Rattan Sofa

When moving in to a new home or changing your existing furniture in your living room it is essential to plan with an ideal design in mind. One needs to consider the placement of key furniture pieces as they can differentiate between a mediocre or a well placed setting. A case in point is the primary furniture item in the living room which is generally speaking your sofa set. The sofa is important because when visitors enter into the living room it is the initial big furniture component that visitors get to face and sit in. To put into perspective it represents the main focus of attraction in the room. Due to its strategic significance one needs to be extra careful when selecting the correct sofa. The wrong selection can mean derailing the entire setting out of place.

The choice of a suitable sofa selection is even more difficult with the wide variety that is available in the marketplace nowadays. Apart from leather sofa there is also fabric based sofa, wooden sofa furniture, and even lately synthetic material based sofa. There is also rattan or sometimes it is also known as cane sofa for those who look for something specially unique and exotic. The key material in making rattan sofa is rattan vine. It is basically a very sturdy and durable plant fibre like material found in the tropical countries like Malaysia and Indonesia. Rattan sofa is generally more competitively priced than the other sofas,especially when compared to leather due to the cheaper labour cost in those countries.

Even though rattan sofa is more affordable the quality and finishing is second to none. In fact many home owners have discovered rattan furniture easy to maintain, elegant looking and can easily blend well with most surroundings and decor. The other unique attribute of a rattan sofa is its durability with a lifespan of at least ten to twenty years or even longer if properly maintained. A furniture is only as good it's comfort level and relaxing nature and this the rattan sofa does not disappoint.

If rattan sofa is indeed the choice of your selection there are generally two combination types of rattan living room sets that you can position in the living room. One combination type can be a 3 seater with two single armchairs plus a centre table and a smaller side table. The other popular combination is a 3 seater settee, two single seater armchairs with a centre coffee table and two side tables. From these two main combinations there are a huge variety of designs and sizes to choose from. One can select from the old colonial designs to the more modern contemporary ones using wicker cane. As far as colour is concerned one can opt for the traditional natural finish which is light yellowish or by taking out the skin of the rattan a variety of stained colour finishing from white to green or brown can be obtained. With the wide variety of finishing that rattan sofa sets can have they have yet another distinct advantage and flexibility over wooden and other types of furnishing for enriching your living room comfort.

CREDIT TO  Robert Chen