!#7# Sturdy But Light, that's Wicker Sunroom Furniture

!±8± Sturdy But Light, that's Wicker Sunroom Furniture

Wicker furniture is sturdy and durable, but extremely lightweight, making it popular for use in indoor and outdoor living areas ... and is thus the beginning of time. Archaeologists have found remains of wicker in Egypt and dated around 1400 BC

There is a plant called "wicker" ... The term refers to the process where the material of choice - are intertwined - rattan, bamboo, willow, or solid, but flexible fiber plant-As a rule through a frame in rattan - do nothing baskets, tables, chairs.

Be used as materials of good quality fabric and screws properly, wicker furniture should last for decades - with normal use. Indeed, some wicker antiques of the Victorian era are still in use today. This is because the materials to make the pasture - rattan, etc., is full of longitudinal fibers, similar to a cable. This curve lives, therefore, does not splinter and break, aswood does.

Today, wicker furniture is not limited to the loveseat and chair set of the past. Practically any piece of furniture in the house - including desks, wall units and chests of drawers - can be made of wicker these days.

As with any type of furniture, you can buy wicker in single pieces or in complete sets, for the sunroom, living room...even the bathroom!

A set of chairs to surround a matching table are usually the first things chosen for a sunroom, but for a change of pace you can get loveseats - with room enough for two, ottomans - which are not only footstools but also couches without backs. Swings, rockers, wing chairs and loungers are also available, and to finish off the matching decor of the room there will be such accessories as pot stands, mats, decorative baskets, and even wall hangings.

http://Www.wicker.com is a website that has a vast amount of wicker furniture on display, from bedroom, dining room and living room sets, porch and sunroom sets, and daybeds, desks and futons.

YesteryearWicker.com is another site that offers all sorts of "classic" wicker designs...their work has even been used in the television program The West Wing. Yesteryear uses the highest quality rattan for their furniture.

Wicker has competition

Although wicker makes for sturdy furniture, there may be times when it's necessary for you to have the wicker "look" with a slightly sturdier material. Backyard Stuff, for example, is a website that offers wicker furniture made of PVC woven through an aluminum frame.