Decorating with White Antique Furniture

White antique furniture is a quite popular topic amid people who often decorate their house. Antique furniture itself can be defined as collectible interior furnishing of considerable age. Often times, its age, rarity, utility, condition, or many other unique features are the one that makes a piece of furniture desirable, especially as a collectors item. This is the reason the furnishing is called an “antique”. But now, commonly collectible objects and furniture which age is at least 100 years old is automatically classified as an antique.

Using white antique furniture in your decor

In decorating a house, especially with white, you will come to know a lot of white variances. There are tons of variances, but we will classify them into two types this time, warm white, which looks a bit yellow, and cool white, which leans more to blue. In the case of antique white USA, it is warm. To decor your house with it, you will have to adjust the color theme of your house accordingly.

For furniture an antique white can be beautiful, but in the case you intend to make distressed furniture, or in other words you intend to sand and age the surface, the yellow undertones tend to be revealed. Warm whites can look cozy and gentle though, depending on their undertone.

Another option for distressed furniture is to add a coat of antique white paint on the furniture after the furniture is distressed. It will give the furniture a clean look fitting of a somewhat romantic or relaxing cottage environment.

Your preference to white antique colored furniture can also be affected by the light. Without natural light, cool white will only look cold and gray. You will need a warm white in a town where sun seldom appears. Another aspect that may affect your preference is the color of the floor. Generally though, white antique is more complementary to a traditional look, while cool white has more modern feeling.