White Christmas

When it comes to interiors you have to understand the classic origins

The festive season is underway and it’s the ideal time to give your home a chic, celebratory touch that will wow guests. We are here to help & inspire!

White French furniture is classical, elegant and sophisticated and it will always stay in fashion, but you still have to aim to create soulful individual design. The perfect mood everyone wants to achieve for Christmas Living is comfy, inviting, and not at all over the top. White furniture matches almost any colour of walls. This creates a serene, homogenous space. Also don’t forget to use a specific colour in key places to create cohesiveness. To finish off the bedroom look to add cosy textures, for example Cream Knitted Throw. Our new pieces just arrive and are truly amazing! Explore our new range of bedroom furniture and bedroom ideas.

Which la Maison Chic items are on your wishlist for Santa to bring?

1. French White 2 Over 2 Carved Wooden 4 Drawer Chest £399.99 2. Cream Knitted Throw £53.80 3. French Oak Antique White 2 Drawer Bedside Table made from Solid Oak £179.99 4. French Chateau 4ft6 Solid Wooden Mahogany White Painted Bed £559.00 5. French Chateau White Chest of Drawers with Oak Wood Top £539.00 6. French White Hand Carved Double Armoire Wardrobe Made from Solid Wood £689.00 7. French Chateau White Square Oak Coffee Table with Washed Wood Top £319.00 8. French Chateau White Rattan Dining Chair £157.00 9. French White 2 Drawer Hand Carved Solid Mahogany Bedside £184.99

French Dining Chairs

During the Middle Ages people used for seating mainly simple benches and benches with high backs, and sometimes with armrests. Chairs, unlike today, were considered luxury. They were often decorated with carvings that became especially popular in the XVII century. In those days, the chairs were entirely made ​​of wood, although some did have wicker seat and back.

Golden age for furniture makers came at the end of XVII century in France and the Netherlands. The Dutch took over the experience of the French Huguenots who fled to the north of the persecution of the Catholic Church. French craftsman Daniel Marot became famous for his chairs for dining rooms, which were different from all other ones by a lush decor: carved backs, carved pillars and beams, velvet seats and curved legs.

The eighteenth century is the century of France in the history of french furniture. After the 1789 revolution in France chairs were mainly made ​​in the neoclassical style, and arrows, wreaths and garlands were used as symbols of the revolution.

French furniture features typically associated with cabriole legs and basic scalloped carving. Classical dining chairs often have a wheat pattern carving. The ladder back chair with a woven rush seat is the typical French dining chair. Finishes vary though common to all colours is the accumulation of polish or shabby in the carving over time resulting in an aged patina and emphasis on the carving regardless of whether it is painted furniture or stained.

Please check out our wide range of French dining chairs reproductions!

Utterly Charming collection Of French Furniture

Utterly Charming collection Of French Furniture

La Maison Chic is a retail online shop with beautiful classical pieces and it’s own range of french furniture reproductions. We believe good quality furniture is vital for making your home space functional. Our furniture’s goal is to create harmony in our customer’s home. Our new arrivals two beautiful french coffee tables - French Chateau White Square Oak Coffee Table with Washed Wood Top and French Chateau White Rectangular Oak Coffee Table with Washed Wood Top are simple pieces that can help your room to get a whole new look. The best-seller of our range is Chateau Oak Marne Linen Faubourg French Armchair - traditionally designed armchair with elegant carvings and feathered cushion. This piece will give your french living room charm.

 

French Sofa

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FRENCH ISPIRED BEDROOM

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Looking for new french furniture for your home can be a difficult task as you search for that special piece. However you do not need to spend lots of money as there are many affordable items you can purchase that still have that unique ability. Every woman and every girl dreams of having French antique white dressing table for all her make-up. White French Bed is also a must have if you want to create a romantic ambiance in your bedroom. We at La Maison Chic offer them in 2 sizes: 5ft and 4ft6. For spacious bedrooms we offer French linen sofa. It would perfect for a room that features many details. Lovely decision for romantic French interiors is French bedroom chairs. 

Visit La Maison Chic for inspired French style furniture including French bedroom Furniture, French Sofas, French Style Beds & more

French Armoire

Provence Chest

French Bedside

Bedroom furniture

When it comes to interior design, I can spend hours looking on websites with beautiful french bedroom furniture and dream about redecorating the bedroom.

