Upgrading your Home’s Look and Feel with Chic Furniture

Posted by admin in Furniture and Fixture, House and Home, House Tips on 14-07-2012

Every once and while, the same old stuff we have at home can become dull and boring to look at. After some time, your furniture can look outdated and tasteless. When you start feeling uncomfortable with your furniture, you need to upgrade the look of your home and make it more welcoming once more. Choosing the type of furniture style is usually the dilemma of many homeowners who wish to re-furnish their homes with more updated and stylish-looking set.

There are contemporary pieces and traditional looking set that can go with whatever style and theme you have in your home. In choosing a style, keep in mind that these pieces are going to be with you for quite a time, so don’t just go for what’s on trend at the moment. One furniture type which many designers are looking into is the shabby chic furniture look. For those who are unfamiliar with this type of style, simply think of French white-inspired furniture look. They can also be antique looking drawers, cupboards, side tables and beautiful lamps. You can find shabby chic furniture that can fit any re-decoration needs for your bedroom or living room.

Sometimes the best way to get this type of furniture look is to scour thrift and antique shops. Creative homeowners can also re-furbish and restore old furniture from the Salvation Army. These steps can be a little tiresome as you’d probably cover countless thrift shops and antique stores before you can find a pretty fit furniture piece. Luckily, there are now reputable stores that carry shabby chic furniture that allows home designers to create a stylishly chic upgrade for your homes.

Shabby chic furniture imparts a French air that is refreshing and royally stylish without looking outdated. It adds more style and character to any room and appears somewhere between the contemporary and traditional furniture set. But of course, this style might not please everyone’s tastes, but adding a few pieces here and there can actually make a lot of difference. If you don’t want to over haul your whole home design, you can simply do this trick and make shabby chic furniture as statement furniture in your living room corner or in your bedroom.

Knowing simple furniture style designs can help you inject the right amount of drama that will significantly change the appearance of your rooms. So check out the different furniture style that you can use in your upgrade and enjoy the fruits of your shopping!

 

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I always love home magazines especially featuring chic furnitures that can jazz up a house for a cozy and fabulous feel. Someday, I hope to have my own dream house with such interior designs and fixtures. :)
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HI Tin dropping by here :)
Me, I always love minimalist one, they don’t occupy much space and they blend well with some unmovable pieces in any house..
Vernz@ Woman elan vital recently posted..WEEK IN ACCESSORY: MY EVIL EYE RING ALL THE WAY FROM MYKONOS

i love re-purposed furniture! breathing new life and purpose into old antique pieces add a new dimension to an otherwise boring room :)
Laya Isabelle Garcellano Florendo recently posted..15 Things That Make Me Happy

I also fancy the shabby chic type of furniture. It gives life to an otherwise dreary home

that’s true. it get’s dull seeing the same old furniture in our home but once we stained it into a fresh and new different paint it’ll give the kind of stylish home you’d like to have. what my husband do, he’ll sand it and paint a different color to make it look new.
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Anything that makes things wider int he house always been the thing on me.
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I like contemporary and traditional furniture. However, I still cannot buy as of now because we haven’t move to our own home yet.
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I love chic furniture especially it is customized customized to give more comfort to the family and a new look to the living room.
Rovie recently posted..Thank You and Goodbye Mang Dolpy

Me too! I love decorating our home and experimenting on all sorts of furniture. That’s why I liking tuning in on Colours kasi lahat ng shows dun puro about home makeover from kitchen to bathroom, etc.
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i love contemporary and minimalist design. my hubby and i are looking for a house to rent and we found one that’s to my liking. i hope we can get it. i don’t like the classical look. they’re too “kingly” and “queenly” hehehehe..
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I would love to get some new furniture :) Thanks for the tips. Have a great day!
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I love classic furniture… but sad to say mine were washed out by sendong…huhuhuhuhu
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