Wicker for Indoor Furniture and Décor
Roy Thomsitt
June 28, 2008
If you think wicker is only used for the outdoors, think again, as today, there are an incredible number of items and a wide array of different pieces of furniture to choose from for furnishing and decorating the inside of your home.
The benefits of using wicker for furniture and decorative pieces are numerous as the material is durable, but yet lightweight as well, making it simple to rearrange the look of a room without the need for straining any muscles, and, wicker is also rather easy to care for.
Wicker is reasonably priced as the materials used are generally inexpensive, offsetting the cost with the craftsmanship needed to create the intricately woven pieces in any number of shapes and sizes. For the absolute highest quality wicker, look for what is known as A-grade natural wicker, which indicates that the best materials were used and the utmost attention to detail was involved in creating the piece.
Natural wicker for indoor furniture and the like is available in anywhere from two to five colors depending on where the piece was made. If you're interested in more color choices, pieces with resin finishes that are typically used for the out of doors are available in more colors and shades including black, greens, and several that resemble different types of natural wood finishes.
Wicker and Its Many Decorative Uses
Virtually any room or area of the house can be furnished with products made from wicker. For the living and dining rooms, choose from complete dining sets, chairs, tables, étagère style pieces, bars, love seats, sofas, stools, ottomans, coffee and end tables, and a host of miscellaneous carts and stands. Most pieces of quality-made wicker furniture will feature a base or frame made from hardwood or rattan in order to increase stability as well as the weight of the piece.
For the bathrooms and bedrooms, there are nightstands, cabinets, mirrors, dressers, chests, vanities, both foot and headboards, chairs, lamps, storage trunks, hampers, bassinets, cribs, and rocking chairs for the little ones, and even carpeting for the floor made from wicker, which is usually used outdoors in patios or indoors in sunrooms and enclosed porches.
And, for bringing even more of the outdoors in, planters made from wicker are the perfect accessory for any room of the home. Wicker Planters are available for the home, in just about any style, design, size, and shape you could think of. There are larger wicker planters with built-in shelves for displaying many plants in one space with removable liners, and smaller ones that fit nicely in the corner of any room. Many feature either a flat surface on top for using plants with decorative containers, as well as those that the plants fit neatly down inside, eliminating the need for a nice container or planter.
With wicker, the choices really are limitless as you can completely redo the entire house, or limit the natural, environmentally-friendly material to one or two rooms. Whichever you decide to do, you can rest assured that there are plenty of selections with everything from accent tables to complete living room sets to choose from.
The benefits of using wicker for furniture and decorative pieces are numerous as the material is durable, but yet lightweight as well, making it simple to rearrange the look of a room without the need for straining any muscles, and, wicker is also rather easy to care for.
Wicker is reasonably priced as the materials used are generally inexpensive, offsetting the cost with the craftsmanship needed to create the intricately woven pieces in any number of shapes and sizes. For the absolute highest quality wicker, look for what is known as A-grade natural wicker, which indicates that the best materials were used and the utmost attention to detail was involved in creating the piece.
Natural wicker for indoor furniture and the like is available in anywhere from two to five colors depending on where the piece was made. If you're interested in more color choices, pieces with resin finishes that are typically used for the out of doors are available in more colors and shades including black, greens, and several that resemble different types of natural wood finishes.
Wicker and Its Many Decorative Uses
Virtually any room or area of the house can be furnished with products made from wicker. For the living and dining rooms, choose from complete dining sets, chairs, tables, étagère style pieces, bars, love seats, sofas, stools, ottomans, coffee and end tables, and a host of miscellaneous carts and stands. Most pieces of quality-made wicker furniture will feature a base or frame made from hardwood or rattan in order to increase stability as well as the weight of the piece.
For the bathrooms and bedrooms, there are nightstands, cabinets, mirrors, dressers, chests, vanities, both foot and headboards, chairs, lamps, storage trunks, hampers, bassinets, cribs, and rocking chairs for the little ones, and even carpeting for the floor made from wicker, which is usually used outdoors in patios or indoors in sunrooms and enclosed porches.
And, for bringing even more of the outdoors in, planters made from wicker are the perfect accessory for any room of the home. Wicker Planters are available for the home, in just about any style, design, size, and shape you could think of. There are larger wicker planters with built-in shelves for displaying many plants in one space with removable liners, and smaller ones that fit nicely in the corner of any room. Many feature either a flat surface on top for using plants with decorative containers, as well as those that the plants fit neatly down inside, eliminating the need for a nice container or planter.
With wicker, the choices really are limitless as you can completely redo the entire house, or limit the natural, environmentally-friendly material to one or two rooms. Whichever you decide to do, you can rest assured that there are plenty of selections with everything from accent tables to complete living room sets to choose from.