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Low maintenance rattan conservatory furniture

Sunday, June 27th, 2010

When you have chosen your sparkling new rattan conservatory furniture, it will look fantastic and homely once set in your conservatory. Furniture that spends too much time in the sun, in warm weather, can fade quickly.

However, your rattan conservatory furniture will look wonderful, with its natural colours catching the light. When your rattan conservatory furniture needs a dusting, just take a soft muslin cloth or a soft feather duster, and wipe the rattan chairs and rattan sofas down.

A feather duster is an important tool for getting to the dust that has collected in the corners and crevices, which can be hard to get to otherwise. A soft toothbrush, or a shoe polishing brush, is ideal for removing any unwanted, stubborn marks.

Excess dirt can be ‘dabbed’ away with a damp cloth, but make sure it’s not too wet. Outdoor rattan furniture, brought out of storage, will benefit from this method of cleaning. If you have discovered a few split ends, apply glue to the affected area and bind with some tape, until the glue has had time to dry.

Rattan wrapping may come loose, but applying the same method with glue will suffice in solving the problem. Whatever design choice you make with rattan furniture, with good care and attention, it will serve you for a long time.

At 1st for Cane, we acknowledge the fact that our rattan furniture is made from a natural material, is easily replenished, and therefore not harming the planet in any way.

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Looking at the different seasons with rattan furniture

Sunday, June 20th, 2010

Once the cold winter weather has passed, it is time to tidy up the garden and start enjoying the light nights of spring and summer. The different seasons of the year bring with them a different set of jobs to do. Spring is when your garden is crying out for attention, and the outdoor rattan furniture is in the shed, but is ready for a clean.

Cushions that may have become a little dusty need washing and drying, ready for the wonderful evenings sat outside, reading a book or entertaining friends. In the summer months, when the warmer weather appears, cleaning the barbecue is the task in hand, ready for great food and good company.

When entertaining friends, it is fortunate that rattan garden furniture is not only low-maintenance, but is strong and durable, as there can be a few accidents with spillages. Spillages are no problem; a quick wipe down over your rattan furniture with a soft cloth will be enough to clean them.

When the autumn months are drawing in, and the falling leaves are becoming a problem, there is still time to have a barbeque, or roast a few potatoes on an open bonfire. Outdoor rattan furniture is manufactured to a high enough standard to withstand the varying seasons. When winter comes, it is time your rattan furniture had a quick wipe over before settling it away for next spring.

At 1st For Cane, we have a wide range of the latest designs of Rattan furniture for your enjoyment.

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Choosing outdoor furniture that looks good inside a home

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

When the warmer weather appears, or if you are planning on having a party, there is always a need for wonderful patio or conservatory furniture. Weather and climate conditions have a lot to do with outdoor entertaining; therefore, choosing the correct pieces of furniture, within budget, is made easy with elegant and cost-effective resin wicker furniture.

Outdoor patio furniture made in wood, no matter how durable it may be, has to be waterproofed every year. When left out in rain, wood can look tired and worn-out after a couple of hardy winters. One of the most important reasons for choosing wicker outdoor furniture is that it is durable, but unlike its wooden counterparts, it is low in maintenance and can be moved to a spare room or conservatory. It can be useful for furniture to be used for more than just one purpose.

Wicker chairs can double up to fit snugly into a bedroom or a small office area, and a sofa will look wonderful under a bay window while the colder months come to an end. If you own a pet, you may find that he or she takes a liking to your outdoor furniture in the summer months, just lying out in the sun. The winter months may see your pet looking for his or her wicker chair to curl up to sleep on, while the cold winter weather passes by.

At 1st For Cane, we have a full range of the latest designs in wicker furniture, for indoor and outdoor living.

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Information about cane, the natural material

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

It can be difficult for a person to tell the difference between cane furniture, wicker furniture and rattan furniture. Cane itself is mainly used as conservatory furniture; it has a good reputation for being strong and durable. Some popular pieces of cane furniture are cane sofas, cane tables and, of course, any of these pieces can be used in any room.

What most people do not realise is that cane is the stem of a rattan vine; its joints meet the palm leaf of the plant. New vines have to be left to develop and grow for up to 15 years, before being strong enough to be cut and used for Cane furniture.

In South East Asia, you will find cane being used as scaffolding for buildings, the same way that builders in this country use metal scaffolding. Rattan is the solid core found at the bottom of a vine, which means it is also an ideal choice as a material for manufacturing rattan furniture.

