If you have you just made the move to a new place and need a quick, attractive, but inexpensive strategy for furnishings, think "indoor or outdoor rattan furniture." Rattan furniture has become elevated to an art form with strong framing and materials that will wear for many years. For heavier pieces that will receive more action, such as tables, outdoor plant pots, those huge pots you've often admired because of their fabulous colored glazes and firing, make great under supports for rugged wood or thick glass tabletops. Bringing the outdoors inside has become all the rage in creating a warm intimate creative environment and you can afford to do this on a shoestring budget.
The plant pots can be bought as seconds with some minor imperfection that you or your guests will likely never see. You might create one, two or even three plant pot coffee tables; mix and match a set of end tables and you have a complete set of furniture suitable for an outdoor rattan patio set or an indoor living and family room. Shopping for and purchasing your plant pots first gives you the opportunity to make a strong warm or cool color statement. Remember, these plant pots are large colorful splashes; when you enter the room or patio, your plant pots will speak first and loudly stating your environment. Careful color selection helps you create a room for play, romance or a serious retreat from the world.
Next, you will want to add loose cushions that can be moved around on your rattan sofa and chairs. You may also wish a more conservative tie-down permanent cushion situation for your rattan furniture. With careful shopping, you will find that indoor-outdoor cushions are no longer the vinyl or plastic materials your parents may have used. Outdoor cushions that can handle spilled drinks, pets, children, etcetera, are now designed and crafted of fabulous attractive fabrics. Again, these fabrics can now be color and mood keyed to your plant pots. If you are working indoors you may wish to add a rattan chest or two of drawers. These chests are available large enough to use as a dresser or small enough for bedside tables.
f you are designing a bedroom, you may also wish to add a rattan headboard to your bedroom set and a ceramic glazed plant pot with a shade plant in one corner of the room will tie your living room and bedroom together. Whether you are working indoors or outdoors, and if you are looking to create a space for fun, romance or serious contemplation, contemplate using outdoor rattan and plant pots!
