What is the difference between furniture, home, home furniture ah?

From the meaning of the word, furniture is the family with appliances; some places in order to call home furniture, that is, household sundries.

Exactly, furniture has a broad and narrow sense.

Broadly speaking, the furniture refers to the human being to maintain a normal life, engaged in production practices and social activities essential to a class of appliances.

Specialized furniture refers to life, work or social practice for people to sit, lie down or support and storage of a class of appliances and equipment

Furniture is not only a simple function of the material products, but also a widely popular popular art, it that is to meet some specific purposes, but also to meet the people to watch, so that people in the process of contact and use of a certain kind of aesthetic pleasure and The spiritual needs of the rich associations that are triggered by the process of contact and use.

So, furniture is both a material product, but also artistic creation, which is often said to be the dual characteristics of furniture.

The type, quantity, function, form, style and production level of furniture, as well as the possession of the time, but also reflects a country and region in a historical period of social life style, the level of social and material civilization, as well as historical and cultural characteristics.

Furniture is a symbol of the level of development of social productive forces in a country or region in a certain historical period, is the epitome of a certain way of life, is a certain cultural form of the manifestation of the furniture cohesion of the rich and profound social nature.

(B) the composition of furniture

Furniture is composed of four factors: material, structure, appearance and function, of which function is the precursor to promote the development of furniture; structure is the backbone of the realization of the function of the foundation. These four factors are interconnected and mutually restrictive. As furniture is designed and produced to meet the material needs of people and the use of certain purposes, furniture also has the function and appearance of the form of factors. The following describes the main content of these four elements and the relationship between each other.

1, materials

Materials are the material basis for the composition of furniture, in the history of the development of furniture, from the materials used for furniture can reflect the level of development of productive forces at that time. In addition to commonly used wood, metal, plastic, rattan, bamboo, glass, rubber, fabric, decorative panels, leather, sponge and so on. However, not any material can be applied to furniture production, the application of furniture materials also have a certain selectivity, which should mainly take into account the following factors.

(1) processing technology. Material processing technology directly affects the production of furniture. For wood materials, in the processing, to take into account the impact of its moisture and the resulting shrinkage, anisotropic fission and porous. Plastic materials should take into account its ductility, thermoplastic deformation, etc.. Glass materials should take into account its thermal brittleness, hardness and so on.

(2) texture and appearance quality. The texture and texture of the material determines the special feeling of the appearance quality of the product. Wood is a natural material, natural texture, beautiful, realistic image, feel good, and easy to process, coloring, is the production of furniture of superior materials. Plastic and its synthetic materials with simulation of a variety of natural materials, texture characteristics, and has good coloring properties, but it is easy to aging, easy to heat deformation, with the production of furniture, its service life and the use of the scope of restrictions.

(3) economy. Economy of furniture materials, including the price of materials, materials, processing labor consumption, material utilization and material sources of richness. Although wood has a natural texture and other advantages, but with the increase in demand, wood reserves are decreasing, resources are becoming increasingly scarce, and wood material similar, economical and beautiful materials will be widely used in the production of furniture.

(4) strength. Strength should be considered in terms of its grip and anti-splitting properties and modulus of elasticity.

(5) surface decorative properties. In general, the surface decorative properties refers to the feasibility of painting, gluing, carving, coloring, ironing, branding and other decorations.

2, structure

Structure refers to the furniture materials and components used in a certain combination and connection between the way, it is based on the use of a certain function of a structural system. It includes the intrinsic structure and extrinsic structure of furniture, the intrinsic structure refers to a certain combination of furniture parts and components, which depends on the changes in materials and the development of science and technology. Such as metal furniture, plastic furniture, rattan furniture, wooden furniture, etc. have their own structural characteristics.

