Posts Tagged ‘Wicker Chairs’

Why Wicker Furniture is Hip

Gen Wright asked:


What? You haven’t heard? Word on the ‘net is that wicker furniture is mad popular. To be hip is to be fashionably current. If we use that definition, wicker furniture is definitely hip.

If you look around during your day sometime you’re bound to see wicker furniture in all sorts of places. There’s something about the weave and the natural look of wicker furniture that just adds a bit of style to any location, be it a room inside the house or outdoors on a patio or deck.

Hipness is a state of mind. Owning wicker furniture takes a certain state of mind. It’s not for the posh conservative crowd. And they’re decidedly not hip in most circumstances.

If you’re really hip, you’ll know the difference between bamboo and rattan furniture. The differences are subtle, but they’re there to the carefully trained hipster eye.

Rattan furniture won’t make you hip, but it can be an expression of your hipness. If you’re on the same wavelength as me, that statement will make a lot of sense.

If you don’t understand that statement, maybe wicker furniture is out of your league. Then again, the wonders of wicker never cease in breaking down barriers of the squares, the tragically un-hip.

To the artistic, wicker can be seen as a representation of reality, of life itself. With the twisting and turning of the vines, or the side by side uniformity of other designs, the materials being weaves in and out of itself like the moments and people we all experience in our life each and every day.

An interesting thing to note about the hipness of wicker furniture is its longevity. It’s been around for a very, very long time and throughout the ages it’s been a hip sort of furniture for bohemians and the nine-to-fivers as well. This long lasting quality is just another indicator, albeit a strong one.

Imagine if you will a coffee shop filled with plastic chairs and plastic tables and plastic tasting coffee. Now, imagine that same coffee shop or diner with wicker chairs and wicker tables and wicked tasting coffee. Now, the wicker furniture won’t make the coffee taste better, but it adds to the overall atmosphere of the cafe, which can make even the worst coffee taste not so bad.

A hundred years from now, three thousand years from now, I imagine wicker furniture will still be hip. With such a long list of things going for it, such a crowd of people that like it, how could it not withstand a few more years of hipness?

There’s a riddle here. But maybe you’ve guessed it by now. That’s right. It’s not the wicker that makes itself hip, it’s those that observe and interact with it.


Dressing Up Your Bedroom With Wicker Furniture

Gen Wright asked:


Every once in a while, you may wish to make changes to the interior decor of your home. Your bedroom may be the most important room because for sure, you will be spending a lot of time in this personal room of yours. It makes sense to spend more time planning on how you can dress up your bedroom so that it looks pleasing to you whenever you enter the room. One way to dress up the room, is to consider replacing the furnishing in the room.

When it comes to furnishing, there are many types of furniture you can look at. You can consider buying wooden furniture, plastic furniture, or even wicker furniture. In this article, we will be emphasizing more on wicker furniture because many homeowners tend to neglect this beautiful furniture.

Wicker furniture always have the ability to transform any room or setting into one that is relaxing. That’s just the nature of wicker furniture. Perhaps that’s because it’s created from raw materials found in nature. You often see wicker furniture in holiday resorts, hotel rooms, lobbies, etc. The bedroom is a room for relaxation. That’s one reason why wicker furniture would be ideal for your bedroom.

In addition, if you bother to look hard enough, you will find that there is a wide variety of wicker furniture available in the market. The wicker process is a versatile method that can create almost any type of furniture. You will be able to buy wicker chairs, wicker tables, and even wicker beds. If you replace all the furnishing in your bedroom with wicker furniture, you can achieve a consistent theme that is unique.

Of course, you can still consider furniture made from other types of materials. But those are so common that it’s rather hard to achieve an exclusive look and feel.

When you dress your bedroom up with wicker furniture, not only will you enjoy the natural beauty of wicker furniture, you will also enjoy the comfort of the furniture. Wicker is a term used to describe the weaving process. You find that wicker furniture is very comfortable because the cane itself doesn’t trap heat. Therefore, you can spend long hours in the same piece of furniture without feeling uncomfortable. For example, many people like to read in wicker chairs because it’s so comfortable that they don’t need to get up. It is also not uncommon to find people falling asleep in wicker chairs!

If that still doesn’t convince you to take a serious look at wicker furniture, perhaps you may wish to consider more practical aspects. Wicker furniture is easy to maintain, and last for many years. The furniture can be placed both indoors and outdoors, and if it gets a little dirty, you can always use a slightly wet cloth to clean the furniture. Wicker furniture do not rot and rust. You also won’t find weeds, mold or algae growing on it unless you leave it in a damp, humid, and enclosed setting.