French Wardrobe Design

A French Wardrobe can be a decorative as well as a functional home accent piece. Particularly for home interiors that are short on closet space, the addition of a French style armoire provides much needed space to store hanging clothing items as well as folded sweaters and linens.

Although these are typically used as a bedroom accent pieces, do not count out other uses in other areas of your home for the French wardrobe. Wardrobes, Armoires and Chifferobes usually have space for hanging items such as dresses, suits and shirts, but they also have shelves or pull out drawer storage for folded items such as sweaters and pants. These handy home accent pieces can look quite at home in a bathroom, upstairs hallway or even a mudroom or laundry room.

Adding a French wardrobe to a bedroom suite of furniture provides additional storage and on some models, a full length mirror. Styling of these pieces is usually classic with lots of intricate carving details so they handsomely complement just about any style bedroom furniture style. Creative space savers may affix a French Armoire in an upstairs hallway and use it to store bed and bathroom linens in a convenient location. Most people quickly realize that their laundry room or mud room is one of the most frequently used rooms in the house. Often located off the entrance to the garage where most families access their home, storage space in this home locale can be scarce. The addition of a French Chifferobe is a creative and stylish way to store coats, hats, gloves, scarves and other commonly used seasonal items that are needed just before dashing out of the house in the morning.

French wardrobes can be simple and small with only 1 door or can be elaborately carved units with mirrors and as many as 4 doors. They come in classic white painted wood or in light or darker stained wood grain colorings. Units may be simple with clean design elements and plain door pulls, or can have elegantly carved doors and mouldings with stylish glass or metal door pulls. Whatever your style, there is a French armoire design for you and your home furnishing style.

Consider the general design theme of your home's furnishings. Are they casual? Formal? Have you successfully combined an eclectic mix of styles? Consider which color and form would best coordinate with the surrounding furniture pieces where you will be placing your new French inspired armoire. Do you want the piece to stand out as a focal point or do you want it to blend in and serve as more of a functional storage piece?

Prices vary widely on these accent pieces and higher-end French wardrobe units are usually larger, constructed from solid hardwoods and have intricate carvings and/or mirrors on the exterior of the doors. The armoires have feet, so the fact that they are up off the ground allows another unique storage opportunity to store baskets or other shorter items such as shoes, beneath them. Some of these French chifferobes also have level tops, which provides additional storage opportunities for bins, baskets and hat boxes.

Two words which identify the beauty of French furniture are stylish and graceful. When you see French furniture in a home, you are directly walking into stylish and sumptuous illusions. It definitely stands out in a class of their own and those with no concept will be surprised and wowed at the same time.

A smart but soft look soon draws many fans and keeps them. Gold trimmings and charming wood that has been carefully crafted all combine to give off the overall illusion of royalty. Colours are ordinarily a beautiful cream and white with matching curving contours. French furniture will make your living or dining room feel rich and marvelous to relax in.