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What we envision when we hear the word "wicker furniture"? Grandma's rocking chair or an old trunk of the vine? In fact, selection of wicker furniture is huge, it includes an incredible number of things: from the trays and lamps to sofas and cabinets in various styles, trends, colors. Designers have realized that natural wicker furniture creates a relaxing atmosphere a city apartment and a country house that she is capable of even in the interior of the hard high-tech style to make a warm, soft and cozy.

Furniture for the apartment or country house can be woven from different materials: of willow or hazel twigs, bamboo, straw, reeds, and even from rubber trees and water hyacinth. However, finding interior of these materials in our market is quite difficult. But the most popular and practical in terms of exploitation shall be considered furniture from tropical lianas, which is called rattan.

Rattan - is both durable and flexible on the structure of the material. Unlike rattan vines can be long and uniform in thickness of the workpiece. Therefore, the quality furniture you can not find the connections. If you decide to purchase large wicker furniture, be sure to check the existence of an internal skeleton. Thanks to him wicker furniture retains its shape. And be sure to ask the seller what you chose is covered with varnish thing. According to the rules it must be water-based varnish, which will allow the furniture to breathe.

Do not be afraid to decorate the interior of the wicker furniture! If you choose for the walls bright wallpaper and paint on the window to hang lightweight transparent tulle, buy a pair of lush potted plants, and to place on the shelves of souvenirs from trips, you get an interior in the style of the hotel on a tropical resort. Prefer eternal classics? A traditional rocking chair and an elegant dresser will come in handy here. Furniture of unusual shape perfectly complement the interior in the style of pop art, modern or Contemporary.

In city apartments, wicker furniture, "registered" by Italian designers. They sought to saturate the market in Europe accessible and beautiful furnishings. At the same time formed, and a modern urban look "Braids" by the combination of tubular steel frame with a lightweight and durable woven fabric. A distinctive feature of modern design was a combination of wicker furniture in one subject of several materials: metal, solid wood, leather and even glass.

If you are not ready for radical changes in the interior, you can pick up a piece that will attract attention (the chandelier, floor lamp, ottoman). If over time you will find that you like it more, feel free to buy larger pieces of furniture.

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