In addition, the external structure of the furniture in direct contact with the user, it is a direct reflection of the appearance of the modeling, so the scale, proportion and shape must be adapted to the user. For example, the height of the seat surface, depth, back tilt angle of the chair can lift the sense of fatigue; and storage furniture in the user-friendly access to the premise of the items to be stored with the scale of the items to adapt. Designed according to this requirement of the external structure, but also for the aesthetic requirements of furniture to lay the foundation.

3, the appearance of the form

The appearance of the furniture form directly in front of the user, it is the function and structure of the visual performance. The appearance of furniture bloom depends on its structure, especially the outer structure. But there is no correspondence between the appearance form and structure, different appearance form can be used the same structure to show. Appearance form exists a greater degree of freedom, the combination of space has a considerable selectivity, such as the basic structure of the dresser are the same, but the appearance of the form of a variety of things.

The appearance of furniture as the external manifestation of the function of the form, but also has a cognitive function, therefore, has the information conveyance and symbolism; can also play its aesthetic function, so as to produce a certain mood atmosphere, the formation of a certain artistic effect, to give a person the enjoyment of beauty.

4, function

Any piece of furniture is designed and produced for a certain functional purpose. Therefore, the function constitutes the center of the furniture, is the precursor, is to promote the development of furniture power. In furniture design, the first should be from the perspective of function, the design of the object to analyze, and thus to determine the material structure and appearance of the form.

Generally speaking, the function of furniture products can be divided into four aspects, namely, technical function, economic function, use function and aesthetic function.

(C) Classification of furniture

l What are the types of furniture?

1, according to the furniture from the style can be divided into: modern furniture, European classical furniture, American furniture, Chinese classical furniture (that is, mahogany furniture), as well as the more popular in the last two years, neo-classical series of furniture and so on.

2, according to the material used in furniture is divided into: solid wood furniture, panel furniture, upholstered furniture, rattan furniture, bamboo furniture, steel furniture and other man-made materials made of furniture (such as glass furniture, marble furniture, etc.).

3, according to the function of furniture can be divided into: living room furniture, bedroom furniture, study furniture, kitchen furniture (equipment) and auxiliary furniture and other categories.

4, according to the grade of furniture products can be divided into: high-grade, medium-high grade, medium-grade, medium-low grade, low-grade.

How to distinguish the grade of the product? In fact, the main point is to look at the price, bedroom, sofa, bed can be divided from the price of medium-high and low-grade. For example, suite (5 pieces) from one or two thousand dollars to tens of thousands of dollars, then we set the price at 4,000 yuan below the low and medium-grade products, the price of 4,000 yuan - 8,000 yuan positioning mid-range products, the price of 8,000 yuan to 20,000 yuan to locate the medium and high grade products, 20,000 yuan above the positioning of high-grade products. But it is not set in stone, in fact, there is not a specific standard to accurately divide, just that we are familiar with the product, the natural positioning of the product. Another example is the positioning of the sofa grade, 2000 yuan for the low-grade, 2000-5000 is medium-grade, 5000-10000 is medium-high-grade, more than 10,000 yuan for high-grade. Bed in less than 1,000 yuan for the low-end, 1,000-4,000 yuan for the mid-range, 4,000 to 10,000 for the mid-range, more than 10,000 for high-grade.

5, the origin of the product is divided: can be divided into imported furniture and domestic furniture, that is, international brands and domestic brands, international brands in Shanghai is more, in Beijing is concentrated in the COFCO Plaza, to the Scandinavian style, Da. Finch, Fraser, Fukla and so on. But some international brands are also in the domestic production, to the British brand Chivas sofa is produced in Shenzhen. Currently in the domestic furniture should be the largest production base in Guangdong, the more well-known brands of domestic furniture produced in Shenzhen, Dongguan, Guangzhou, Zhongshan, Shunde, in March and August each year, the largest domestic furniture exhibition held here, when many of the domestic furniture manufacturers and dealers will gather in Guangdong. But in recent years, Zhejiang's furniture is also rising rapidly, such as the big Fengfan, Guo Sen, Xiong family and other brands also occupy a large part of the market. There are also a lot of Beijing has done a good job of the brand to the most representative of the Qu Mei and Peugeot. Other to the northeast, Sichuan, Hebei, Shandong are some brands of furniture, but the proportion is relatively small.

