Wednesday 27 November 2013

White Christmas




When it comes to interiors you have to understand the classic origins

The festive season is underway and it’s the ideal time to give your home a chic, celebratory touch that will wow guests. We are here to help & inspire!
White French furniture is classical, elegant and sophisticated and it will always stay in fashion, but you still have to aim to create soulful individual design. The perfect mood everyone wants to achieve for Christmas Living is comfy, inviting, and not at all over the top. White furniture matches almost any colour of walls. This creates a serene, homogenous space. Also don’t forget to use a specific colour in key places to create cohesiveness. To finish off the bedroom look to add cosy textures, for example Cream Knitted Throw. Our new pieces just arrive and are truly amazing! Explore our new range of bedroom furniture and bedroom ideas.




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Wednesday 20 November 2013

French Dining Chairs




During the Middle Ages people used for seating mainly simple benches and benches with high backs, and sometimes with armrests. Chairs, unlike today, were considered luxury. They were often decorated with carvings that became especially popular in the XVII century. In those days, the chairs were entirely made ​​of wood, although some did have wicker seat and back.
Golden age for furniture makers came at the end of XVII century in France and the Netherlands. The Dutch took over the experience of the French Huguenots who fled to the north of the persecution of the Catholic Church. French craftsman Daniel Marot became famous for his chairs for dining rooms, which were different from all other ones by a lush decor: carved backs, carved pillars and beams, velvet seats and curved legs.
The eighteenth century is the century of France in the history of french furniture. After the 1789 revolution in France chairs were mainly made ​​in the neoclassical style, and arrows, wreaths and garlands were used as symbols of the revolution.
French furniture features typically associated with cabriole legs and basic scalloped carving. Classical dining chairs often have a wheat pattern carving. The ladder back chair with a woven rush seat is the typical French dining chair. Finishes vary though common to all colours is the accumulation of polish or shabby in the carving over time resulting in an aged patina and emphasis on the carving regardless of whether it is painted furniture or stained.
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