The Best Home Furnishings

 When you begin to invest in your furniture, the best home furnishings are those items that offer tremendous flexibility and years of pleasure.

They are classics that really never go out of style and been derived from styles and designs of centuries ago with some or a few variations.

Parsons Table

The parson table has a timeless charm and can fit in any room or interior. It is a table with clean lines and square straight legs of a diameter that is equal to the thickness of the top.

A Platform Bench

The platform bench, easily accents any room, is a long low wooden bench with a slat top, originally designed by George Nelson in 1946.

Use it at the foot of a bed, as a coffee table, in a foyer or in a mud room or as a magazine display for the home office.

Console/Sofa Table

The best home furnishings include a console table that is interchangeable with the term sofa table and refers to a table with four legs and is long and narrow, usually 30" in height or so.

It can be used at the back of the sofa, hence the name sofa table or against the wall. It could have a shelf at the bottom for display and be with or without drawers.

Used in the living room it can be a surface for photos and task lighting, while under it you can place benches or ottomans for extra seating.

In the bedroom it can serve as a desk.

Hang a stunning piece of art above or use as a media center under a flat screen TV that is mounted to the wall, and store DVD's in the drawers.

The Ottoman

Another example of the best home furnishings to own is an ottoman. The ottoman is a low upholstered seat without arms or a back and is approximately the same height as a chair seat.

They function as a footstool or extra seating and make a great coffee table