| Time will tell, and floor clocks will always | | | | design. There are several standard bearers |
| tell it with panache. These clocks come in | | | | you can choose from when shopping for a floor |
| styles that can belong in any modern home | | | | clock for your home, business establishment, |
| with all your innovative furniture and | | | | or for a client, if you're an interior |
| knickknacks. If anybody says that these | | | | designer. |
| clocks are a waste of time, they are dead | | | | |
| wrong. | | | | The seductive curves of the Alison clock from |
| | | | Howard Miller would brighten a gloomy corner |
| Look Up or Down at these Clocks | | | | in your living room. In white finish to |
| | | | simulate a distressed antique look, this |
| To differentiate floor clocks from the | | | | clock has a casing treated with the best |
| traditional grandfather clocks is easy - it | | | | hardwoods and polish. A convex glass protects |
| has to do with the styling and the absence of | | | | the dial and the big, black Arabic numerals. |
| mechanical movements and chains. So when you | | | | It also has volume control and night sound |
| see tall clocks that have a pendulum, quartz | | | | shut-off for the Westminster and Ave Maria |
| movement, and hear the familiar chimes but | | | | chimes. |
| look disparate from your mom's tall clock | | | | |
| because these don't have wooden cases and | | | | The imposing La Rochelle from Howard Miller |
| weights, you're looking at a floor clock. | | | | in Americana cherry has a removable crown |
| | | | overlay. At the base are raised panels with a |
| Not all floor clocks are statuesque. You can | | | | cut-out graced with a lovely shell overlay. |
| find one styled like a round table with | | | | The Kieninger movement provides an automatic |
| sculpted metal legs. You can sit around it | | | | chime switch-off option. This clock has a |
| with your friends and enjoy the clock's | | | | locking door to prevent tampering. The black |
| features at a closer range while chatting | | | | Roman numerals on the white clock face are |
| about politics and business opportunities. So | | | | protected by a convex crystal glass. |
| there's no quarrel about these clocks being | | | | |
| uninteresting time pieces, right? | | | | The Metropolitan from Howard Miller shows |
| | | | crisp, clean, lean lines in black casing that |
| As to colors, you'll be astounded to learn | | | | accentuate the white dial face with its black |
| that there is a white floor clock, which you | | | | hands and hour markers. The pendulum, in spun |
| will find compatible to most of your existing | | | | nickel, again highlights the length of the |
| furniture or your interiors. There are also | | | | black case. The entire effect of the design |
| clocks with cases fashioned with quality | | | | gives that very contemporary look. This clock |
| wrought-iron and finished to create that aged | | | | has the same convenient night sound shut-off |
| effect, or designed with iron leaves and | | | | and volume control. |
| rosettes. If you are getting one of these | | | | |
| clocks, go for the unusual design to make it | | | | These are just a few samples of the floor |
| your while. | | | | clocks you can find online or at the downtown |
| | | | clock shops. You can be sure that all the |
| The Clocks To Beat | | | | designs are worth your while. There will one |
| | | | that will comfortably fill up the missing |
| Floor clocks coming from Howard Miller, | | | | link in your search for the best floor clock. |
| Ridgeway, Henstchel, and Bulova are exquisite | | | | So you say that these clocks aren't worth |
| creations that fuse technology and modern | | | | your while? |