With personal tastes in choosing furniture, you are fit to gain a fair idea about the types of furniture. But how many of the typical styles do you already know?

To talk about furniture like an enthusiast, you need to know the several furniture types available in the market. Such knowledge can broaden your choices too as to the kind of furniture you want to bring in to your home or office.

The classification of furniture in interior designing is done with relation to its evolving fashion through the decades or even centuries, owing to various cultural or functional influences. Enrol into an interior design course and you’ll find a good chunk of the curriculum dedicated to furniture and furniture types.

Here, we shall look at the most prominent styles of furniture that have remarkable stature and profound influence on the new furniture designs.

 

 

Traditional Design

 

Traditional furniture design combines the features from the Queen Anne period, Chippendale style and Sheraton style. A formal furniture design, it carries elaborate decoration from the Queen Anne period. Its tapered legs and contrasting inlays follow the Sheraton style. The artistic embellishment with straight lines is reminiscent of the Chippendale style.

Traditional designs are sophisticated with artistic beauty that comes in its best forms as plush sofas, ornately crafted tables and majestic wardrobes.

 

 

Rustic Furniture

 

Getting in sync with natural elements, the countryfied design of furniture appears bit worn and informal, being more of casual in looks and cosy in feel. It is less ornate but more functional and serves well as a home’s best accessory. The organic appeal of this style makes it more rustic with functional ease.

 

 

Arts & Crafts Style

 

This is a merger of mission and arts & crafts styles of furniture. In arts & crafts, the prominent features include subtle details and clean lines. The mission style came later with heavier lines and favoured the minimal concept of design. Their combination brought out furniture designs with handcrafted details, rich finishes and use of solid wood to make furniture.

 

 

Contemporary Design

 

A tight walk between modern furniture and the day’s trends, contemporary is a fluid style for furniture designs. Unlike being strictly modern, with its monochromatic colours and components of steel, vinyl, leather and plastic, Contemporary can embrace any trend that may be even a fusion with the modern style of furniture.

A striking feature that may be attributed to contemporary furniture is its favouring the presence of geometric shapes.

At Hamstech Institute, furniture design training is an important part of interior designing courses. Details of all styles of furniture designs are provided to the students at a practical level.

If the discussion here brought some understanding of furniture styles, you can choose to enhance it by enrolling into an interior design course. Let your love for furniture lead you to learn more about it.