Saturday, July 24, 2010

What is Traditional?

Traditional Design can be one of the most misunderstood of the four main design themes. It is made from classic elements that can incorporate carving and often exotic woods or finishes. Plush fabrics, often used in combinations even mixing leather and fabric. As with Contemporary, it is open to personal interpretation.



By its name alone, Traditional design should look to the past and re-interpret design in a way familiar, yet new. However this can become diluted and the graceful, elegant models that inspired the piece can translate into bulky disproportionate examples. We all know that big rooms need big furniture, more often than not, traditional designs meet this requirement. Many succesful rooms are created with this category of design, for a softer look we may consider "Transitional Design".









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