Traditional bedroom furniture can lend a feeling of stability to the bedroom environment.
Traditional bedroom furniture styles can provide a sense of history, creating a link between centuries past and the present. That sense of history and connection with the past may prove comforting and conducive to rest and sleep. Choosing furnishings in a single style can also add harmony to the space. Traditional bedroom furniture styles include French Provincial, British Colonial and Louis Philippe.
French Provincial
Provence is a rural area in the south of France well known not only for its gracious, comfortable home decorating style, but also for distinctive food and fabrics. The French Provencal, or French Provincial, style of home furnishings may also be referred to more broadly as French Country. French Provincial bedroom furniture in the United States is generally available in shades of antique white, bone or cream, but can be found in dark wood colors. The furniture style is distinguished by sensuously curved paneling, naturalistic carvings and gilt or gilt-look detailing.The French Provincial style adds grace, romance and elegance to the bedroom environment, according to Kwintessential.com.
British Colonial
The British Colonial furniture style derives from the period of Great Britain's far-reaching territorial acquisition and colonization, the 1600s and 1700s, according to HGTV.com. The style is characterized by dark woods found in the Caribbean, such as mahogany. Bed designs typically offer a solid, weighty, majestic look. Beds may be four-poster or daybed style with simple carvings and curved, tapered posts. Tables, desks and chairs include decorative, carved trim and variously styled feet.
Louis Philippe
The last king to reign in France lends his name to a popular traditional bedroom furniture style. The style Louis Philippe is noted for "graceful shaping and balanced scale, cabriole legs and key escutcheon hardware," according to StanleyFurniture.com. It is also characterized by dark wood, such as cherry, walnut or mahogany, and a lack of ornamentation. Beds are typically sleigh design. Tabletops are often fabricated in marble.
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