(D) the introduction of furniture materials

1, solid wood furniture refers to furniture made of natural wood, so that the surface of the furniture can generally be seen on the wood of the beautiful pattern. Furniture makers for solid wood furniture generally pay attention to the finish varnish or matte paint, etc. to show the natural color of wood. How many forms of solid wood furniture are there? One is pure solid wood furniture. That is, all the materials used in the furniture are solid wood, including desktop, closet doors, side panels, etc. are made of pure solid wood, without the use of any other form of artificial board. Pure solid wood furniture requires a high degree of craftsmanship and material. Solid wood selection, drying, finger joints, stitching and other requirements are very strict. If any one process is not strict, small cracks, combinations of loose and other phenomena, large deformation of the whole set of furniture, so that can not be used. Another kind of imitation solid wood furniture. The so-called imitation solid wood furniture, from the appearance of solid wood furniture, wood, natural texture, feel and color are exactly the same as solid wood furniture, but in fact it is a mix of solid wood and synthetic boards of furniture, that is, the top of the side panels, the bottom, shelves and other parts of the thin wood veneer particle board or MDF fiberboard. The doors and drawers are made of solid wood. This process saves wood and reduces costs. The price of a set of ordinary solid wood furniture should be about 16,000 yuan, while all solid wood furniture starts at 30,000 yuan or more.

2, mahogany furniture, is also a kind of solid wood furniture, but mahogany furniture in the furniture industry is a separate style of furniture series, different from other solid wood furniture, so here is also a special note. In accordance with the relevant provisions of the State Bureau of Technical Supervision, the so-called mahogany furniture mainly refers to the use of rosewood, sour wood, ebony, gall wood, rosewood, chicken wing wood made of furniture, in addition to the wood made of furniture can not be called mahogany furniture. Rosewood is the best of mahogany. Its hard wood, purple-black color, heavy, heavy hand. The wheel of the year into grain silk, texture is thin, not planning crab claw pattern. Purple trespassing wood and the old purple trespassing wood and new rosewood. The old purple sandalwood is purple-black, immersion does not lose color, the new purple sandalwood is brownish red, dark red or dark purple, immersion will lose color. Sourwood is commonly known as the old redwood. The wood is hard and heavy, durable, can be immersed in water, the structure of the fine lemon red, dark red, purple-black stripes, processing exudes a pungent aroma with a sour flavor, so the name. Ebony is black and shiny in color, with a fine and heavy structure and a sense of grease. Ebony is mostly seen in the production of chopsticks, ink cartridges and other small pieces, rarely seen in the production of furniture. Galls are trees form galls after the wood, according to the species is divided into birch galls, nanmu galls, pear galls, sour branch art galls. Gall wood texture curves staggered, beautiful chic, is the best decorative materials. Most of the furniture used as a surface package, inlaid materials, such as folk on the "red table gall face" said. Rosewood, also known as fragrant redwood, similar to the composition of the acid technology wood, its hard wood, color is reddish yellow or reddish purple, texture is rain line, soft color, light weight, can float in the water, shaped like wood tendons. Currently on the market mahogany furniture to rosewood mostly. Chicken-wing wood is hard, the color is divided into black, white, purple 3 kinds of colors, shaped like a chicken wing feather-like, bright and colorful. But because the wood contains fine gravel and other impurities, the enemy is difficult to process, good to do decorative edge materials. It is difficult to see complete sets of chicken wing wood furniture on the market. For example, was included in the national mahogany standard precious tropical hardwoods are only a few: rosewood, rosewood, ebony, sour branch, chicken wing wood, incense sticks and other kinds of wood. And some of these valuable wood has long been no natural production, other production is also very small. Customers in addition to face the high market price, but also must always beware of the market flooded with fake and shoddy products. Therefore, the traditional mahogany furniture market is shrinking. And it doesn't make much sense to use ordinary wood to make traditional solid wood furniture.

