Choosing the Right Dining Furniture


by Sarika Kabra - Date: 2007-06-06 - Word Count: 566 Share This!

Do you want to invite your close friends and buddies over an extended weekend for a good time together? Want your dining furniture to look special and inviting for the event? Do you feel enamored by the glitzy and flashy dining tables and dining room chairs used in fine dining places and joints? Well, you too can have that look and ambience if you spend a little bit of time and make a wee bit of effort while choosing your dining set for your dream home.

There are a number of little things that you need to keep in mind while choosing your dining set. The showroom, price, look and finish, make, durability factor, maintenance requirements, color scheme- all are important considerations in making your decision.

Perhaps you can take a cue from the overall color scheme of your sweet home and your other items of furniture such as drawing room furniture, bedroom set and so on. Your dining set should complement and enhance the overall look of the place

Your dining furniture may be contemporary or ethnic. It may be branded or customized. It may be having a designer label or bought from the local discount stores. It should, however, satisfy one condition. It should go well with the overall scheme of things. For example if you have given a traditional and ethnic look to your drawing room, it makes more sense to have the same touch at your dining place. While one may argue that variety is the spice of life and different style may look jazzier, having wooden and cane furniture in your drawing room and wrought iron in the dining room does not speak very highly of aesthetic sense.

If you are going in for expensive teakwood dining room set which is one of its kinds in the neighborhood, you need to take a little bit of extra care. When buying exclusive furniture, always prefer the branded stores. This way you need not worry about the being cheated when you are shelling out top dollars.

You also need to take proper care of your exclusive wooden furniture. Dust and humidity are the biggest enemies of your prized possession. So dusting and cleaning are very much required on a regular basis. Polishing and varnishing once every two years will keep your furniture in good shape for years together.

If you are going for wrought iron furniture, make sure that it is free from rust. Do not forget to sandpaper the rust as soon you see a trace of it. If left attended, it may lead to serious deterioration in the longer run. Wrought iron furniture is strong and durable and is also value for money. It is also easy to maintain and clean. Just make sure that you keep it away from corrosion and also get it coated for all weather resistance.

Your dining room furniture is a reflection of your aesthetic sense. The more time you spend in choosing the dining set for you, the more you will cherish seeing it, adoring it and using it while dining with your family and friends.

In fact a few of the modern and friendly stores allow you to choose your own style and finish while finalizing the deal. You can zero in on your choice of color, paint, style and overall look of your dining set. This will make your furniture select and exclusive, giving a unique look to your home.


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The author collects Amish handcrafted furniture items. You can buy custom-built dining room furniture from online stores. Always use a table pad to protect your table top surface.

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