Know Everything About Furnishing Your Home?
Home is the
place where you seek comfort and relaxation. In fact, comfort is so
synonymous to home that you even have a phrase - "Feel at home".
There are a
lot of things that contribute to the comfort and tranquility of a
home. And home
furnishings play an important part. Be it the sofas, beds,
tables, chairs or cupboards, all contribute towards making home a
better place to live in. Besides comfort, home furnishings can also
enhance the look of your home substantially. This will not only make
you feel good (visual comfort) but will also help you earn
appreciation from your friends who visit you. And that is when you
really get maximum return on the time and money that you have spent
in selecting and buying your home furniture.
A lot of
planning and effort goes into buying home furniture that would really
provide comfort, beautify your home and be cost-effective at the same
time. You need to look for information on furniture types. You need
to check the suitability of furniture with respect to the overall
d?cor of your home. You need to know where the best deals are. And
you also need to enhance your knowledge on furniture,
in general and also with respect to the latest trends.
Can anyone
explain what makes a simple log table more appealing to many of us
than a finely carved mahogany
table? Is it merely a matter of style or taste? To be certain,
some log or rustic furniture pieces do not blend well with every
decorating theme, and few of us would place an Adirondack chair with
a Chippendale kneehole desk, but in many settings log furniture has
no equal.
In the
traditional sense, most furniture is made from wood (which is nothing
more than logs that have been "tamed"). However, log
furniture is the antithesis of most conventional furniture.
Traditional furniture makers favor pristine wood planks without knots
or blemishes, while log furniture builders emphasize knots, diseased
patches and even tree bark.
Oftentimes
conventional furniture will feature graceful lines and delicate legs,
while log designs boast thick, powerful verticals and cross members.
Log furniture makers often rely on hand tools more than machines. The
drawknife and spokeshave are essential tools used to peel logs and
make tenons. Handsaws, chisels, hatchets and other hand tools are
found in every log furniture crafter's workshop.
Log
furniture is practical and it stirs our appreciation of human
genius and resourcefulness. Unlike conventional mass-produced
furniture, log furniture is particularly distinctive in that no two
pieces look the same. The uniqueness of the logs and slabs ensure
that every piece presents a singular appearance. Log furniture is a
form of natural, hand-made freeform art. |