Chinese living room furniture

4 Living sell a range of Chinese living room furniture, finished in a beautiful deep black or linen white lacquer including Chinese style coffee tables, Oriental side tables, Chinese tv tables (or tv units), console tables, Chinese style sideboards, cabinets and trunks. All of these furniture items have been produced to the same high standard and designed to complement one another perfectly.

When choosing your Chinese living room furniture it is important to first establish what look you are intending to create. This can best be done by assessing the amount of space available. If the room you are looking to furnish, is a little on the small side, it may be better to choose Chinese living room furniture in the lighter shade of linen white. This is because the lighter colour will not impinge on the room so much and will therefore enhance the feeling of space.

If on the other hand, the room you are looking to furnish is quite large, you may be better to go for Chinese living room furniture in the black lacquer range. Installing black lacquered furniture in a spacious room will have the effect of visually reducing the room in size, making it a cosier more intimate environ for your family and guests to enjoy.

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Chinese Coffee Tables

Chinese coffee tables are available in two styles across both the black lacquer furniture range and the linen white lacquer furniture range. Both designs are low to the ground, in keeping with the Chinese style but that is where any similarities end.

The “Beijing” style of Chinese coffee table incorporates a distinctive ball design in the legs. This gives it that unmistakably far eastern feel. The “Oriental” style Chinese coffee table has been constructed in a simpler, more contemporary style.

A coffee table is an extremely useful piece of living room furniture, not just because it provides a level, raised platform upon which to rest coffee cups, but also because, that same platform can be used as the ideal placement for newspapers, magazines or a coffee table art book.

Chinese Side Tables

Our Chinese side tables come fully assembled, with a single drawer. They are hand made using solid reclaimed Pine wood and have a smart flip up brass drawer handle. They are finished in silky smooth black lacquer or a creamy linen white lacquer with wooden stressed edging detail. Each piece is hand crafted ensuring a unique and individual feel. Chinese side tables work well together with other items of Chinese furniture and especially well, when they are paired and set at either side of a large settee or couch.

Chinese Sideboards

Our smart Chinese sideboards come in two sizes, large and small. The smaller of the two has a drawer and cupboard with 2 removable shelves and is made using solid reclaimed Pine wood. It is coated in several layers of smooth black or white lacquer and is hand finished with stressed wooden edging detail.

The larger size boasts 3 deep drawers and 2 cupboards with fixed shelves. It is constructed of solid reclaimed Pine wood with flip up brass handles. Finished with several layers of smooth black or linen white lacquer and with stressed wooden edging detail, this piece will sit well in any larger room.

Chinese TV Tables

Our Chinese TV tables are available in two sizes, small and large and which one you choose will be determined by the screen size of your television. For small screen televisions, our smaller Chinese TV table will be sufficient. It features an open shelf and two drawers. One drawer has been set aside for DVD's and the other has been allocated to general storage. Constructed from solid reclaimed Pine wood, fitted with stylish flip up brass handles and finished in black or white lacquer with wooden stressed edging detail, this classically designed lacquered Chinese TV table is the perfect answer to your television support and associated storage needs.

The larger Oriental TV table is again constructed using solid reclaimed Pine wood and stylish brass handles. Finished in a deep black lacquer or linen white, it has a lovely stressed wooden edging detail. It features a central space for DVD and SKY boxes and 2 cupboards for storage and is ideal for the support of those TV’s or plasmas with the larger screen sizes.

Chinese Lacquer Mirrors

We have created a range of wall and console mounted mirrors available in both black lacquer and white lacquer to perfectly complement our lacquered furniture. These can of course, go in any room of the house. They are finished to the same high standards and beautifully reflect the quality of the range.

Creating a Chinese living room

When creating a Chinese style living room, close attention must be paid to colour schemes, accessories, flooring and lighting as well as to furniture and space. The Chinese put a lot of store by space, they do not believe in clutter, adopting a minimalist style of room furnishing to enable the free flow of movement or “chi” or vital energy around a living space. Any accessories that are on display, ornaments, paintings and so on, will be of either a high personal or financial value since the Chinese believe, that displaying items of worth will lead to the attraction of more wealth and prosperity

When using colour the Chinese will more often than not, stick to a closely related palette consisting of Black, Reds, Greens and Yellows, Creams or gold. These are the 4 principal colours, relating to Water, Fire, Nature and Earth respectively. Other colours can and are of course used in their decorations and ornamentations but these are the colours to which the Chinese attach the most importance.

Lighting is also carefully considered by the Chinese. Darkened corners are believed to be areas in which “chi” or energy can get stuck. You’ll often find that it is in such dark corners that dust settles and that the air feels stagnant. This is a sign that the “chi” or energy within the room has slowed in these areas and it needs to be released. For this reason, soft lighting is deployed, the shadows are dispersed and these areas are illuminated, enabling the vital energy to move freely once more.

To be truly authentic, a Chinese living room will not be carpeted from wall to wall. The floors will be of natural materials like wood or stone and will be covered by rugs or grass matting and the walls will be draped in light cottons or silks. Emphasis here is very much on all things natural and is a mark of their respect and reverence for nature.