We wanted to get some new design french bedroom pieces made so we did our research and have made some new designs which we hope everyone will like!

We have had a new set of french chest of drawers and white french bedside to match along with our newly design french bed to make that focal point in the room.

We have had these all made in high quality oak, elm and mahogany wood so they will be treasured forever :)

French Furniture;

Linen Bed Headboard

French Dressing Table

French Armoire

French Bed

French Antique White Bedside

French Chest of Drawers

French Black Bedside

French Oak Furniture

French Oak Bed

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French Sofas Heaven

One of the most important purchases we all make for our (french-inspired!) house is a lovely and comfortable designer sofa. It’s the place you go to relax, put your feet up, lie down and enjoy lazy weekends. It needs to be comfortable, tempting and make you feel cozy.
These linen sofas are in no  particular order but each and every one makes a statement and invites you to have some time with a book.
The French Sofa is opulent but very inviting, look at that deep, soft seat. It is made from natural linen and oak.
It comes with a matching french armchair to create a complete look for you living room.

If you’re looking great service, we’re offering free UK Mainland delivery on all orders.

We offer a vast range of sofas ranging from vintage leather sofas, vintage sofas, rococo sofas, classical sofas, velvet sofas, chesterfield sofas to contemporary sofas

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New Chest of Drawers Designed (Coming soon)

We have a new French furniture style French Chest of drawers designed, we are very excited with this design and have just received the sample frame of the chest of drawers from the factory, still unfinished but we will have complete photos soon.
We have 30 of them arriving end of July so keep you eye peeled! :)

We have a vast range of french mirrors, french dining chairs (including linen dining chairs, oak dining chairs, white dining chairs, Rattan Dining Chairs, Crossback Dining Chairs), French chandeliers, French ceiling Lights, French Table Lamps, Industrial Floor Lamps, linen armchairs, French sofas, classical french sideboards, french dressers, french bookcases and plenty of interesting french style furniture

New Range of French Chateau Furniture

New Range of French Chateau Furniture

 Our new range of high end solid Oak & Elm French Furniture has just arrived. We have a new range of our Living room french furniture in stock along with some new french bedsides & french furniture chest of drawers.


Also just arrived is our new refectory french style solid Reclaimed Elm 3 metre French Dining Table.

Visit our new range of french furniture direct from the makers for the best prices.


New French style furniture products;

French Dining Furniture

 

French Living Room Home Furniture

French Oak Furniture

 

French Bedroom Furniture

For fabulous French Reproduction furniture, french mirrors & french accessories visit www.la-maison-chic.co.uk

The History of Mirrors

History of Classical Mirrors

 

The history of mirrors starts in the III Century B.C. Most ancient Traditional Mirrors were made from metal and had a round shape. The back side of the ancient mirrors were beautifully embellished with ornamentation. Mirrors were made from highly polished bronze and silver. The first glass mirrors were invented in the first Century by Romans.

From ancient times special qualities had been given to mirrors, that no other object had. The Greek philosopher Socrates gave advice to young men to look at themselves in the mirror, and those who were handsome should focus their life on keeping their souls clean and stay away from the temptations of life that could take them on the wrong path. If a young man would find that he is not handsome, he should compensate for his look from his heart, and get known for doing a lot of good things.

In Medieval period glass mirrors completely disappeared, because during those times religious confessions stated that devil is looking and watching the world from the opposite side of a glass mirrors. Poor fashionable ladies had to use a polished metal mirrors or special water bowls instead of glass mirrors.

Glass mirrors came back only in 13th century. This time they were bended slightly outward. The method of attaching tin to the flat surface of the glass wasn't invented yet. Using available technology master glaziers poured hot tin into glass tubs, and then, after the tin was cold, they would brake it into separate pieces. Only three centuries later Venetian mirror masters invented a "flat mirror technique". They figured out how to attach tin to a flat glass surface. Venetian masters invented another trick. They created a special reflective mixture in which gold and bronze was added. Because of this mixture all objects reflecting in the mirrors looked much more beautiful than in reality. The cost of one Venetian mirror then was comparable to the cost of the large naval ship.

