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It is important to note that there are those who spend a lot of money in their homes, creating their perfect haven, where they feel secure and where they spend a lot of time entertaining and taking care of their families and friends. There are many styles that people tend to choose from and of course, this does definitely depend a lot on the amount of money you can spend on some of the most amazing furniture and fixtures that you can find and how do people actually are able to decorate and renovate their homes in accordance to their tests and their budgets.
It is interesting to note that most people spend a lot of money in renovating their kitchens, as this is perhaps the most important room in the house. There are those who spend a lot on creating a sanctuary for themselves, whether they use this place as their study, of their fitness room or contemplation room as well.
Leaving the budget side of things aside, there are a few things you may not know about some furniture styles which can be very interesting to know and understand from the point of furniture and styles that have dominated the way how we decorate our homes over the centuries.
Egyptian style furniture
Western furniture has drawn its styles from some of the most ancient Egyptian pieces. There are more than 6000 pieces of all kinds of furniture that have been carved in wood giving these design very distinct characters. This is a kind of furniture that gives a very oriental look to your home and people tend to choose pieces as part of their theme and not the whole combination. The most common pieces of furniture that you will find in this trend would be the chests and stools, however, the Greeks favored the couch and the tripod and chairs with curved outlines.
The gothic furniture
This is a furniture style that is very much influenced by the Italian culture, and it is something very richly decorated and designed specifically for home interiors. France has always been considered to be a very strong centre of artistic styles that are considered solid, and rudely carved but that are at the same time simple and native to the influence of the French culture. Gothic furniture is famous all over the world and there are some very interesting designs that you will find in homes of the rich and the wealthy.
The English designs and their effects
The English styled furniture has definitely got its own characters to derive its style from. This kind of furniture is considered to be much lighter, the curves of the furniture are more define and delicate and the furniture itself is much more comfortable and cozy and it fits with any kind of dcor that you may have in your house. The cabinetwork that some of the English furniture makers have created in the last century is still very much alive and people tend to get drawn to its beauty and sense of stability.
You will be surprised to find that this is a kind of furniture that does not really lose its style. It is considered to be a favorite all over the world.
American Style furniture
The American furniture is basically an adaptation of the English furniture in woods that were easily available at the time when there was a great demand for Victorian style homes at the beginning of the 19th century. However, with the pass of time, these styles changed a lot and there was a lot of development into the production of machine made furniture. Woods like pine, maple, and cherry are very common and there are many other woods that can give the furniture its very simple and elegant look as well.
Bhutanese style foldable furniture
I am sure that you have not heard of this one. There is a workshop in Bhutan where one man workshop has come up with foldable tables that have been created without the usage of any kinds of nails, neither metal nor wood. This is something that needs to be checked out for you to believe it. How is this style going to fit in to anybody's home, is yet to be understood, however, this is definitely something that you can consider to be an amazing thing about styles.
The latest trends in the furniture styles are seen a lot of changes with people coming up with modern style furniture which is built out of metals and which has definitely got its own statements to be proud of. However, it is very difficult to predict whether the wooden furniture will ever be out of style as this is something that can be so grounding and elegant, and people will definitely spend more on these kinds of pieces.
