Posts Tagged ‘White furniture’

The Meaning of Shabby Chic

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

pIt is a general term which can be used to refer to a person or even an article which is more stylish rather than fashionable and where the style reflects quality as opposed to newness. You hear a lot about this type of furniture etc nowadays and it is first and foremost a fairly casual style of decorating mainly in pastels and sometimes using antique accessories.It conjures of the idea of old lace tablecloths, light a href=http://www.newenglandlifestyle.com/Wardrobes.htm target=_blankwhite wardrobes/a and soft comfortable sofas./ppShabby chic is really no particular style, but it balances out elegant pieces with both old and new combined.!–more– If you prefer bold, bright colours then this is not for you. Soft whites, muted grey and pale pinks, blues and greens are popular shades to use. People buy new old fashioned looking material and sometimes stain them to give the appearance of age and this they do by using tea! The effect is then a pattern that looks a soft creamy white instead of stark white, that just would not look right./ppVery often the use of floral, striped and checked fabrics are combined to achieve a warm and inviting look. It is however much better to keep the basic colour background the same, for instance white or cream. Then try to select just one colour to repeat in every pattern fabric to get the right effect. Almost any piece of a href=http://www.newenglandlifestyle.com/BedroomFurniture.htm target=_blankwhite bedroom furniture/a will suit a shabby chic interior design. Sometimes you may have a piece which can either be sprayed or painted white then sanded at the corners and roughed up a bit to give the appearance of age.Painting furniture white, completely changes it from dark and heavy to light, fresh and clean./ppWhat completes the look of shabby chic is the appearance of chunky large sink in sofas and chairs that are warm and welcoming and make you feel very much at home. In the bedroom, white or rustic a href=http://www.newenglandlifestyle.com/BedsideTables.htm target=_blankbedside table/a will finish a Shabby Chic look perfectly/p

White Furniture Goes With Anything!

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

pWhen buying furniture you really cannot go very wrong if you go for white!/pp/ppThe popularity of white furniture, such as a href=http://www.newenglandlifestyle.com/BedroomFurniture.htm target=_blankbedroom furniture/a has increased a lot in recent times. People seem to be turning more to the minimalist look and the clean feeling that comes with it.!–more– When it comes to furnishing our homes the choice is endless. White furniture is produced in dining tables and chairs, wardrobes, dressers, bookcases and much more. You can even get white a href=http://www.newenglandlifestyle.com/BedsideTables.htm target=_blankbedside tables/a now./pp/ppYou will find that the most commonly used colour in interior design is in fact white. This is so particularly in bathrooms and kitchens where cleaning and most importantly, the preparation of food is carried out. This is mainly due to hygiene and of course it makes sense that dirt shows up significantly on white and therefore surfaces are more readily kept germ free./pp/ppThey say that technically this is not a true colour as such, it is in fact a neutral./pp/ppIt was Sir Isaac Newton experimenting in 1666, using a hole in a window shade that allowed a ray of sunshine into a dark room, where a glass prism was placed in such a position that enabled the light to pass through it. He found that that the ray of light was refracted when passing through the prism and spread a beam of multicoloured light in all the colours of the rainbow which appeared as white on the wall./pp/ppNewtons concluded that white sunlight was a mixture of different types of light, each one being a single pure colour and that each colour was bent at different degrees, violet by the most and red by the least./pp/ppSo it was found that white light does in fact contain all the colours within it, they are simply not visible as they are being reflected./pp/ppI have seen some beautiful interior designs that are entirely white with just the odd addition of one or maybe two other colours introduced into the design. So dont dismiss the use of white painted furniture in your decor because white interiors, especially it seems white a href=http://www.newenglandlifestyle.com/DiningFurniture.htm target=_blankdining room furniture/a, tends to have a very calming effect and help you relax and feel at home./p