Creating a traditional look with furnishings and marble fireplaces - By: Rick Dahne

Creating a traditional, or ‘olde worlde’, look for a room need not necessarily entail expensive structural modifications or the purchase of antique furniture. There are many modern accessories and furnishings, from wooden cabinets through to real marble fireplaces, which can create an effect that is not only convincing to visitors, but which also makes the homeowner feel as if back in a genuine pre-twentieth century environment.

There are, for example, many dark wood, ornate cabinets and chests available from most furniture stores. Likewise, most sofa and chair specialists will stock traditional-looking leather seating options with elaborate arm rests and old-fashioned wing-backs. Decorative wooden beams can easily be attached to ceilings and walls, whilst dark rich coloured materials, or tapestry- effect cloths, can be used to cover furnishings and walls. Traditional looking patterned carpets and rugs are also still very much in vogue in many carpet stores.

However, one genuine quality household item that is economical to buy and easy to install is a marble fireplace. Real marble fireplaces are still being produced today to exacting quality standards in a wide range of styles and colours. Durable and easy to clean, marble fireplaces can be an extremely effective way of transporting a room and its occupants into a bygone era.

The romance of a real marble fireplace or marble fire surround can be available even to those without an existing fireplace or fireplace area. At Marble Choice, for example, we can deliver a great value, ready-to-install marble fireplace or marble fire surround direct to your door, complete with a remote-controlled electric fire if required. The good news is that with all these possibilities of saving money in creating a traditional look, homeowners may even feel able to splash out on a couple of small inexpensive antiques to place on the mantelpieces of their new marble fireplaces.

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