House Question affecting my Soul!!!

##Wardy## | 17:17 Wed 22nd Nov 2006 | Body & Soul

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I am looking into decorating my conservatory. Can anybody tell me what is the psychology behind having wicker or cane furniture. I admit, such adornments are there now as it was the done thing. But why?

There are uncomfortable, a fire hazzard, flimsly, collect dust and not priced much less than normal furniture.

Is it wrong to put a nice Chesterfield in a conservatory, and why do people still buy cane stuff?

moral dilemma please help

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-Zorro-

wood is warm and energy filled

cane and wicker are woody

PinkFizz

Absolutely no idea but you're right - everybody I know who has a conservatory has cane furniture in it!!Possibly because they are cooler rooms in winter than rest of house and so cane wouldn't get damp??

I think a Chesterfield is an excelllent idea - how about adding a few occasional tables and mabe a lamp or two - with a few books scattered here and there??

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crete

so tempting to answer ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

RATTER15

crete!! refrain, as shall I.

makemesmile

I guess it has that colonial look - but there's absolutely no reason why you couldn't put a sofa in there. Except that it'll probably get really warm in there during the summer (and might fade in bright sunlight).

Athley

Maybe its just in case you get locked in your conservatory and I've never tried this by the way but cane furniture could be edible. Not the cushions though!

whiffey

In my conservatory I have a corner bar with stools and optics, posters of Torremolinos, a curved Sony chrome music centre, IKEA rockers, and a plastic palm tree, as befits the area.

whiffey

p.s hello crete, I thought you'd gone on holiday :)

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cretinz

Chesterfield is far to big for a conservatory!!! start with a hamlet and work up to a village tell them to leave the idiot at home as you�re already in there.

Theland

Are people with conservatories in denial of the fact that they have too much money? So to salve their conscience, they stick a shack, sorry, conservatory on the back of their spread, furnish it with wicker and cane, and pretend to live like 19th century farm labourers, eating bread and cheese, and supping out of pewter tankards, taking in the view of the countryside, which they own of course, it's their garden!
Just a thought.