As we tire of uniformity and long for individuality, a new trend of timeworn-look industrial furniture is emerging.
I remember seeing heavy duty industrial furniture in Factories (now museums) of the bygone eras that I have visited as a child. Now the trend of heavy duty industrial look furniture of old workers cupboards, tables and benches is gaining in popularity. The first time I came across the renewed industrial look was in cutting edge boutiques. They have re-invented the old industrial benches, scaffolding, shelvingand tables to display their designer clothing.
Asmass uniformity is no longer unanimously approved and no one wants to be like everyone else in our age of globalization, many are looking to escape the ordinary. Each person aspires to affirm their own freedom of choice in matters of taste and lifestyle, hence the industrial diner look is filtering through into our homes. Reproductions of the old industrial furniture is now available. The time worn look of the reproduction industrial looking pieces is achieved by using a mix of weathered timber with metallic effect composites andby applying a distressed finish to the furniture.
