You might be about to embark on a spending spree to pick up lots of new pieces of furniture – perhaps because you are preparing to move into a new home or revamp your current one. This effectively positions you to make sure that your furniture choices are very 2018.
Yes, tropical jungle prints and metallic elements might have been fashionable last year, but what should you look for in furniture this year? Here are some aspects that are particularly “in”.
Wood you join the dark side?
Chances are that, if you bought wooden furniture during the last few years, you opted for pale, bleached pieces, the recent popularity of which has been fuelled by tastes for Scandinavian design.
However, retro glamour is returning this year – and dark woods are a big part of this emerging trend. If you are mulling over investing in furniture comprising such woods, keep an eye out for pieces the handles and legs of which comprise metals like gold and brass for a complementary touch.
Buy – and experiment with – artisan textures
If you get a lot of satisfaction out of running your fingers over the elaborate texture of soft furnishings, you are in good company this year. You could heed guidance from Ideal Home by choosing furniture that feels as though it has been handmade from materials like rattan and wicker.
By mixing and matching a range of textures and materials, you can create a visually pleasing effect. For example, modern lamps can look especially great when they combine marble and metal.
Why brass is top of the class
Yes, metallic elements are still fashionable; however, copper and rose gold have faded in popularity compared to last year. Brass, on the other hand, should be big in 2018 – and a big reason why is the luxury look that it can bring to furniture and, by extension, the home in which this furniture appears.
You don’t have to pour lots of money into bigger, pricy furniture items, however. With lighting, for example, you could tap into the brass trend by mixing this type of metal with marble.
Buy a “long-term lust-have”
There, we are quoting from Vogue, which cites this year as a good time to buy “the classic, quality (and often statement) pieces that you’ll love forever, and lug from home to home.”
What pieces exactly? This is up to you, but they could include fringed pieces, given how affection for fringing has discernibly taken hold among makers of cushions, curtains, lamps and mirrors.
Don’t forget furniture for the garden!
Ideal Home reports that UK sales of garden furniture, barbecues and accessories are forecast to yearly grow by 3% to 4% between now and 2021. Nonetheless, as this country’s weather is notoriously unpredictable, you might often need to take such furniture indoors.
Thankfully, a glass-based roof can let you continue enjoying garden scenery when you are indoors. It’s possible to arrange for installation of lantern roofs in Bristol and various other parts of the UK.
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