3, panel furniture, panel furniture refers to the man-made boards as the main substrate, to the board as the basic structure of the disassembly and assembly of furniture. Common man-made panels are plywood, blockboard, particle board, medium fiberboard and so on. Plywood (plywood) is commonly used in the production of furniture that requires bending and deformation; blockboard performance is sometimes affected by the core material; particleboard (also known as particle board, bagasse board) material loose, only for low-grade furniture. The most cost-effective and commonly used is medium density fiberboard (MDF). Board furniture common finishing materials are thin wood (commonly known as veneer), wood grain paper (commonly known as stickers), PVC plywood, polyester lacquer (commonly known as baking paint) and so on. The latter three finishes are usually used for low to medium grade furniture, while natural wood veneer finishes are used for high grade products. Panel furniture is made of medium density fiberboard or particleboard surface veneer and other processes made of furniture. A large part of this furniture is wood grain simulation furniture. Currently on the market to sell some of the panel furniture veneer more and more realistic, gloss, feel and so on are good, fine craftsmanship products are also very expensive. Lize store on the third floor of the ideal space is veneered, Jiahao He room is veneered.

l Panel furniture how to buy?

Distinguish plate furniture with paper veneer or wood veneer, the easiest way is to observe the pattern, wood

Veneer has a natural knots and scars, color differences and grain changes, and then there is the hand touch, feel different.

Paneled furniture edging is very important. To pay attention to the advantages and disadvantages of the sealing material, pay attention to the sealing edge there is no unevenness, warping phenomenon. Special attention should be paid to it is not six sides are sealed edge - although the use of formaldehyde-free adhesives, but man-made boards in the production process will be more or less volatile gases, sealing the edge of a tight, environmentally friendly room of course, there are benefits.

Also look at the firmness of the furniture structure. First, the gap between the door of the furniture, drawer seams, if the gap is large, indicating that the workmanship is rough, and will be deformed for a long time; the second is a single box or double box, usually, in addition to a layer of panels outside, the furniture should be affixed to a layer of panels inside, which is called a double box, a double box of furniture is both beautiful and sturdy.

Good or bad paint. Is the paint streaked? Are the corners overpainted? Are there cracks or bubbles? These are all things to look at carefully. You also have to ask the salesman how many coats of paint have been applied to the furniture. The more coats the better, of course.

From the hinge groove and eyelet can be seen plate furniture with material is medium density or particle board, a best way is to carefully observe the hinge groove and eyelet, exposed the internal structure of the place, you can see whether it is with particle board or medium density board.

The use of hardware, can be disassembled and assembled at will is the biggest advantage of plate furniture, so the quality of the connectors and the quality of the whole furniture is closely related. Imported furniture is expensive in these minutiae.

l Modern Wooden Furniture Misconceptions

Misconceptions One: Only solid wood is good

Many customers in the furniture store to see a product, the first sentence is to ask is not all solid wood? Once you hear the negative answer, turn your head and go. In fact, this is the cause of their lack of understanding of modern panelized furniture.

Modern panel furniture, as opposed to traditional solid wood furniture, is centered on man-made panels. In terms of the most commonly used medium fiberboard, it is wood fiber or other plant fibers as raw materials, adding resin and other adhesives, high temperature and high pressure made of man-made panels. In terms of material, medium fiberboard texture dense, thickness and density range, strong weight ratio, low moisture content, not easy to deformation, is the world's most common quality furniture panels. From the finish, paste natural wood veneer is not only natural and beautiful, and wood veneer has a certain thickness (0.3-0.6mm), the furniture has a good protective effect. Therefore, solid wood edging, veneer is the highest level of panelized furniture, even if the import of high-level European furniture is also the case. Solid wood is generally used only in wood strips, sealing edges and other small parts. On the other hand, whether it is traditional furniture or modern furniture, the wood used due to its material, texture, resources and other factors, there is a clear division of high, medium and low grade. Low-grade solid wood, its value is not as good as high-grade veneer. In particular, many of the low-grade solid wood, due to dehydration treatment is not the reason (furniture with wood is usually required to kiln-dry, relative moisture content of 10% -12% below), made of furniture, deformation and cracking chances are great. And high-grade solid wood furniture is often expensive.

