Italian design wooden beds: for a warm winter

Italian design wooden beds are a guarantee of quality and aesthetic pleasure. They can, infact, create the winter warm atmosphere that we all look for during the cold season, a warm comfort where to take refuge and doze off.

Winter is very close and the only way to face this charming but cold season is to think about all the beautiful things that autumn and winter are bringing along. The first thing that pops into my mind is a warm and comfortable design bed where I can take refuge when outside is raining, or snowing or is freezing cold. Is there anything more pleasant than that?

And can you find something more evocative than a design wooden bed, strong, solid and enveloping? Wooden beds represent the peak of comfort: they connect us to our Earth, they remind us of our History, they transmit stability and, as I said, warmth.

The pleasure of touching wood with the fingers, to feel it polished under the fingertips, to smell its characteristic scent through the nostrils, to observe the natural decoration of its veins: these luxuries are all affordable but not less precious, luxuries we can enjoy every day in our bedroom.

The bedroom is the environment that can give us right away the idea of a restful, calm, relaxed space and there's no other material that can pass on all these feelings better than wood.

Not to mention the delight of choosing a wood essence; the real ecstasy of wood aesthetic is being able to choose among different colours, shades, patterns, each with its own emotional power. And the thing that makes this choice even more fascinating is the fact that wood, especially if used for a bed, can be matched with every furniture style: from classic to modern, from oriental to contemporary.

And is the combination wood-modern furniture that perfectly embodies the idea of a welcoming and warm refuge, also with the help of soft blankets and beautiful sheets.

Divine wooden bed with double headboard is the emblem of "a midwinter rainy day's dream": made even more comfortable thanks to the cushion realized especially for this model. Divine bed perfectly fits the idea of refuge with its slightly enveloping shape.

Alia Wood design bed is available in cherry-wood essence and is an explicit recall of the warm and cosy concept of family: it reminds of tales told around a fireplace or fairy-tales before bed.

Fushido bed in dark oak with sliding headboard, is the emblem of wood but with a modern appeal, winking at an Oriental style.

Elfo bed is characterized by a curved headboard and by polished and modern lines. The wood essence, in this case, helps making the whole bed structure warmer and comforting.

Design table and chairs: love at first sight

The word table cannot exist without the word chair: the combination between the two words is as binding as that of the two furniture.

Can you imagine a room with a table but without chairs? And what about chairs without table? Don't they look like wandering entities in the most improbable rooms of your home?

Table and chairs are the two halves of the same essence: divided after the birth, forever joined in love. A love at first sight between table and chair but also between them and us as well. The first glance plays an important role, you know, but the result of this visual match comes from a structural analysis.

A perfect marriage between design tables and chairs originates from different factors; crucial elements are the materials, their visual effect, their solidity, the colours and lastly the shapes. Either contasting or matching, all these factors must fit together and at least two of them must be the same, even if the others strongly contrast.

For example, if they differ for colour and materials, they must share at least a common shape (with a round or oval table, the chairs will slightly curve on the back and on the legs); on the other hand, if shape and materials are different, the colours should homogenize, drawing on furniture accessories or shades, that offer us a great choice of nuances.

But table and chairs can also share the same features: at this point, we are talking about the two halves of the same essence anymore, but about an undivided essence! Let me explain you: if tables and chairs are chacterized by the same style, same materials, same colours, same shape, probably they will be born from the same collection, from the same designer's mind.

Performance table and Irony sled chairs by Calligaris are a perfect example: materials, wood and glossy white lacquer, the colours and shapes (linear but softned by some roundensses), combine perfectly and the harmony is guaranteed.

In spite of their "marriage", Crossroad extensible table by Calligaris and Irony chairs can join with other different furniture, without loosing their glamour: as outstanding example keep in mind Crossroad table with Irony chairs.

On the other hand, if you are looking for contrast, Barone round table by Bontempi with crossed sabre and Shark stackable chairs by Bontempi fit properly: same materials for the chromed structure, same square shape, but contrasting colours thanks to the glass table top and the upholstered chairs.

