Furniture Rentals

Although usually displayed and photographed in isolation, furniture is in fact, rarely seen in the flattering open space of the art gallery. Furniture rentals is intended to be used a component of a living space in relation to other pieces. It has to function and work visually with other items around it; relating almost in the way clothes do when one dresses either for everyday or for a particular occasion. Furniture could almost be seen as clothing for our homes, with each room having a function to fulfill. If this is so, it follows that if furniture is the clothing then lighting and art the accessories and jewelry.

As with clothing, the agenda for furnishing our homes is as much about our own self-expression as keeping warm and feeling comfortable. Fashions continually change and there are many magazines dedicated to keep you informed of the latest furnishing vogues and which designer is doing what. The fashion designer/stylist Ralph Lauren, for example, now influences the style of home furnishings as much as clothing. It seems that no fashion label, from Gucci to Banana Republic, now feels fully dressed without launching its own home-style collection.

There are classics too, which seem to be perennial as Channels ‘little black dress’ or Levi jeans. For instance Charles and Ray Eame’s lounge chair and ottoman and Michel Thonet’s Bentwood chairs are forever being rediscovered by new generations of furniture buyers. The commonality with classics seems to be that they all seem to spend more time in fashion than out. The reality is that clothing and home fashions are now becoming more and more inextricably linked under the broad umbrella of fashion called lifestyle. There is however one major difference between clothing and furniture. Ask yourself how much you would expect to spend on an evening out, how much on a pair of training shoes, how much on a chair. How long will the benefit of these each last

A good night out or a pair of the latest trainers may cost about the same as, say, a Phillipe Starck dining chair. In five years, although no longer new you may be still happy with the chair; in five months the trainers may be discarded at the back of a cupboard; in five days that night out is already becoming a distant memory. The fact is that the furniture fashions move at a slower pace and the benefits of a well-designed piece of furniture can be a pleasure and treasure of a lifetime.

Our choice of furniture rentals and the way we use and arrange it is what makes a house into our home. Yet home decoration is more than satiating our inner nest building needs: it’s also another subliminal means of our self-expression- establishing our identity and reminding ourselves as well as communicating to others who we are, what we like and even which social set we subscribe to. Our homes become an inevitable extension to our identity.

Technology has also had a fundamental and permanent impact on the way we live and organize our homes. Houses were traditionally built around a very different social structure, which did not encompass central heating, television and prepared meals ready for the microwave. What domestic central heating has bought us is an environment that does not require us to build fires for heat. The results of this are homes that are both cleaner and warmer; we can have fitted carpets and flexible open spaces without draughts, thereby allowing more space for larger pieces of furniture.

The way we work and the way we live are also changing, the knock-on effect of this being a change in the way we use our homes. The social landscape is in flux, and so, too, our relationship with our home environment. Contemporary furniture designers are fully aware of this tolerance of individuality and it is reflected in the spectrum of diversity of their approach. Never before in history has there been so much collective freedom to choose from so many accessible environmental styles to put together the home that feels right for us and our aspirations.

The choice of furniture rentals and the way it is arranged can have a dramatic effect on an otherwise indifferent space. When first considering the space to be furnished, you need to decide the style that suits both your personality and that of the room. The most important practical considerations are the functional use, cost, quality, and aesthetic impact on the rest of the environment, closely followed by whether it will exposed to hordes of sticky fingered children.

This all sounds deceptively simple, but rarely do people have the opportunity of starting completely from scratch. More often there is a nucleus of inherited items, which will need careful editing. Decide which pieces you really love and what you will do with the things you don’t dump. Consider your lifestyle and aspirations, and what you want the room to say. Do you want it formal or comfortable Will you want to entertain much How many people will use the room and for what purpose

In the sphere of furniture, the chair should be viewed as a special case. In essence, it is no more than a simple stool with a backrest, fulfilling the most basic human need to rest. It is also an icon- the designer’s equivalent of the artist’s self-portrait. It is now as feasible to collect contemporary chairs from different designers, as it is to collect paintings, the advantage being that a well-designed chair is both beautiful and supremely practical.

If designers are willing to put their names to a particular product, they must be convinced that the end quality of both the design construction and finish reflects the values of the brand that they, as leading designers, are wishing to establish. Recognized brand manufacturers such as Cassina and Vitra also play an important role because they realize that their already excellent manufacturing quality can have added value with good innovative design. There is no doubt that some multiple retailers also offer superb finishing style at excellent prices.

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