How Fine Asian Art Can Enhance Any Home
Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 05:43PM 
Image courtesy of Antique Zen (antiquezen.com), showcase collection.By Eric Y. P. Wang
If you are looking to improve the décor of your home, you might want to consider decorating with Chinese antique furniture and accessories. Chinese furniture started to take its current designs during the Northern Song Dynasty, and since then it has stayed pretty consistent and is exceedingly popular. Chinese antiques are usually made of high quality wood, such as elm or camphor, and have great visual appeal. They will add class to any room.
First, you'll want to decide if you are going to decorate your entire house in antique Chinese furniture or if you are going to decorate one or two rooms in this style. A good rule of thumb is to start with one room and continue from there. Start with the room that needs the most work, or the most "design help".
Next, decide on one major piece that you would like to focus on in this room. Perhaps an amazing elm lute table or a Tibetan square table would make a good center piece. If you are working on a living or sitting room, you might want to focus on an antique elm chair or an antique wooden screen. A wooden screen really adds interest into a room that otherwise has no definition. You can add a feeling of "two rooms" into one large room by using an antique screen, and the engraving in the wood is so intricate and interesting.
Once you have found the focal point of the room that you are decorating, you can accent it further with smaller pieces and accessories. Some beautiful Chinese antique accessories include old wooden trunks, boxes, and stools. You could decorate the walls with some Buddhist-themed artwork. Decorate the antique tables with antique Chinese lanterns and some semi-precious stone carvings. Animals are quite a popular theme in Chinese antique carvings and artwork.
If you have an unlimited budget, you may wish to install antique Chinese cabinetry along the walls of your living room or in your kitchen. You can add a wedding cabinet or dresser cabinet to a living room or bedroom to add some visual appeal and to add storage space. Many of the antique Chinese cabinets are very colorful and artistically designed, so they will add a splash of color to your room.
Finally, pull the whole look together with richly colored window treatments that are Asian themed or simply accent the color scheme of your antiques. If you desire a sofa or other cushioned furniture in this room, choose a design that enhances the antique feel of your decorating thus far, and it will tie the whole room together well.
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Eric Wang is a avid collector of Antique Chinese Furniture. Each year he visits Northern China to hand-select the most unique and special pieces to import back to the states. He strives to provide cultural artifacts that are artistically and culturally enriched. Visit his website to browse his unique collection of Chinese Antiques.
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Finally, pull the whole look together with richly colored window treatments that are Asian themed or simply accent the color scheme of your antiques