Lastly, if you prefer a strong contrast, where the unique common element between the two elements is practically imperceptible, Valentinox marble table and Margot hide leather chair by Cattelan are what you need: light and transparent glass, stainless steel and Carrara marble contrast with coloured hide leather. For an absolutely elegant mix!

Italian wrought iron beds: a fairy tale in your bedroom

Almost every girl in the world shares the dream of being a loving and beautiful princess... the main character of a romantic fairy tale. A tale where a charming prince experiences great and dangerous adventures in order to save his love with strength and courage.

If you had a dream about this life too, where love is great and inevitable, where adventures are the normal routine, you sure have desired a great castle as well: and what about stairs, glass slippers, balls, poisoned apples, little hamlets at the heart of the forest and ... Sleeping Beauty's bed.

The bed is the real main character of this story, as well as all the other stories: because a bed is the symbol of the unconditional love between the prince and his princess, of their life together and even more, of their "happily ever after".

But what does this fairy tale-like bed look like? It's beautiful, of course, but not just that. Above all it's romantic, elegant, sumptuous, in a world... royal.

Can you picture it? It's a wrought iron bed, covered with soft cushions and silk drapes, coloured with tender pastel tones. Sometimes it can also be a four poster bed. Obviously it's very big, or better huge, slightly higher that the beds we usually sleep in, a little bit closer to medieval beds.

We can change the story any time we want but the image we have of this kind of wrought iron bed is always more or less the same. So let's talk about your personal story, which is by no means less wonderful. Characters change, adventures too but the happy development is always the same and the bed can't be very different from the ones you dreamed about.

Whether you're alone or with someone else, a design wrought iron bed is a personalized fairy tale.

I have four ideas I'd like to propose to you, four different Italian design fairy tale beds that will help you live for a little while, at least in your bedroom, the everlasting dream of being a princess!

Fantasy wrought iron bed , covered with silver foil finish, is characterized by graceful and dream-like shapes and will give a touch of elegance to your bedroom.

The second one is Vietri drop-forged wrought iron bed. This bed has twelve different finishes and is an excellent choice for your fairy tale bed.

Then we have Macramé wrought iron bed, my personal favourite I must admit, with its beautiful headboard covered with heart-shaped decorations, perfect if you want to give a more romantic feel to your environment.

Last but not least: Fior di Pesco wrought iron double bed. This Italian design bed can really draw us to a fairy tale world even before sleeping. Its greatest characteristic is the optional four poster structure that will add more intimacy to your story.

What is there left to say? Except perhaps, have a nice sleep and make your fairy tale come true... at least a little bit!

Glass shelves: elegant transparencies

Glass shelves play an important role in our home because they contribute to create a sense of lightness, elegance and transparency, by balancing an enhanced sense of unconventional beauty and design.

Very convenient to store books and household items, shelves represent an excellent alternative to furniture or bookcases, that could in a certain way, upset wall finishes and measures;a shelf, simple but really useful, offers a unique diversion, avoiding to waste small wall spaces, like over sofas, desks or chest of drawers.

Because of its transparency, they add to the décor of any room: infact, from certain distants, the objects placed on them seem to float in the air. Going closer, the support becomes visible and, at the same time, remains evanescent thanks to the transparent finish. In this way the harmony of the wall, if it's completely cluttered, is safe.

You may also have tinted glass shelves, to create particular and original combinations on light or white walls, with a different type of equilibrium, composed by contrasts and opposite colours. Have a look at Blade wall shelf by Calligaris, available also in black. Its design surpass simple functionality and is realized in curved tempered glass

One great feature is the possibility to give shapes to glass: and if with a transparent shelf, items are floating in the air, with a particular shaped shelf, the same elements give life to unusual wall pictures.

The right example is Step design shelf by Calligaris, characterized by out of the ordinary details. Thanks to its particular shape as the name says, it offers the possibility to be hung on the right or left side

Otherwise, Jazz glass shelf by Bontempi: it has the shape of a checkmark and is made of glass to give strength and thickness at the same time .

