Keep the Hammock in Your Yard: A Case for Traditional Bedroom Furniture

Posted on 02/07/2012 in View All ,

Topics: view all, furniture, headboards, bedroom

If you peruse design blogs and magazines often, you’ve probably noticed a departure from tradition. In an effort to make homes more unique and personal, interior designers use tree stumps in lieu of coffee tables, submarine lockers instead of a hallway armoire. In some cases, eccentric styles and pieces can beautify a home, but no one should be without traditional bedroom furniture. It looks trendy and hip to show a hammock swinging in the bedroom of a bachelor pad, but traditional bedroom furniture entered tradition for a reason—and it shouldn’t depart just to be trendy.

Perhaps more than in any other room, bedroom furniture needs to be functional. People spend more time in bed than on a couch or at a table; they open and close their dressers more often than any kitchen drawer or cabinet. Traditional beds, then, are designed to support and promote sleep; traditional dressers are intended to store many clothes as efficiently as possible. Kids and adults alike will decorate their bedroom to reflect their interests and passions, but the furniture remains constant.

Sleeping and dressing are the two primary purposes of a bedroom. Traditional bedroom furniture has become tradition because it fulfills those two purposes so well. Because it’s so commonplace, a standard bed and square dresser aren’t as appealing to photograph in magazines, but they’re more appealing for the people who use them. If you enjoy furniture that’s a little out of the box, consider it for your den or dining nook; a bedroom is best furnished with tradition.