs a lot of work. Well, this conversation, especially sue's pic, have convinced me to refinish it and put it in our library. It would go perfectly with our ink blue velvet loveseat (happy birthday to me!). Love your space, sue!

As much as it may not be "in style", I love oak.

Here is an (old) picture of our dining room:

It may not be fashionable, but neither am I :)

Carrie

I have never understood the oak disdain. Until I started hanging out here, I honestly never knew such a thing even existed. :)

I have all sorts of old/antique oak pieces. And maple pieces. And wood furniture of all sorts of species. Heck, my former house even had the dreaded "orange" oak for my kitchen cabs....and being a decorating moron, I actually LIKED those cabs. Ha-ha.

I guess, for me, I care more about the utility of the piece rather than what species it is.

This post was edited by patriceny on Thu, Jun 13, 13 at 13:24

carriem....love the dining set and your oak trim. and if accessorized nicely, the builder grade oak cabinets are warm and inviting...there's just something about wood...LOL

I have several antique oak pieces and I embrace them. My home has some PB, some RH and some antiques. I love the mixture.

Our entire kitchen and family room is quarter sawn oak
in this color. We love quarter sawn oak in this color, thus I finished
all the cabs and furniture in this deeper color.

the bird cage is quarter sawn oak as well...in the same room

This post was edited by cliff_and_joann on Fri, Jun 14, 13 at 15:13

birdcage in same room...quarter sawn oak

I hated oak for awhile after I bought this home because I had a ton of it in our other home all in the same color. I painted out all the wood here then realized to late that it wasn,t the wood I distlked I was just tired of seen the same old orang/pecan color on everything. Now that I have imbraced the idea that all the wood in the house doesn,t have to be exactly the same shade and tone I am again embracing my inner oak;)

We have darkly stained quarter sawn oak trim throughout the house and I love it. Two of my favorite pieces of furniture are a medium oak Victorian table and a very patinaed dresser w/ east lake drop pulls. I also recently purchased another dresser that I think DH said was oak too. It's dark too and Victorian w/ ornate glass pulls.

Cliff_Joan, I love the stain on the Quartersawn Oak. I love Quartersawn oak.

Oak is wonderful furniture. It is best choice for home and shop decoration.

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This post was edited by Harris625 on Sat, Jun 22, 13 at 0:47

Glad to see so many others out there!

My new chairs are in my dining room, but I still don't have the bench yet. It's at my daughter's house, since I couldn't get them all in my vehicle.

bird_lover, Since you like my CL finds, I'll show this one if you didn't see it before when I bought it a month ago. It was $200, and the kind sellers delivered it to my door and brought it into the garage. I want to clean it up a bit, so it's still 'decorating' the garage.

Compare it to this one on eBay at $3070. that I have linked below!

Here is a link that might be useful: HEAVY ANTIQUE 1880 FRENCH OAK SERVER, BARLEY TWIST LEGS, 3 SHELVES, CARVINGS

Are you kidding me? $200?

What a great find! I can't wait till you clean it up and show it to us. (I did miss it the first time around when you posted.)

Thanks for sharing!

Bird

my3dogs, that table is gorgeous. Beautiful oak pieces all!

I have a few dark pieces, a few lighter oak pieces, and an orangey oak staircase, which I love, and cannot convince myself to paint.

I hated oak because I had oak in my last two kitchens. What I realized is it wasn't the wood at all but the yellow stain that was on it. Not the orangey stain but a true golden color.

My most favorite dining table was a round oak antique dining table that I gave to my DS.

DH, for our anniversary one year, gave me a beautiful antique oak cupboard. I have it in my breakfast area and was going to find another spot for it and have my cabinet maker do a custom piece in the same maple as my kitchen. I decided that there is no way that a new piece would have the same character so I am keepingit where it is.

Our small book room has a beautiful custom oak wall of cabinetry and shelves in a lovely cinnamon stain.

It may not be considered fashionable, and I have to admit that my all time favorite wood is cherry, but oak is a lovely wood in it's own right. What is fashionable now will be out of favor in a few years anyway so love what you have!

My3dogs, that s a killer piece that you scored on CL! I love t!