Modern wood furniture used in solid wood and veneer is also a lot of the current market in Guangdong are some of the following:

1, black walnut, walnut is one of the highest quality of wood, mainly from North America and Europe.

The domestic walnut, lighter in color. Black walnut is light black brown with purple, string cut surface for the beautiful large parabolic pattern (large mountain pattern). Black walnut is very expensive, do furniture usually with veneer, rarely with solid wood.

2, cherry, imported cherry wood mainly from Europe and North America, light yellow-brown wood, elegant texture, string section for the medium parabolic pattern, between small circles. Cherry wood is also high-grade wood, do furniture is also usually veneer, rarely with solid wood.

3, beech, beech here refers to beech, and traditional Chinese furniture in the "beech north" beech is two different things. Beech wood color bright light yellow, there are dense "needle" (wood rays), rotary cut with mountain grain. Imported beech wood from Europe has fewer defects and is much better than domestic ones. Imported beech wood in the country belongs to the middle and high grade wood, commonly used veneer, solid wood is also used as dining chairs and small square bars.

4, maple, maple light yellow color, with small mountain grain, the biggest feature is the "shadow" (local gloss is obvious). Maple is a mid-range wood, veneer and solid wood are very common.

5, birch, birch light yellow color, easy to distinguish characteristics is more "waterline" (black line). Birch is also a mid-range wood, solid wood and veneer are common.

6, rubberwood, the original color is light yellow-brown, there are a mess of small rays, the material is light and soft, is a low-grade solid wood. Merchants call it "oak", the real fish in troubled waters. Real oak is more expensive. European white oak texture is elegant, North American red oak has a large mountain grain, both of which are hard and heavy material, appearance, construction, materials, and rubberwood are not related to the wind horse and cattle.

Others such as pine, cedar, quercus, etc., are relatively low-grade furniture materials.

Myth two: solid wood, veneer and sticker confusion

Modern wood furniture development so far, has formed a variety of styles, varieties, grades complete market pattern. Diversified market in providing a wealth of choices at the same time, but also derived from the problem of mixed, good and bad hard to distinguish. As a customer, you must keep your eyes peeled when you buy.

Solid wood is used to teach less varieties of materials and localized, and precious wood is rarely used solid wood. For example, solid wood dining room chairs are more common, but generally mid-range and high-grade with imported beech, mid-range with maple, birch, domestic beech, low-grade with rubberwood and so on. If someone says to you that he sells "imported black walnut dining room chairs", five or six hundred dollars a piece, then he must be in the blindfold you. That chair is mostly with birch to color lacquer dyed black walnut color, similar to these practices in the furniture industry in China and abroad are very common. But the original intention was to save costs and harmony with the original intention of the package, but was used to conceal the sea, have to be guarded.

Modern panel furniture finish materials, including wood veneer and stickers are very common, but the grade is completely different. Veneer furniture is rich in natural texture, beautiful and durable, but the price is relatively high, and sticker furniture is easy to wear, afraid of water, unbearable collision, but the price is low, belongs to the mass market products. Some degree of wear and tear is not close to the water source of furniture varieties are currently also sticker-based, such as shoe cabinets, bookcases and so on.

Customers patronize the furniture store, will see the price tag such as "walnut floor cabinets", "cherry wood coffee table", "beech wood dining chairs" and other instructions. At this time, to figure out is solid wood, veneer or sticker, it is very critical. Solid wood, veneer can be called "cherry wood furniture", but the sticker can only be called "cherry wood grain furniture", or else it is a fish eye for pearls.

