Perhaps a lesser-known style than retro or vintage, nowadays more and more chic interior designers are incorporating the usage of industrial furniture into their designs. It is common knowledge that, as a society, we are well adept at making that which is old new again. This is oft demonstrated when people are willing to spend copious amounts of time and money to find and obtain antique and vintage furniture pieces to complete and/or compliment their home décor. This tendency to recycle old ideas and incorporate the past into the present is rarely as apparent as when discussing the phenomenon of industrial furniture.
With industrial furniture, many items that may have once been considered unsalvageable or even to be junk can be recycled into attractive and fashionable furnishings. Items that were once destined to rust away in a scrap yard are now being salvaged, restored, and incorporated into beautiful and distinctive pieces of furniture, many so unique they could easily be considered art in and unto themselves.
They key to beautiful industrial furniture is to utilize old industrial machinery in a way that is both eye catching and functional. Some of the most attractive and sought after pieces of industrial furnishings are old industrial light fixtures and bases of large industrial machinery. You may find the bases recycled into table, chair, or lamp bases. They are always cleaned up and beautifully restored. There are many companies out there that make and sell custom industrial furniture. While the price may be higher that other contemporary forms of home furnishing, you are always guaranteed a unique and eye catching piece.
An alternative to purchasing premade industrial furniture is to seek out and find old industrial machinery scraps yourself, and use them as a starting point to create your own designs. Many times, you will be able to find a reputable restoring company that specializes in making these old pieces like-new. After you have beautified your industrial machinery find, you can then choose to either incorporate it into a piece of your own design and construction or contract the design and construction of your new industrial furniture to an individual or company that specializes in such work.
To see examples of this phenomenon please visit www.elemental.uk.com
October 29, 2009 at 4:29 pm
The look of industrial furniture is very contemporary, and it certainly doesn’t hurt it’s environmentally sensible
February 7, 2010 at 11:25 pm
We have been inspired by industrial design ever since we bought our first welders table many years ago. thanks Randy