| If you are looking to improve the décor of your | | | | Once you have found the focal point of the room that |
| home, you might want to consider decorating with | | | | you are decorating, you can accent it further with |
| Chinese antique furniture and accessories. Chinese | | | | smaller pieces and accessories. Some beautiful |
| furniture started to take its current designs during the | | | | Chinese antique accessories include old wooden |
| Northern Song Dynasty, and since then it has stayed | | | | trunks, boxes, and stools. You could decorate the walls |
| pretty consistent and is exceedingly popular. Chinese | | | | with some Buddhist-themed artwork. Decorate the |
| antiques are usually made of high quality wood, such | | | | antique tables with antique Chinese lanterns and some |
| as elm or camphor, and have great visual appeal. | | | | semi-precious stone carvings. Animals are quite a |
| They will add class to any room. | | | | popular theme in Chinese antique carvings and |
| First, you'll want to decide if you are going to decorate | | | | artwork. |
| your entire house in antique Chinese furniture or if you | | | | If you have an unlimited budget, you may wish to install |
| are going to decorate one or two rooms in this style. | | | | antique Chinese cabinetry along the walls of your living |
| A good rule of thumb is to start with one room and | | | | room or in your kitchen. You can add a wedding |
| continue from there. Start with the room that needs | | | | cabinet or dresser cabinet to a living room or bedroom |
| the most work, or the most "design help". | | | | to add some visual appeal and to add storage space. |
| Next, decide on one major piece that you would like to | | | | Many of the antique Chinese cabinets are very colorful |
| focus on in this room. Perhaps an amazing elm lute | | | | and artistically designed, so they will add a splash of |
| table or a Tibetan square table would make a good | | | | color to your room. |
| center piece. If you are working on a living or sitting | | | | Finally, pull the whole look together with richly colored |
| room, you might want to focus on an antique elm chair | | | | window treatments that are Asian themed or simply |
| or an antique wooden screen. A wooden screen really | | | | accent the color scheme of your antiques. If you |
| adds interest into a room that otherwise has no | | | | desire a sofa or other cushioned furniture in this room, |
| definition. You can add a feeling of "two rooms" into | | | | choose a design that enhances the antique feel of |
| one large room by using an antique screen, and the | | | | your decorating thus far, and it will tie the whole room |
| engraving in the wood is so intricate and interesting. | | | | together well. |