Beautify Your Home With French Provincial Antique Furniture

Here are some ways you can enhance the beauty of your home using French provincial furniture and textures;

Textiles And Patterns

French provincial decor is often interpreted as “romantic”. Therefore it is regularly associated with scalloped lace and rustic ruffles. But we must however keep some restraint here, and resist the temptation of using frills and ruffles in excess, in order to establish a “latent” conservatism into the background. This is the key to a successful French provincial decor.
In a French antique themed bedroom, for example, it would be more than enough to use simple trims (white or eggshell colors work best) without any extravagant cushions. A fine cotton curtain, with a pattern made of light stripes or discrete flowers, with light lace and ruffles, will crown the atmosphere without taking the show from the furnishings.
You can enhance the Louis XV inspiration of your French provincial furniture, by integrating modern fabrics printed with 18th century-like patterns on a wall, a tablecloth or curtains. But exclusively choose patterns which have been printed in soft and light tones, or your house will quickly look like the castle of Versailles. And this is the last thing we want to do, if we want to achieve a proper French provincial decor.
This last rule especially applies to the way the walls are decorated; paintings, frames, and wallpaper must remain discreet, or they will visually take over the room and compete with your French provincial furniture, which must remain at any time the focal point in the room.

When it comes to finding the right colors for your French provincial interior, choose a neutral background palette and add splashes of simple, faded colors. They will give a relaxed and calm atmosphere to your home. French provincial interiors look best with pastel colors such as peach, lavender, old rose, lilac, or periwinkle.

Just as it is the case with colors, simplicity, and old romanticism should be emphasized at all times. For instance, you could arrange a pitcher and a basin on a small round table, whose long tablecloth almost touches the ground. A very poetic striking effect that works well with the rest of the French provincial furniture used in this room.
Other French Provincial inspired décor, feature accessories somewhat reminiscent of the Mediterranean style: roosters, grapes, olives, lavender or sunflowers…an eclectic mix of the most striking effects.
Ensure you have a carpet for every room. Whether your floor is made of wood or ceramic, consider incorporating a small carpet in each room, in order to match the rest of the decor: a rooster motif in the kitchen for instance, and a lavender/white striped carpet in the bedroom.
In the kitchen, showcase your wooden breadboard, your enameled jugs, cake mold, and your striped clothes. Complete your decor with wicker baskets, (in their natural color or white), filled with fruits or dry flowers.

Adequate lighting elements are the final touch needed to give a French provincial feeling to your home. You can use wrought iron sconces, table and wall lamps made of brass or other brushed metals, capped with glass or fabric lampshades.
An antique chandelier above the bed or the dining table is of course a must. As a matter of fact, antique lamps and chandeliers can be pretty easy to find at flea markets or even online on auction sites.
With the support of our warehouse and workshop facilities we are able to offer you an ever-changing collection of original and sympathetically restored pieces. Our restoration is carried out by a small group of craftsmen who are trained in traditional methods of cabinet making and French polishing. Their focus is always on producing a high level of quality.