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The technique of making wicker furniture and household items from a variety of natural materials known to people since time immemorial. In the cultural heritage of many peoples basketry occupy a worthy place.
The vines, creepers, reeds and straw, which were for centuries an assistant available raw materials for furniture making, entering into fashion in the early X? The tenth century, began a highly valued, and products of them became an obligatory attribute of country houses and fashionable shops.
Today, at the next stage in history, wicker furniture again gained enormous popularity. Different types of wicker furniture can be found both on the cottage porches, and a large living room Jacksonville apartment.
The method of weaving can be produced various items of furniture: sofas, armchairs, chairs, padded stools, stools, tables and coffee tables, beds and even bedside. Originally wicker furniture was perceived as an element of the situation of a country house, so most were distributed chairs and stools, as well as whole sets for the holidays (an alternative to upholstered furniture).
Compared with furniture made from traditional materials: wood, metal, etc. - Wicker furniture has several advantages.

Wicker furniture

Wicker furniture is usually made by hand from environmentally friendly materials, so useful for health, and its production does not harm the environment.
It is very durable and water resistant (especially if it spun a true master of high quality raw materials), and will last for 10-15 years longer than wood furniture.
Wicker furniture does not require expensive means of care. It is important to regularly brush off the dust with a soft brush to openings between the bars he was beaten with dust, and several times a year braiding wet water with a sponge, preventing cracking.
It has a small weight, so it is easy to move from place to place. This is very handy when cleaning the house, in addition, you can often do permutation.
Having a nice warm color and the original, a little "rustic" design, this furniture promotes proper rest and improve mood. Even on a cold winter day patterns of weaving all too reminiscent of the summer at the dacha.

Modern technologies and trends in furniture fashion have left their mark on the appearance and consumer quality wicker furniture. Thus, the raw material for the production of such furniture can be treated with special chemical compounds that help natural materials acquire greater strength and water resistance.
The current fashion for mobile furniture was reflected in the design of woven products. Many items are equipped with wheels, which are partially or completely replace the leg-support and simplify the process of moving furniture from place to place. Wheels can be metal (brass, bronze, steel or aluminum), and wood.
The new trend of design wicker furniture - a combination of different materials in one product. For example, a coffee table on a wicker ground may be a glass lid. Various types of braiding can be used as a facade finish cabinets (made from wood stoves or solid wood), sides of sofas, decorative elements of interior partitions, etc.
In order to make furniture out of twigs or vines some softness, its complement comfortable cushions, which are used in seats and in the backs of sofas, armchairs, chairs and pouffes. These pillows are, in turn, removable covers made of cloth, and they can easily wash and iron
The most common materials for making wicker furniture - willow (as a vine), and rattan. The first of them cheaper and more accessible (if you remember wicker baskets), the second - expensive, but elegant and stylish.
Thus, domestic living room furniture from willow twigs, consisting of a sofa, two armchairs and a coffee table, it is worth several thousand rubles. Price of a similar set of rattan, manufactured abroad, may be $700-1000. As for the living room and bedroom suites of well-known Western European manufacturers, their value could reach $3000-10000.