Selecting Furniture Styles

One of the most important and challenging considerations in selecting a piece of furniture is looking at its legs. Legs are much more than the supporting structure of a piece of furniture: they are definers of style. Legs can make a chair look light and graceful or hefty and regal. Traditional styles have been perfected through centuries and often provide us with the most outstanding, refined and proportionate examples of legs. This picture shows a dining set and buffet with ball and trumpet legs and cross stretcher base, a style developed by Spanish woodcraftsmen from the Catalonia region during the XVI Century. When designing a room it is important to keep in mind that highly detailed legs bring a lot attention to themselves, therefore it is preferable to use solid, tone on tone or mildly patterned fabrics that won’t compete with the richness of the wooden pieces. (Fremarc Furnishings)