Many of the Indian furniture pieces made today incorporate antique doors or architectural salvage which they combine with new pieces of wood to craft unique furniture that shows off it’s own interesting history.
Enterprising men in India travel the countryside and the out of the way shops and bazars to find these old doors hand carved decorations and hand carved accents. They’ll give the pieces they collect to skilled local craftsmen and carpenters to make the interesting and unusual Indian furniture. The old pieces are reused and transformed into wonderful cabinets, bookshelves, sofa tables, dining tables and lot’s more. The old, intricately carved doors sometimes with hand forged iron accents, make spectacular dining tables when a glass top is added.
Discover just one particular piece of Indian furniture such as a carved console table, with old ornate trim, that to you be a treasured find. It will set off your home decor when mixed with other more normal furniture, and it helps your room come alive.
The frequent use of recycled old wood in many pieces of Indian furniture makes it a “green” purchase. The saving of lost classics of hand carved artistry is an eco-friendly way to decorate. It helps us all to more fully appreciate the almost lost treasures from the past. Each piece of Indian furniture you come across has it’s own unique color variation, texture and personality. Just a touch of the recycled wood furniture from India will really accent and makes a statement in your home.
Besides the recycled wood furniture from India, there’s also available a complementary collection of new rustic solid wood furniture great for your dining room, living room and bedroom. These new furniture pieces are constructed from solid “Sheesham wood” which is a hardwood grown in India. The dining tables are sturdy enough for restaurant use. We’ve used them to furnish and decorate mountain and vacation homes and also mixed the dining tables with sea grass and modern leather parsons chairs to create an up to date Mediterranean style.
The solid dining tables, available from five to eight feet in length, are nice because you can comfortably seat up to eight or ten people. Mix and match your choice of different dining chair styles with the table. Some chairs are all wood, while others have decorative iron inlay or large nail head accents and metal straps for a more old rustic look. All of it is sturdy and practical. This furniture from India is good for every day use and it blends with a many different decorating styles.
If you’re looking for something that we don’t have in our Bakersfield furniture store, we also have an extensive catalog. There are photos of all kinds of interesting pieces for every room. A lot of the Indian furniture we offer is warehoused in California. That way you won’t have to wait for it to ship here from India. Come in soon and browse our Bakersfield furniture store to see and experience the beautiful solid wood furniture from India, you’ll be inspired.
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