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Mediterranean Furniture 101 by Greame Stephens
Nothing can quite beat the satisfaction that comes from decorating your well earned dwelling. A real hobbyist person is ready to take all the troubles, in the form of efforts as well as money, to decorate his house for good. And if he/she wants a theme house, then all the excitement about it is sure to get redefined. One such excellent themes for home furniture is the Mediterranean furniture theme, which is a classy, warm and attractive form of home decorating. It is one of the most influential form of interior decorating that many people are interested in. There is something mystical and magical in the way the Mediterranean style furniture is arranged and used. It is the perfect blend of many old world home decor styles from Italy to Tuscany, from France to Spain and from Morocco to Greece. Well, after all this praising, let’s head straight towards finding the basic features and specialties of this unique form of furniture.
Mediterranean Furniture Design Ideas
The first and the best thing about this specific type of furniture is that you don’t need to match these furniture article, but you can create a great combination inside your house, using contrasting furniture articles. When shopping for Mediterranean interior design ideas, search for distressed wood, rustic and antique looking home decor items. Once, you get all the materials that give you a Mediterranean feel, then you can easily turn your regular contemporary dwelling into a classic Mediterranean house.
Mediterranean Living Room Furniture
Let’s start from the living room decoration with help of Mediterranean furniture articles. There are plenty of things to do, to bring forward your windswept feelings about Mediterranean interior decoration. Contemporary Mediterranean furniture style is all about simplicity, subtlety, and brightness. You can opt for bright colored, textured walls, sheer and subtle curtains and stylish accents like Fez lantern, star throw pillows, etc. You can also add the famous Moorish ceiling, Moroccan front door, large windows, typical Mediterranean furniture accessories like Farah table, Arabesque mirror, Alexandria vase, and get a perfect Mediterranean living room. Another decorating idea for living room can be to paint the interior walls with Venetian plaster and paint them in bright and distinct Mediterranean colors that will complement the entire Mediterranean mood of the living room.
Mediterranean Dining Room Furniture
First of all, understand the fact that Mediterranean kitchen and dining room is open to all and hence Mediterranean dining room furniture style should reflect the same casual approach, friendliness and Mediterranean hospitality. It is the reason why Mediterranean furniture for dining room should bear a large kitchen table, like a plank dining table which is suitable for at least 8 to 12 people to dine at a time. Collect antique furniture articles like rustic wood types and various articles of engraved metals, like bronze. However, make sure that there is a uniformity in it. For instance, you need to opt for matching wooden chairs for wooden dining table and metal chairs for a glass top dining table with wooden legs. You also need to makes sure that the dining room remains spacious, with less furniture and more creativity quotient for interior decorating. Place a rustic flower vase or large candles on the table, just to get that old world feel.
Mediterranean Bedroom Furniture
The perfect Mediterranean bedroom furniture setup includes a rustic poster bed, with its multi-framed foot-board and headboard, curved bed edges and other accents add to the Mediterranean style decorating of your bedroom. You may also like to add a wrought iron canopy to the bed to get that regal and cozy feel of Mediterranean furniture for bedroom. Along with a wooden bed, opt for wooden tall dresser, landscape mirror, dovetail drawers with exquisite nightstand, double door wooden dresser, gentleman’s chest, armoires or the stone top demilune chest, bed side bench or a wooden love seat, etc. If it is too much of an ask and if you have the budget, then you can simply opt for a full Mediterranean bedroom furniture set, that might be expensive but, perfect. Remember, that you need to purchase bedroom furniture with metal accents, heavy, polished and dark wood furniture and with short or curved legs.
Mediterranean Outdoor Furniture
Depending on your mood and budget, Mediterranean outdoor furniture or patio furniture can be functional to highly formal. You can follow Mediterranean decorating ideas of any region from Tuscany, France, Spain or Italy. In general, an ideal choice for Mediterranean style furniture for outdoors, galleries, terraces and patios would be larger usage of wrought iron outdoor furniture or teak wood furniture articles, terracotta tiles and other accessories, stucco walls, arched ceiling or walkways (if possible), elegant wall fountain, tropical plants like citrus and palms. Also plant some country rose bushes and other vines of fragrant and colorful species. You can also grow a herb garden that greatly compliments the French country style house. Also make it a point to use maximum light fixtures like distinct Mediterranean style lanterns and chandeliers. You can also opt for mosaic art, hand painted furniture, wall hangings etc. for your outdoors.
Make sure that you try to use warm colors that have a distinct Mediterranean feel, including colors like blue, royal blue, deep blue, lavender, orange, cornflower yellow, bright yellow, deep red, deep purple, pristine white, white, terracotta, etc. that are really popular colors to complement Mediterranean furniture. Developing Mediterranean style home can actually be an inexpensive affair, that requires patience and creativity.
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About the Author
Graeme Stephens has been running the largest owned carpet cleaning company in new Zealand for 24 years. IICRC qualified “master restoration technician
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