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Furniture Products
Furniture From the Far East and Beyond in Your Home
Oriental-inspired furniture
is a sleek and stylish way to update your home. Whether in a small or large
living space, Asian styled furniture works well, as it has been a major
influence in Western furniture designs. From the clean lines of the platform
bed to the versatile futon to the stacked chests and dressers, Asian-inspired
furniture has permeated into Western society because of its practicality and
its sophisticated minimalist appearance.
Part of what makes
Asian-inspired furniture so appealing is its ability to fit into small space.
An apartment doesn’t give you much room to work, but turning to
Japanese-inspired furniture can help solve space issues. Shunning overly
elaborate and large furniture, the Asian styled look focuses on compact pieces
that work overtime as furniture but still look stunning. Streamlined furniture
like contemporary beds and coffee tables take center stage, while functional
furniture like futons and trunks work to save space. The joints, which absorb
shock well and don’t use nails or glue to hold up the piece, help define wood
furniture, making dressers, chests, and other pieces durable and long lasting.
Another characteristic of
Asian-inspired furniture is the lacquered surface, mostly attributed to Chinese
furniture. Deep finishes from solid hardwoods bring out the beauty of the wood,
making these pieces unassumingly striking. Ebony, teak and rosewood are among
the chief woods used in Chinese furniture, with semi-precious materials such as
jade and lapis lazuli inlayed on the top. Miter joints and copper or pewter
brackets round off these exquisitely elegant dressers, trunks, chests,
wardrobes, and so on. The symmetry of the furniture coupled with the clean
profile makes for a modern furniture piece worthy of any home.
The contemporary styles of
today are very similar to those of older designs from Asian countries. Like
contemporary furniture, the focus was placed on the construction and quality of
the piece, not on the ostentatious grandeur. A platform bed fits right in with
the Asian aesthetic, since its geometric shape and smooth lines are the kind of
simplicity that is valued in Asian designs. Contemporary bedroom furniture can
be matched with Asian pieces to create a low key and unfussy environment anyone
can appreciate.
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