Benefits of White Furniture in Home Interior

Thomas Bradford
5 min readJun 12, 2017

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Just want to note that white furniture in interiors become popular in the last 10–15 years. This is because of its seemingly impracticality at first glance. However, this article will show the other side of white furniture and that it is not only beautiful, stylish, but also practical. And if you will properly take care of it, the furniture will serve you for a very long time.

Features of white furniture

· Purity of colors and shapes. Because of this feature, white furniture is popular among home owners.

· The illusion of volume. Both walls and furniture in white color help to visually expand the room and make space more than it is.

· Comfort. White furniture is incredibly cozy, for example, large white sofas.

· Practicality. In fact, dust is more visible on black color than on white. On white furniture, dust is appear much later than on dark ones. Additionally, white color does not scare of dry-cleaning.

White furniture in Bedroom

White color is traditional for the bedroom. It creates a sense of purity, lightness and airiness. Such bedroom is favorable and worth attention. It can delight everyone’s heart. Hence, you can make your dreams become real as there are a huge selections of white furniture that will be perfect for any purpose. You can decorate the whole bedroom in white up to the walls and ceiling, or you can play in a slight contrast, using a colored background (walls, floor) and white furniture. In concerns a bedroom, it is best to emphasize its elegance with the help of delicate pastel colors: pink, mint, beige, yellow.

It may seem that in a snow-white color the bedroom looks like a hotel room or a hospital room. In this case, paint the walls with white paint, but with warm undertones, then the whole room will shine with warmth and comfort. Materials in white, from which furniture for the bedroom is made, are very different; from MDF to natural wood, painted with white paint.

White furniture in Living Room

The white living room looks especially solemn and magnificent. This is promoted by the corresponding light furniture, which organically looks in any style: classic, modern, minimalism, romanticism. Also you can put in the living room a large white piano, or install a white fireplace, and starting from them create a luxurious rich interior in white.

The choice of white furniture for the living room is very large. Traditional will be white armchairs and sofas, which can easily add chic even to the most simple interior design. There is one more feature of white color: the more different textures and materials in white, the more stylish and filled the interior looks. Also, white furniture in the living room looks great on a contrasting background: a dark wooden floor and white sofas and wardrobes, dark walls and light furniture on it.

Notice how luxuriously the combination of dark wood and white furniture looks. By the way, this is a traditional combination for interiors of large liners and yachts.

White furniture in Dining Room and Kitchen

In order for each hostess to love her kitchen, you need to create a coziness and beauty in it. And white furniture is ideal for this purpose. Scandinavian style of kitchen or dining room is the most traditional example of the assembling of kitchen and dining room white furniture. But do not think that white kitchen furniture is only simple and ascetic. There is a huge amount of beautiful, luxurious furniture with crystal handles, for example.

White color for the kitchen is universal. Note also that you have a spectrum of several shades of white that will be good for the kitchen: snow white, milky white, vanilla white. Various contrast accessories will help you: from kitchen utensils to paintings and flowers in pots or vases.

White furniture in Nursery

White furniture will be a win-win option for the nursery. Especially when a child is under 5 years old, when he or she does not yet have a formed concept of style or preferences. Later you can determinate with their wish of decorating their room.

In the meantime, a white bed, a chest and a closet are the most successful acquisitions for a nursery. You can give a flight of fantasy in the decor of walls, floors and when choosing textiles. In addition, there is a large number of different sets for children’s creativity, with which you can create different pictures, sculptures and other items that will add colors to the children’s room.

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