In a city of Nuremberg (Germany) the first mirror manufacturing plant was opened. Mirrors were then aggressively integrated in every aspect of life. In the 1600's mirrors become a part of mysterious rituals and witchcraft. Also, for 200 years mirrors were used by Spanish and French spies for coding and decoding secret messages. This secret coding system was introduced in 15th century by Leonardo da Vinci. The scriptures were coded in "mirror reflection" and without the mirror it was impossible to read the message. Mirrors were part of another big invention of the time - the periscope. The opportunity to discreetly spy on ones enemy by using a system of interactive mirrors saved a lot of lives during wars. During the famous Thirty Year war, mirrors were used by all sides to blind the enemy during military actions with bright reflection of sun light. It was very hard to take aim when your eyes are blinded by thousands of tiny mirrors.

Starting with 12th century no respectful lady left her house without a small mirror. Handheld mirrors and pears mirrors became a must have items for every woman. Ladies wore gold embellished mirrors on a chain around their neck or waist, inserted mirrors in to the fens. Mirrors were treated just like precious jewellery, and were incased in specially crafted exotic materials like turtle shell or elephant bone frames. Some of the mirror frames were made from gold or silver with an elegant miniature engravings.

In the 15th century the Venetian Furniture Island of Murano become the center of glass making and was known as the "Isle of Glass". They officially created the Council of Ten with a special mission of vigorously protecting the secrets of there glass making techniques. Masters glassmakers were secretly transported to the island of Murano undercover as a firefighters. The "Council of Ten" generously supported glassmakers and at the same time kept them isolated from the rest of the world. The profits from the mirror making monopoly were too large to take any risks. European monarchs at whatever it cost tried to find out the Venetian Mirror glassmaking secrets. They accomplish this goal in 17th century, when Colbert (the minister of Ludwig XIV) bribed with gold three Murano masters and transported them in to France.

The French happened to be good students, and very quickly they not only mastered Murano glass making techniques, but invented they're own. While mirror making techniques used by Venetian masters was based on a glassblowing, French masters started manufacturing mirrors using casting techniques based on pouring glass into the cast molds. The glass was poured directly from the dome into perfectly smooth surface of the cast mold, and then, as the glass was cooling, it was rolled with the special rollers achieving a perfect consistency and smoothness of material. Immediately after this invention, in Versailles the construction of the French Mirrors Gallery began. The Mirrors Gallery was 220 feet (73 meters) long and embellished with 306 huge mirrors.

On the end of 16th century, following the high fusion style, French queen Maria De Medici decided to create for herself a Mirrored office. For this matter, 119 mirrors was purchased from Venice. Maybe because her purchase was so large, or for some other reason, Venetian masters created a special gift for the queen of France - a unique large mirror generously incrusted with precious stones. Till this day this mirror is preserved and kept in the Louvre in Paris.

Mirrors become a popular valuable collectibles among royals. English King Hendry VIII and the King of France Francis I were the most known mirrors collectors of there time. Trying to catch up with kings, nobles in France had to have an extravagant french mirrors & French Furniture at any cost. There is a knowing facts that some of them had to sell one of they residents in order to purchase a single beautiful mirror. Mirrors were extremely costly. For example one mirror cost more than an Rafael's painting of the same size.

In 17th century Russia, mirrors were considered a sin. In 1666 the Orthodox Church in prohibited the possession of mirrors by its priests. From this time on a lot of superstitions surrounded mirrors. Those superstitions seems to us funny and naive, but back than people took it very seriously. Breaking a mirror, for example, was sign of bad lack for seven years. That is why when a mirror was broken the person who broke it should apologies to the mirror for clumsiness, and had to carefully and respectfully bury it. Solders took mirrors-talismans to reflect away death.

Mirrors have had a long and colorful journey throughout history. In our days there is no home without a mirror. Mirrors have become part of our everyday routine, often unappreciated. We always should remember "reflect" and respect the historical aspects of mirrors.

 

 

If you are looking for beautiful and inspiring mirrors visit www.la-maison-chic.co.uk

 

Styles of mirrors;

 French mirrors, rococo mirrors, venetian mirrors, art deco mirrors