Transparent plastic chairs: lightness, resistance and beauty

Transparent chairs have always been very attractive. Maybe because we imagine to see, through them, another world that probably doesn't even exist. A world we don't properly see but that we can imagine through the transparency of the chair structure, and that it can make us experience fascinating feelings.

Needless to say, for a transparent chair traditional materials are useless: there's always glass and crystal, yes, but just try to imagine for a moment a house full of glass chairs! Glass is a rather fragile, heavy and, let's face it, dangerous material for an object as a chair, that we always move around and use in the most different contexts. Glass and crystal are fantastic materials for tables tough, as they are static and usually better treated.

For this reason, transparent chairs can by definition be realized only with plastic materials: only these materials, infact, allow chairs to be practical and pleasant to see at the same time.

Despite nowadays we are quite used to plastic materials which, from the second half of the 20th century brought real revolutions in our life, we still treat them with skepticism. We treat plastic as an inferior category, with less quality and not particular resistant. These are obviously all urban myths: the technical progress of the last decades made plastic materials extremely resistant and functional, absolutely suitable for accessories and furnishing objects.

Polycarbonate, technopolymer, methacrylate: difficult names, with very complex compositions and manufacturing processes, but with extremely positive things in common. Strength of material, shock resistance, waterproof, very easy to clean: all these characteristics are exceptional and extremely useful for objects as chairs, that are often moved from indoor to outdoor, that have to support sometimes high weights, that are subject to shocks and potential damages in every moment.

It's also important to say that plastic materials are harder to dispose of, but technical progress is already working on it and probably these materials are going to be ecologic soon (some of them already are).

At any rate, it's not just a question of practicality and technical characteristics: plastic materials really are good-looking. I know a lot of people find aesthetic beauty only in wood, stone or iron (materials with a great and long history and obviously with an everlasting charm) but I can firmly say that plastic can create surprising visual effects that are not only pleasant but also spectacular!

Joining plastic to the lightness of transparency, maybe with touches of elusive yet strong colours, gives life to an incomparable marriage, with a charm that is completely different from wood or iron.

For example L'Eau transparent chair by Calligaris is an aesthetic and emotional masterpiece: a vision able to evoke almost physical sensations, L'Eau concretely communicate the meaning of its name.

Alchemia stackable chair by Calligaris in polycarbonate or nylon shows once more plastic materials versatility in realizing different and engaging shapes.

La Marie transparent chair by Kartell in polycarbonate exalts the beauty of coloured plastic together with its formal simplicity, making this chair the protagonist of a minimal dining room.

Aria chair in transparent polycarbonate by Bontempi greatly represents how plastic can evoke natural elements, with their movement but also with their static nature, with their fluidity and lightness.

Coloured bathroom furniture: your personality is the protagonist

Bathroom furniture is a sector with a very high growth rate; a good bathroom has to be first of all very well equipped but it also has to be furnished in a nice and pleasant way. That's because nowadays a bathroom is not only a transitional space in our homes, but it has increasingly become a real relaxing environment, where to stop and stay for a while. Another great thing about bathroom furniture is that it can denote the owner personality.

Colours can really help us understanding someone's personality and soul: strong personalities, infact, often find a way of expression through colours. We can fairly say that bathrooms have become more and more a sort of alternative sitting rooms, where identities will find a great way of communication by choosing and matching bright and strong colours.

The great thing about bathroom furniture is that you don't have to be afraid to dare; because, even if it's true that now this room has become a relaxing environment, a sort of alternative sitting room, we don't have to forget that it still is the room where we spend the least of our time. For this reason, choosing bright colours and dare with furniture shapes is, in a way, easier in a bathroom that in any other room, because your choices will never get boring.

What are you waiting for? Experience with red, violet, green, yellow and light blue colours, match them together, join different modern and functional shapes and create the combinations that better represent your personality. Look for example at the Jet vanity, linear and clean but with a wide basin and useful drawers with scenographic handles, and above all in a special bright black cherry colour.

The Wave hanging vanity, black cherry colour as well, suggests a clean and simple linear shape; extremely elegant and wide, it includes a large and highly comfortable basin.