Solid wood --- wood grain, wood rays (such as there are usually manifested as "needle") is clearly visible, more or less should have some natural imperfections (wood knots, wood spots, etc., black line, etc.). The same piece of solid wood, whether it is a board or a strip of wood, its two interfaces wood grain should be able to clearly see the longitudinal section and cross-section of the natural convergence.

Wood veneer --- wood grain, wood rays clear. The same should have natural imperfections. Because the veneer has a certain thickness (0.5mm or so), the production of furniture encountered two adjacent interface, usually do not turn, but each paste a piece, so the two interfaces of the wood grain usually should not be articulated.

Sticker --- wood grain, wood rays are clearly visible, even if it is imported high-level paper, even wood defects can be imitated, but with natural wood veneer is still a difference, it seems to be more false. Sticker furniture in the corners are easy to reveal the cracks. In addition, the wood grain paper because of the thickness is very small (0.08mm), at the junction of the two planes will be directly wrapped over, resulting in two interfaces of the wood grain is connected (usually longitudinal section).

4, upholstered furniture mainly refers to sofas, beds, furniture.

Sofa (a) American sofa, American sofa, the biggest charm of the sofa is very fluffy and comfortable, so that people sitting in which feel like being gently embraced in general. Currently many sofas have been all made from the frame plus different hardness of the sponge. Many American sofas still use the spring and foam design, which makes this sofa very strong and durable. Before buying this kind of sofa must measure the area of the living room, generally speaking, only more than 20 square meters of large living room to consider buying this kind of sofa. (b) Japanese sofa, Japanese sofa is characterized by its small fence-like armrests and short design. This kind of sofa is most suitable for people who advocate natural and simple home style. The small Japanese sofa reveals a rigorous attitude to life. Therefore, Japanese sofas are often chosen by some offices. This kind of sofa is also suitable for the elderly. Because for some of the legs and feet are not easy to get up and sit down difficult for the elderly, hard Japanese sofa make them feel more comfortable, get up and sit down is also more convenient. (C) Chinese sofa, Chinese sofa is characterized by the entire exposed solid wood frame. The upper sponge cushions can be removed and replaced as needed. This flexibility makes the Chinese sofa popular with many people; it is warm in winter and cool in summer, convenient and practical. (D) modern and avant-garde European sofa, rich in modern style European sofa most of the elegant colors, clean lines, suitable for general family selection. The scope of application of this sofa is also very wide, placed in a variety of styles of living room feel good. More popular in recent years is the light-colored sofa: such as white rice, beige and so on. Sofa according to different materials are divided into fabric sofa, leather sofa, leather with cloth sofa and so on.

Bed in the market common bed group and mattress, in fact, the bed is mainly to see the mattress, now the mattress is more and more focus on comfort and practicality, the main components are springs, sponges and outsourcing fabrics. Mattresses on the market at present are uneven, there are a few hundred dollars, there are tens of thousands of dollars. For example, Lize store has a business of Australian imported mattresses, called Dunlop, his mattresses are above ten thousand yuan. Now the furniture more and more attention to the decoration, bed is no exception, from the background wall of the bed, bedding furnishings and decorations, so that people look very luxurious, very desire to buy, and now not only the mattress is good or bad, pay attention to the overall feeling of the octagonal store of the dream sweet sweet is a very good example.

