Without it looking like a consignment shop Matchy-matchy wood furniture sets had their moment. And it has blessedly passed. “Mixing wood tones makes a room more inviting and effortless, rather than calculated and expected,” says Hannon Douglas designer Hannon Kirk Doody, “I would not shy away from putting together, for instance, a painted oak table and a Louis XVI walnut commode.” Doody also recommends dodging blandness by incorporating other materials (glass, metals, stone) along with the wood. […]