If you prefer you can also choose something with softer colours, but with a great aesthetic effect and most importantly that allows you to play with your imagination and creativity; the colour is not too strong, but it can perfectly be matched with scenographic decorations, for example using tiles with big images. The described effect can be seen in this combination created with the Square wall mounted vanity with doors.

Colourful armchairs: all rooms become funnier

A colourful Italian design armchair is what I need the most: what do you think of it? A simple sentence that can be realized in just few seconds: an armchair doesn't require a lot of space and gives a touch of colour to all environments.

Living rooms, bedrooms, relaxing and reading areas, but also offices, halls and even kitchens: all rooms can be brightened by a colourful armchair. Better: bathrooms themselves can sometimes enjoy this privilege, when they are big enough, homely and look like real spa, relaxing areas both for your body and mind, where an armchair is essential.

Sometimes an armchair could be the starting point: from a particular shape or colour, a lot of ideas come to life, creating innovative and beautiful enviroments, such as an open space or a loft.

If you love strong colours, an armchair combined to other furniture objects and accessories with the same shade, will contrast perfectly with more neutral covers and furniture, giving a touch of informality without annoying. On the other hand, if you prefer explosions of colours, above all in wide and bright rooms, the armchair colour will be the same of walls, sofas and rug.

You can place them wherever you like: big spaces or a preferable position are not necessary; its main feature is also the great versatility: what about creating a "secrete and private" area, where reading, watching Tv or simply relaxing?

For example, Linus-Snoopy bean bag in both two versions for children and adults, is a perfect furniture object: the seat is comfortable and versatile according to your needs and you can move and place the bean bag in a corner or near the sofa. Needless to say all my friends love it and compete with each other to sit on Linus-Snoopy.

Matchball design armchair by Tonon is a deeply playful object, thanks to the great choice of available colours, as in the really feminine pink finish in the photo below, suitable for endless settings.

Heartbreaker functional armchair furnishes both with its colours, and with its funny and ironic shape, playing a leading role in a room.

One for two armchair, characterized by a modern design, becomes the head character in a living room or sitting room. Functional, soft, colouful: it offers unique moments, because it has been created to host two people who want to stay closer.

Modern design stools: a pleasant disharmony

Stools are downright furniture accessories; that's because they are secondary elements that usually help to complete the disposition of an environment, as in a painting where each element must find its right place and each detail must be balanced with the others.

In a room with a pleasant and functional empty space, we feel the need to add an object that can counterbalance this emptiness. It's the law of harmony and stability that, needless to say, it can also be openly ignored.

Modern design stools are the ideal furniture accessories, especially in a modern style environment, because with their presence they perfectly balance the emptiness of a room. Moreover they're able to bring stability in a mild, slightly visible and destabilizing disharmony. Destabilizing yet fascinating.

Modern design stools are usually not very intrusive, but at the same time they impose their presence thanks to their slender outline. A perfect choice if you don't want to exaggerate with the contrast but remain discreet and at the same time add a distinguish touch to your room. Sometimes a stool can also be the real protagonist of a specific corner, space or environment thanks to the contrast that it can create with the surrounding or again thanks to a particular shape, colour or material that will help underline its peculiarity.

In a contemporary furniture style, stools can express really surprising aesthetic values, full of appeal and freshness. Old and new materials, such as metal, polyurethane, polycarbonate and methacrylate are combined to create glossy surfaces while the strangest shapes give life to imaginative harmonious combinations, making the stool a perfect balance for a linear and minimal furniture style.

The Freehand swivel stool by Colico Design is an example of this diversity. It's the perfect protagonist of your environments thanks to its modern originality, its uncommon hand shaped seat and its pleasant decorations.

Geo swivel and adjustable stool is another example of curious and engaging shape highlighted by bright and funny colours that will certainly attract the eye and the interest.

Ice stool with diamond-cut seat by Calligaris is a discreet but at the same time strong presence, thanks to its minimal shape, the original patterned seat and bright colours.

And finally we have the Fly swivel and adjustable stool by Calligaris: the almost irregular geometric shape, the chromed metal brightness, the vividness of the colours... all these things make this stool a potential protagonist of a minimal environment.