5, rattan furniture, most of them will be refined into rattan products bedroom, living room, garden three series, both Europe and the United States models of rugged luxury, Southeast Asia models of the delicate and fine, but also very traditional Chinese cultural flavor of the simple and elegant. In addition to its practicality, designers emphasize more on its artistry, becoming a veritable fashion furniture. Throughout the major furniture market, the current market rattan furniture is basically divided into the following categories: outdoor furniture, such as gardens, porches set up by small round tables, back chairs, chaise lounges, etc., as well as full of leisure mood swinging sofa armchairs, lots of fun; living room furniture is the rattan furniture is the most perfect, the most stylish, a set of living room furniture made of red rattan cores, delicate, smooth, styling and color to strive for simplicity and show the beauty of craftsmanship; dining room furniture is the most perfect, most style, a set of red rattan core woven into living room furniture, fine, smooth, styling and color to strive for simplicity, to Show the beauty of craftsmanship; dining room furniture is particularly concerned about the structure and color matching, fully reflecting its noble and elegant artistic characteristics. Five and seven sets of rough rattan chairs and tables are novel and contemporary. In addition, rattan small ornaments are also a variety of styles. Rattan table lamp is chic, soft light, warm and elegant. Rattan chandelier simple and monotonous, and modern décor in pursuit of natural style harmonization. In the modern family occasionally furnished with a few pieces of rattan furniture, beautiful and generous and traditional features, in the fashion through a few simple, reflecting the owner's style and taste. In terms of color, modern rattan furniture has a poetic color, silver-gray serenity, bronze romance, reddish brown composure, dark green mystery, crystal clear, smooth and rounded. More lacquered with transparent color, maintaining the rattan itself unique style, the naturalness and simplicity it contains, so that people tired of the urban bustle and noise of the city is very natural to find the kind of comforting the soul. Currently in the country's most well-known Tengqi brand should belong to the art of rattan home, the famous rattan Xuan, Jade Tengqi.

(E) from the introduction of furniture style

1, Chinese classical style furniture

l Ming and Qing dynasty furniture how to divide

Ming and Qing dynasty furniture is divided into the Beijing, Suzhou and Guangzuo. Beijing refers to furniture made in the Beijing area, mainly hardwood furniture such as rosewood, huanghuali and mahogany, forming a luxurious and grandiose character. Suzhou refers to the furniture made in Suzhou, a long history, with Suzhou as the center of the Jiangnan region, is the birthplace of Ming-style furniture, especially famous for Ming-style Huanghuali furniture. It is characterized by light and elegant shape, decoration commonly used in small areas of relief, line carving, embedded wood, embedded stone and other techniques, like to use the grass dragon, square flower pattern, Ganoderma lucidum pattern, color grass pattern and other patterns. Guangzhou refers to the furniture made in Guangzhou area, and its great development is in the middle of Qing Dynasty. Guangzhou furniture is characterized by the use of thick materials, heavy modeling.

Ming Dynasty furniture is concerned about the selection of materials, mostly mahogany, rosewood, rosewood, chicken wing wood, iron pear and other hardwoods, some furniture is also used nanmu, elm, camphor and other hardwoods, of which the yellow rosewood is the best. Hardwood is more precious wood, its wood is hard and flexible, its own color texture, beautiful, so the Ming furniture rarely use paint, only rubbed on the transparent wax, can show the texture of the wood itself and natural beauty.

The characteristics of furniture in the Ming Dynasty period can be summarized by three major points:

-Universal use of harder species of trees to make all kinds of hardwood furniture.

--No paint overdyeing, fully reflecting the original texture and color of the wood.

--The use of wood frame structure, pay close attention to the shape of the furniture

Rich and magnificent furniture of the Qing Dynasty Qing-style furniture to decorate the long, cumbersome pile. Because of the different styles of its production area, the formation of different local characteristics, the most representative can be divided into Su made, Beijing made and Guang made. Su made inherited the characteristics of Ming furniture. Delicate and simple, do not want to decorate; Guangzuo is very important to carving decorations, the pursuit of magnificent; Beijing style is heavy wax work, structure with swim bladder, hollowing. Qing Dynasty furniture craft in the Qianlong period flourished for a while, the emergence of many skilled craftsmen and excellent folk artists, the manufacture of high-level exquisite furniture, decorative and expensive, unique style, exquisite carving, very rich appreciation. But the furniture of the Qinghua often focus on skills, the pursuit of rich and gorgeous set, tedious carving often destroy the overall sense, and the shape of the heavy, touch is not good, and is not conducive to cleaning, which is a great pity.

