Oriental furniture can help to create a wonderful oriental themed kitchen, where East meets West. The look can be dramatic or subtle, depending on your colour scheme, choice of accessories and kitchen furniture.
Feng Shui is a well known practice of organising your home to improve one's mental health by clearing the atmosphere of negative spirits. Feng Shui enables us to live in harmony with our environment which is particularly important when it comes to your living room. The Nine Schools' furniture is crafted with the principle of Feng Shui in mind and each piece of oriental furniture will help you to create the perfect balance of activity and calm in your living room.
Your bedroom is your sanctuary, and one of the places in your home where you should be able to relax, enjoy and feel invigorated. Investing in good quality pieces of oriental furniture will help you create a look that is both inspired by ancient traditions but still contemporary.
Today, oriental furniture is prized for its beautiful, aesthetic appearance that gives any room an air of sophistication from far-away lands. However, many people don’t realise that these designs that give Chinese furniture its characteristic look have deeper cultural significance through symbolism. Here's a quick guide to what some of the more common symbols represent: Dragons Dragons are instantly recognised as a symbol of China, playing an important role in the country’s mythology and folklore. They are not only an imperial symbol of authority, but also represent power, most notably in the form of controlling water, storms, and floods. In the past, Chinese emperors were thought of as sons of dragons and therefore ordinary citizens could not use the dragon...
From the neutral calm of Japanese zen to the richness and complexity of a Chinese lacquered cabinet, influences from the rich cultures of the East have had a profound effect on our interior design. Oriental interiors have long exerted an influence on the Western imagination, and have inspired our love of neutrals, Chinese furniture and understated and minimal design.
