Wicker rattan furniture with their hands

Once wicker furniture was out of competition, but soft furniture, chairs, stools gradually pushed her out of use of the majority of the population, albeit briefly.

currently, wicker furniture, mainly rattan again has leading positions, harmoniously fitting into any interior because its advantages are undeniable, as the predominate over any cutting-edge itemsinterior.

rattan Sorts

Recently, along with the use of willow, bamboo, alder, for weaving furniture it has become widely used rattan material.However, the growing of rattan in distant tropics, affects the supply of expensive, has led to the development of rattan analogue called artificial.On this basis, wicker rattan furniture is made from either natural or artificial material.

Natural rattan

used in natural rattan wicker furniture is the vine stalks to climb, specially treated.The length of the stem rattan can reach 250 m at the maximum thickness of 7 cm. The extensive use of rattan material due to the good flexibility and smoothness trunk devoid of knots.

artificial rattan

rattan Analog, virtually identical to the authentic material presented synthetic fiber, produced by extrusion.This artificial rattan can be configured:

• crescent imitating the bark of a tree;
• rod;
• braid;
• bands.

Moreover, regardless of the type of material, tehnorotang has a different length, thickness, width, as well as the variety of colors and textures, smooth submitted or ribbed surface.

Production of rattan furniture

process is the production of furniture made of artificial rattan less labor-intensive than the natural material as tehnorotang does not require pre-treatment, as well as the performance of some works related to direct manufacturing of furniture.

manufacturing techniques of furniture made of natural raw materials

Before rattan stems fall in the production process, they undergo rigorous training that includes the following steps:

1. Cleansing stems from rattan bark.
2. Ranging in thickness of the material.
3. steam treatment to give raw material more elasticity.
4. stems straightening carried out by means of a special device.
5. measurement and, if necessary, cutting to a certain length.

After processing the material, or the trunk is split into thin rods or bent, giving shape to a separate part of the future product.However, in the manufacturing process involved not only stems but also the core.Thus, the large diameter stems used for making furniture carcass and thin - for weaving pattern design angles.This bark is ideal for weaving mats, backs of sofas, armchairs, various types of rugs.

Thus, the production of furniture made of natural rattan is almost waste-free production, which consists of the following works:

• Making frame products - produced by imparting pre-scalded by steam stalk desired shape, followed by fixation on a special machine for a day, a necessaryto fix the configuration obtained.After removal from the machine, on the details make the slots, notches, holes are drilled.
• assembly of individual parts in a single product - through various kinds of wickerwork given final form, the compound of the elements produced by the same rattan.

• wax or varnish treatment is needed for an extended preservation of the natural color and texture of the original material.

Due to the fact that rattan furniture appears as a result of manual labor, each product has a truly unique openwork.Despite the unique design and aesthetic appeal of natural rattan furniture has a number of other advantageous features, among them:

• ecological purity of the material;
• high strength products;
• relative resistance to moisture;
• minimum number of joints;
• ease of transportation;
• ease of assembly;
• low weight;
• duration of operation.

However, rattan furniture is not without drawbacks:

• not tolerate abrupt temperature fluctuations;
• the complexity of care due to maintenance work on the prevention of cracking or deformation of volume;
• should not be placed near heating appliances, and even more so next to an open fire;
• high cost.

course, these disadvantages can be considered insignificant, especially against the background of a lot of advantages.

Making interior items made of artificial rattan

process is the production of furniture from different tehnorotanga fairly simple technology to produce a masterpiece of furniture their own hands.Production of interior items from tehnorotanga in the following order:

1. Take the ready frame of wood, plastic or metal.
2. to the base using the furniture stapler, bolts, screws, fasten the guide for the subsequent creation of a pattern made of artificial rattan.
3. cut with scissors or a knife protruding over the frame bars.
4. prepared frame braided tehnorotanga selected view.In this case you can weave in a staggered or more complex openwork, combining several varieties tehnorotanga.
5. After the braiding trimmed the excess beyond the frame, and masked by the ends of the product.

Despite the simplicity of the production process of artificial rattan furniture is endowed with many advantages:

• moisture;
• low weight of the finished product;
• ability to withstand relatively high loads without any visible change of the original form;
• UV resistance, depending on the formulation of the material;
• possibility of using different detergents;
• does not deform under the influence of extreme temperatures;
• not the toxicity of the product;
• odorless synthetic;
• lack of furniture joints;
• simplicity of operation, maintenance;
• long service life;
• reasonable cost.

Among the disadvantages is to provide:

• relative rigidity of artificial material requires iron or plastic frame;
• if damaged weave in any place the product loses its strength and eventually weave completely dissolved.

Despite the disadvantages, high-quality furniture tehnorotanga enjoys a fairly high demand among the various segments of the population.Of course, the advantages of furniture from rattan natural and artificial production vary considerably, but for the originality of performance and aesthetic appeal is difficult to bow to any one embodiment.

Criteria for selection of furniture from rattan

If you engage in weaving no time or opportunity or preference of furniture made of natural materials, before the acquisition of focus should be on the following points:

• manufacturer.Furniture made of natural rattan made, mainly in the field of growing raw material, and only then exported to various part of the world.On this basis, rattan furniture, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines can be considered true masterpieces of production.

• cost.Rattan furniture, the price of which is very low, it may be of tehnorotanga or marriage, so this piece of furniture is better not to acquire, even trying to save considerable amount of money.At the same time, produced in China rattan furniture can be quite high quality as in Thailand there are both small workshops and factories, has for a long time engaged in the manufacture of rattan furniture.

• Appearance.Heterogeneity of color, minor cracks indicate non-compliance or violation of manufacturing technology and transportation conditions may cause you to lose all of its product advantages within a short period of active service.In addition, too voluminous coat of paint or varnish over time, quickly covered with cracks, completely spoiling the aesthetic appearance of the product.

course, buying rattan furniture, reviews sellers should be trusted least of all, because they need to sell the product, so you should carefully examine the product, test it on comfort, to correlate quality and value, and then you can proceed to the decision to purchase.

Rattan furniture in interior

Having appeared on the market relatively recently, rattan furniture has become particularly popular just because rattan combined perfectly:

• metal;

• glass;

• stone;

• skin;

• textiles;

• tree.

Furniture made of natural or synthetic rattan ideal:

• for a country house;

• for open veranda;

• Garden;

• around the pool;

• Office;

• for the balcony.

Calm and comfort - essential components of a good sleep, and rattan furniture only contributes to this.Moreover, the furniture can be selected:

• creamy;

• dark tones;

• golden brown.

Sophistication and comfort of the living room will give the furniture in the Art Nouveau style.

or high-tech.

The spacious living room perfectly accommodate a set of furniture consisting of a sofa, armchairs, pouf and small tables.

Rattan furniture harmoniously fit into any kitchen interior.

rattan moisture resistance makes it an indispensable material for making furniture in the bathroom.

Furniture made of artificial rattan China, among which the major share of products produced by known Chinese factories «Tivoli», «Baihui» both in quality and design is absolutely not inferior to the Indonesian production.

Thus, rattan furniture, a photo which is placed in the article, quite clearly allows us to see how can transform the interior design.Therefore, if you do not have enough resources to purchase furniture in the store, it is possible to try to braid some piece of furniture with his own hands.