A sun room can be bright attractions with a great view to the outdoors that are often thought of as summer-only or three-season spaces. Large or small, their design and furniture styles are typically festive, tropical or completely casual. Rattan and bamboo remain among the favored choices for … [Read more...]
New Wicker Versus Old: Making The Choice
As wicker continues to rise in demand, some questions arise as to whether it might be better to invest in old wicker pieces as opposed to new furnishings. The variances in production quality were just as prevalent in wicker made many decades ago as they are today, and understanding those differences … [Read more...]
Choosing the Right Dining Chair Styles for Large or Small Spaces
Purchasing table and chair dining sets for dining spaces is the easy way to decorate. However, options to choose pieces individually allow for more flexibility in meeting specific needs in room size and decor. When choosing the right dining chair styles for large or small spaces, such things as … [Read more...]
Get Cozy with Patio Conversation Groupings
Chat, furniture or patio conversation groupings first arose from a desire to enjoy more intimate gatherings. Veering away from pieces that spread across a patio or a porch, these cozier arrangements allow everyone to engage in conversation comfortably seated across from each other. While chat sets … [Read more...]
Storing Natural And All-Weather Wicker Furniture
Storing wicker as winter approaches is an expected seasonal event for many, especially for rattan furniture that has been sitting on a covered porch all summer. For some, it may be time to close up a cottage while others simply want to clear a patio area before extreme weather arrives. Natural … [Read more...]
Easy Living Outdoors With All-Weather Wicker
Along with impending summer temperatures, the call to stay outdoors becomes stronger. That means time to take a look at how to add more creature comforts on the patio, a deck or in a gazebo. Whether the surrounding vista is green landscaping, a concrete apron or a privacy fence, with the right … [Read more...]
Five Favorite Outdoor Wicker Furniture Arrangement Tips
The excitement of updating or creating new outdoor spaces with wicker furniture can sometimes overpower the right selection and arrangement process. Patios, decks, porches, pool areas and garden spots are all potential candidates for creating a relaxing atmosphere that will elicit the wow factor … [Read more...]
The Bar Is Open: Accessorize It With Wicker
Entertaining indoors and outside is easier and more impressive with the addition of a bar. While a built-in is the ultimate in style, it may be more practical to carve out a smaller space from which to serve favorite cocktails and wines. On the patio, in a sun room, in a living area or dining room, … [Read more...]
Mixing Wicker With Mission Decor
When it comes to mixing wicker with mission décor, styling continues to confuse, cause debate and generally become even less defined with discussion. In its truest form, it may technically be more accurate to call it Spanish Colonial Revival as a late 1800s tribute to earlier influences found in … [Read more...]
Working Wicker Into Craftsman Decor
Craftsman styling and wood furniture holds a close association, but wicker also can find a place in this popular segment of design history. Much confusion and intermingling abound with the Arts and Crafts Movement, Mission styling and Bungalow decor. All have similar characteristics to Craftsman but … [Read more...]
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