Dark colours hide imperfections
Most times, people are attracted to the beautiful furniture. Make every effort to ensure you are buying quality furniture. Net photo
Every time I travel, I am on the lookout for inspiration. I keep turning from the left side of the road to the right, looking at displays of various carpentry works, particularly those that make household items.
Quack finishing
There are a number of carpentry workshops that have their products displayed alongside the road.
However, while their furniture is creatively done, I find the finishing wanting.
It is very easy to get blown away by the designs and attractive fabric upholstered but upon closer examination, I realise that proportions and lines are asymmetric.
Great designs versus quality
On this particular day, I was surprised to see that this workshop that always had poorly crafted furniture, had a seemingly beautiful sofa displayed.
This attracted to me to look at the other sofas. I discovered that the craftsmanship did not match the first one that caught my attention.
And that is when I realised that the ‘good’ looking one was furnished in dark fabric while the rest of the furniture was made in bright fabric.
The sofas which had patterned fabric seemed to have good finishing. But it dawned on me that, just like fashion, the dark coloured and heavily patterned furniture do not highlight imperfections of carpenters.
Choose wisely
The principle is the same in the fashion industry. Single-coloured outfits attract a lot of scrutiny from the public.
Patterned outfits on the other hand make viewers maintain focus on the fabric rather than on body shape, size and all the bits that may be ‘out of place’. The dark fabric also makes one look slimmer.
The beauty about it is that it is low cost. If one day you see an eye-catching street furniture, look at it closely and choose wisely.
