bestfiction Chapter 537: Purchasing Furniture, with Pictures
Chapter 537: Purchasing Furniture, with Pictures
Next stop, the largest furniture store in Shuntianfu - Qiqiaofang!
The title of “the largest” is well deserved, the store is extremely large, although it is not on the main street, it covers an area of two to three acres.
There were all kinds of tables, chairs, benches, beds, and cabinets, which dazzled the four of them.
"Girl, what do you think of that set of mahogany tables and chairs? It will definitely look magnificent if placed in the living room."
Shen Youyou looked in the direction her mother pointed. It was indeed very stylish, but the style was too old-fashioned.
"Mom, let's look at something else. It would be best if we could buy a reclining chair, and then make some cotton cushions and pillows, and then it would be a sofa."
The group of four, including the little Shen Luming, wanted to express their opinions and choose some furniture that suited their tastes. However, after looking around, they saw so many styles that they didn't know what to choose.
However, Shen Youyou finally concluded that the furniture of this era can be divided into several categories.
Among tables and stools, round chairs are one of the representative styles, known for their elegant lines and exquisite craftsmanship.
The design inspiration of the round chair comes from the Tang Dynasty. After years of development, it has become a classic.
For example, the set that Li Jingshu first liked was round on top and square on the bottom, round outside and square inside, which was in line with the theory of heaven and earth in traditional Chinese culture:
Qian represents the sky and is round, Kun represents the earth and is square!
The material is also Huanghuali wood, which is not cheap at first glance. The classic round chair style, the legs are not vertical, but gradually converge from bottom to top.
And whether you look at it from the front or the side, it has this tilted angle.
Some people call it side foot, while others call it splayed leg.
In terms of stability and firmness, this structure, which is small at the top and large at the bottom, will become tighter when under pressure.
Of course, there are also machine stools, which are seats without backrests and are shaped like a tree without branches. Another example is the sitting stool, which is shaped like a drum and is also called a "drum stool". There is also a cross-machine stool, which is similar to the modern "Ma Zha", with legs and feet intertwined.
There are also many most common benches, chairs with backrests, armchairs, cross-legged chairs, etc.
The shape of the chair is very interesting.
For example, the pair of cross-legged chairs that Shen Youyou had seen before had light armrests and backrests that basically matched the curve of the human spine, making them quite comfortable to sit on.
Its front and rear legs are designed to cross and can be folded, and there is a fixed chair ring on the top that can be used as a backrest.
The whole shape looks like multiple triangles from the side, with delicate and lively lines, yet stable. Moreover, the curve of the chair ring is soft and natural, and the ends of the armrests are decorated with outward-slanting cloud-patterned ruyi heads.
There is a relief carving above the back of the chair, and the "goose-head stretchers" on both sides stand tall and graceful.
The seat is usually made of hemp or leather, with a footrest placed at the bottom of the front feet.
The armrests, backrests, and legrests are generally decorated with carved teeth, and the joints are often wrapped and inlaid with copper decorative pieces, which are not only sturdy but also have the function of embellishment and beautification.
According to the waiter, the cross-legged chair was originally a foldable chair called a "Hu bed".
Because it is foldable and easy to carry, it was once an ideal choice for outdoor outings, hunting, marching and combat.
Later it gradually evolved into hall furniture.
Of course, there are also tables and desks, such as kang tables, kang tables, and kang desks, most of which are used on beds or kangs.
There are also incense tables, which are usually round and have exquisite carvings.
As for the wine table and dining table, most of them are square or round tables, matched with pouf-style stools.
There are far fewer styles of beds, but they come in a wide variety.
For example, couches, Luohan beds, canopy beds, and step-out beds can all be carved with intricate patterns, but the exquisiteness of the patterns represents the price of the bed in silver.
There are also cabinets and shelves.
The simplest shelf is made of vertical wood, with horizontal boards used to divide the space into several layers, just like many modern shelves. This kind of shelf is used in the sports boots area of their supermarket.
Then there are the bright grid cabinets, which have the grids on top and the cabinets on the bottom.
Then there are rounded corner cabinets and square corner cabinets? The difference between the two is that one has a rounded corner on the top and the other has a square corner, and the rest is similar.
The most interesting type is the "door-locking cabinet", which has a closed space under the drawer, called the "door-locking cabinet". When using it, you need to take out the drawer before you can store or retrieve items. The design of the door-locking cabinet is ingenious, with the upper drawer, the front face of the middle door-locking cabinet and the lower front tooth bar combined, making the overall design more stable.
Its appearance is similar to a long table, but the treatment of the legs and side feet is unique.
However, it is not common in the south, but it is more commonly used in the north and is often used to store valuables.
Of course, there are many small items, such as cabinets, small boxes, suitcases, seal boxes, medicine boxes, etc.
Although there seem to be many styles, Shen Youyou already has a general direction in mind.
If she wants to make do, then she can just order a few wooden boards herself.
Just like the house they live in Tangjia Village now, the sofa is made directly with adobe bricks. To put it more bluntly, it is a sofa-style kang.
But now, they are not making do, but have come to the city, and they have money in their hands for them to buy things.
Then Shen Youyou has to be "particular".
However, she didn't think about looking at anything made of huanghuali wood, mainly because it was too expensive and she was not willing to splurge to that extent.
After the waiter's explanation, Shen Youyou chose the oak one.
It was also chosen because of its high cost-effectiveness. This wood is heavy, hard, slow-growing, and has a clear distinction between heartwood and sapwood.
The texture is straight or oblique, it is resistant to water and corrosion, and it is difficult to process, but the cut surface is smooth and wear-resistant, it has high requirements for gluing, and it has good paint coloring and finishing properties.
Although there were a few rooms with kangs in their county house, most of the rooms did not have kangs, but they did have fire walls, so they would probably need to buy nine more beds.
Although she likes the step-out bed,
But this kind of bed, even if it is made of oak, will cost at least sixty taels, mainly because the workmanship is too complicated.
Because its unique feature is that there is a "small cabin" outside the bunk bed. From the appearance, it looks like the bunk bed is placed on a closed wooden platform.
The platform is two or three feet longer than the edge of the bed, with pillars at the four corners and wooden fences. Some platforms also have windows on both sides to form a corridor in front of the bed.
Although it is small, people can enter it. When people step into the corridor, it is like stepping into a room.
A footrest is placed in the middle of the corridor, and small furniture such as tables and stools can be placed on both sides to store miscellaneous items.
This type of bed is very large and has a relatively independent area for activities in front of the bed. Although it is used indoors, it is like an independent small house.
So she chose eight ordinary bunk beds, which were made of oak and available for delivery today.
There weren't many carvings, but it had a footrest, and the style was simple and elegant, mainly for hanging the gauze curtain, because there were still a lot of mosquitoes in ancient times. As for the last bed, she couldn't help but choose a step-out bed, but she didn't choose a particularly closed one, because that always reminded her of the urn in her previous life.
Therefore, the one she chose was relatively open on all sides, but it looked very grand, with hollow carvings, a gauze curtain, and imitation mahogany paint.
Of course, the price is also high. One step-out bed can buy three bunk beds.