2, European classical style

This is a pursuit of magnificent, elegant classical. In order to reflect the magnificent style, the furniture frame of the velvet parts decorated with gold lines, gold edges, wallpaper, carpets, curtains, bedspreads, drapery patterns, as well as decorative paintings or objects for the classical style. This style is characterized by gorgeous, elegant, if residents do not want to spend too much, it may be in the wallpaper, carpets, curtains and bedspreads on the pattern of more effort, and strive to achieve a variety of furnishings and decorations in harmony with each other, the conditions of those who can also be added to the wall of the classical taste of ornaments, such as yak head, Western bells, etc., which can make your living room become more elegant and beautiful.

3, Scandinavian style, mainly refers to Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, a general view of the four Nordic countries home design, is indeed the world of home furnishings in the Kingdom of a unique landscape, Scandinavian home to return to nature, the reverence for the flavor of the original wood, plus the modern, practical, exquisite art design style, reflecting the modern urbanites into the post-modern society, another way of thinking about the direction.

4, American furniture style: American furniture especially emphasizes comfort, grandeur, practical and multi-functional. From the modeling point of view, American furniture can be divided into three main categories: antique, neoclassical and country style. Nostalgia, romance and respect for time is the best evaluation of American furniture.

5, post-modern style

Breaking through the limitations of the modern school of concise and single, and advocating compatibility, regardless of the ancient and modern Chinese and foreign, wherever possible to meet the needs of residential life are used. Post-modern style interior design, space combination is very complex. Often use the setting of partition walls, screens, columns or fireplaces to create a sense of hierarchy of space, so that the living room in the non-planning, ambiguous boundaries of space, the use of thin columns, partition walls to form a sense of spatial hierarchy of the sense of exhaustion and a sense of depth. In addition, the walls are often processed into various angles of the wave, forming a metaphorical symbol of the decorative tone of the living room.

6, modern style furniture

is a more fashionable furniture, in addition to just said is made of modern materials, style is more modern, minimalist, more suitable for modern recognition of taste, especially young people. And modern furniture changes very quickly, mainly in the color and style, furniture also has a popular color, and, for example, two years ago, more popular walnut color, this year's popular ebony and oak color. At present, the plate furniture to do a better job is Dixin, Yu Ting, Dynasty, Ideal Space, Red Apple, Bridge New, Dahao Xingli, Hengli and so on.

Tier 1 brands: Scandinavian style, the ring of the United States, the Golden Phoenix, Zhongshan Four Seas (Ai Fudi, Kafunda, Jotun) Dixin, the new Wisdom, Merrill Lynch, Peugeot (Dermann, Kay Oulis), Quemi, Danish Fraser Pine, Fubo sofa, Yifeng sofa, Chivas sofa, culture God sofa, Fukla soft beds, Wille soft beds and so on

Second-tier brands: Guo Sen, the Xiongnu, the big wind model, Federal, Yuting, Red Apple, Jianwei, Dynasty (Golden Knight), Dahao Xingli's (Zun Dian, quality, Ou Rui, Willida, Dejia, etc.), Dafuhao, Huarihao, Huafeng, Oudibao, Fudebao, Jinfuli, Ximengbao, Mr. Hobbes, Itoju, Jade Rattan, Meimengshi beds, round square beds, lace beds, Enovision sofas, Triumph Sofas, Gujiayi Crafts Sofas, Jiahao He Room, Dinoya, Hengli (Times Hengli, original classic, Ruili Shijia, etc.), bridge new, standard Zhuo, Connexion, Shamfa mahogany, Youlian mahogany, more than love children, colorful life children, dream year children and so on.

Third-tier brands: Bright, Tiantan, Huahe, Elvis, Spry, Nettle, Wanfang sofa, Nuohua, Jinyuanyuan, Meilian mahogany, Nianyihonghongmu, and so on.

Home furniture refers to a class of furniture;

And home is included in the home furniture, home textiles and home furnishings.