Wicker Bedroom Furniture: A Novel Approach


by Jared Winston - Date: 2007-04-24 - Word Count: 530 Share This!

When it comes to the subject of home décor, there are some things that are often associated with a specific function. For instance, people tend to use things like ceramic tiling pretty much only in bathrooms and kitchens, and there are perfectly good reasons behind this. Tile is often much more resistant to the sorts of conditions they are likely to be put through in a kitchen or bathroom than most other types of wall material are, for instance. However, tile is generally impractical for the less rugged areas of the house, like a living room. In some cases, though, this tendency can cause people to miss the potential that some things have outside of their 'normal' environment. Take wicker furniture, for instance.

The most common use for wicker furniture is in places such as porches and patios. However, that does not have to be the limit of the use of wicker. Wicker bedroom furniture is a perfect example of this broadening of horizons. While it may be a bit off of the beaten path, wicker bedroom furniture has a number of very advantageous features that may just have you wandering off the beaten path as well.

One of the greatest advantages of wicker bedroom furniture is the atmosphere that it provides. Wicker has a kind of simple, natural beauty to it that brings thoughts of country homes and the rural charm that seems to reach nearly anyone. This atmosphere is conveyed better by wicker furniture than by perhaps any other style of furniture (with the possible exception of furniture made from raw wood, although that has more of a frontier charm than a country charm.)

This style has been proven over time to be an excellent direction to go in with bedroom décor. In fact, different variations on this thee have been some of the most popular ways to do bedrooms for decades. However, there is a notable disadvantage to using wicker furniture in your bedroom: you are pretty much stuck with a country or rustic decor style, as wicker furniture does not really work particularly well in any other sort of style, tending to seem altogether out of place in more modern or edgy décor.

While that disadvantage may seem significant, it is not quite as limiting as it may initially seem. Wicker is a surprisingly flexible material for making furniture, which means that wicker bedroom furniture is available in a number of different styles. In addition to that, you can find a huge number of different pieces of furniture made out of wicker, ranging from your basic wicker chairs to the much more complex and elaborate wicker bed frames. Whatever type of wicker bedroom furniture you choose, though, you should be careful not to go overboard with it. Wicker has a tendency to become rather boring looking in large amounts, as your bedroom will begin to look homogenous and uninteresting. As such, you would do well to space your pieces of wicker furniture apart, so it is a bit more broken up.

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