Bamboo Furniture

Green living concepts and sustainability are becoming increasingly popular with furniture manufacturers, homeowners and consumers.

Maybe you like the idea of purchasing furniture made with environmentally friendly materials, or maybe you just like the distinctive, natural grain of bamboo.

Either way, if you’re looking for new furniture styles, consider adding some bamboo furniture in your home.

Bamboo provides a warm, natural, eco-friendly, easy to maintain and stylish alternative to wood furniture and accessories in your home!

About Bamboo Furniture

Bamboo is definitely environmentally friendly. It’s one of the fastest growing plants, so it’s highly renewable. In fact, it grows about ten times faster than the average tree.

And purchasing bamboo furniture helps to save trees and improve the environment, preserve natural habitats, and save rainforests.

But it has more advantages, including its beautiful grain, strength, and resistance to shrinkage. It can be used both indoors and outdoors, although it can be attractive to bugs and needs to be treated before outdoor use.

Although it looks (and feels) light, bamboo furniture is actually very sturdy. Once it is treated during the manufacturing process, it becomes hard and woody, and it is then strong enough to be used in construction. So there’s no reason to be concerned about sitting in a bamboo chair!

Your furniture can be stained or painted, but depending on how it has been prepared, you may have problems with cracking or chipping.

Many finished bamboo pieces are waxed for smoothness, making it difficult for paint or stain to penetrate the surface.

In order to paint the piece, you would need to melt the wax and wipe it off. The best option to protect your furniture is to rely on pillows or cushions to provide a burst of color and leave the furniture as is unless you’re really an expert at performing this type of work.

You can find almost any home furnishing or accessory in bamboo if you simply look hard enough.

You can even find bamboo beds, although most are actually wood carved to look like bamboo so make sure to research the product thoroughly.

Suggested Bamboo Home Furnishing and Decor Uses

Most commonly, bamboo is used to make the following home furnishings:

• Tables
• Chairs
• Room dividers
• Dressers
• Ottomans
  

Bamboo can be used just about anywhere, but it has its own look and feel that makes it particularly suited for some uses.

It goes well in any room with tropical or rustic accents.

Try bamboo bedroom furniture combined with mosquito netting and shutters to give your bedroom a tropical twist.

Or select bamboo patio furniture for your three seasons room or porch and add bamboo dividers to block off unattractive views or increase privacy.

And there’s really no reason that you can’t design your living room cabana style and use a bamboo table or chair in conjunction with upholstered pieces.

Bamboo ottomans also add a lot of visual interest and larger pieces can even be used in place of the traditional coffee table.

Or try a full bamboo living room set with some brightly patterned cushions.