Rattan conservatory furniture, or outdoor rattan garden furniture, is growing in popularity with homeowners who want to use their furniture throughout the year. Wicker is a type of weave and you will hear many times the term ‘wickerwork’ being used, which is simply the name of the weave. Wicker conservatory furniture shows off its intricate weave – the darker colour of the weave looks absolutely wonderful with an array of bright seat cushions.

At 1st For Cane, we have a wide range of Cane, Rattan and Wicker furniture available.

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The Timeless Look Of Cane Furniture

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

The Timeless Look Of Cane Furniture

Cane furniture has become popular with homeowners with its timeless look. A conservatory looks complete with a beautiful conservatory suite made out of cane.

Modern living is enhanced with the fashionable designs that are available in today’s marketplace. Cane is recognised as a natural material, ideal for indoor and outdoor living.

Homeowners and businesses recognise cane furniture has become popular, and there are benefits of using beautiful designer pieces in both homes and the receptions areas of hotels and offices.

Cane first starts its journey as a raw material. Tough and durable, it’s an ideal material that is versatile enough to be used as flooring and other individual house accessories.

The material allows manufacturers to continue to update and modify designs to keep up with the styles that homeowners expect for their home.

Once a palm has been harvested the ‘sap’ is removed to allow the material be more flexible for a craftsman to mould it into various shapes.

The next stage is to split the material into strips ready for intertwining around much larger canes that are the framework of the furniture. The end result is a piece of beautiful cane furniture that will compliment a home or garden.

It is important to point out that cane furniture is completely environmentally friendly. Cane is a natural product and is made without the addition of chemicals or wood treatment.

At 1st for Cane we have a wide range of Cane furniture suitable for home and office.

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Re-style your conservatory or garden with wicker furniture

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

The most popular conservatory furniture and garden furniture in the UK is wicker furniture. Wicker furniture is available in a variety of styles, with cushions that are normally made from either acrylic or an outdoor polyester fabric.

Outdoor wicker furniture has been manufactured to a high standard to be able to withstand the warmer months, as well as the cooler days when nature takes us all by surprise with periods of unsettled weather.

Resin wicker furniture, in the latest designs, placed either in the middle of an outside porch or on some decking will show off both large and small gardens to their best advantage. Resin outdoor wicker furniture can be made using different materials. The most popular type have aluminium or steel frames, before being wrapped with a resin vinyl.

The important consideration when choosing your conservatory furniture and outdoor wicker furniture for your pool area, decking or patio is the style you want and whether it will fit into your allocated space. Gardens require outdoor furniture to be tough enough to stand the test of time. However, that does not mean your furniture is not going to be comfortable enough to use both indoors and outdoors.

One way to make your outdoor wicker furniture work for you during the colder months of the year is to move it indoors, as it will complement any room in your home.  At 1st For Cane we have in stock a wide range of wicker furniture in the latest designs.

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The difference between wicker and rattan furniture

Sunday, April 18th, 2010

If you have a room in your home, or maybe a new conservatory, that is just waiting for you to style it with exciting and beautiful furniture, you will not go wrong with either wicker or rattan furniture. The amazing thing about being able to choose cane furniture is that it is adaptable to any room, décor and style of home furnishings.

However, sometimes there is a bit of confusion about the difference between wicker furniture and rattan furniture. Wicker furniture that is left outside on a porch or patio requires low maintenance. Ideally, the area in question should be able to provide some protective cover to limit exposure to heavy showers of rain. If the furniture is left out in heavy wet weather without any protection it will show some wear and tear in a few months.

However, using protective covers and keeping your cushions dry will ensure you have beautiful wicker furniture that will last for many years.

Rattan furniture is manufactured from a rattan pole that has been stripped. Each ‘pole’ will be paired together according to size and then used to make the framework of the furniture. The thinner pieces are woven into some of the intricate designs which are amazing to look at, while being durable and comfortable to sit on. The same low maintenance is required with rattan furniture as recommended for wicker furniture.

We at 1st For Cane are proud of the beautiful range of cane furniture we have in stock for both indoor and outdoor use.

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Maintenance is easy with wicker furniture

Friday, April 9th, 2010

If you are thinking that you have to hose down your wicker furniture in the summer months, every couple of weeks, it is not necessary. When the weather is warm, hosing cane furniture down too much to get rid of excess dirt which has been building up can actually do more damage to the pieces of wicker furniture than doing them good.

Wicker furniture is not man-made, it is a natural fibre that has been styled to the design that you now own.

Wicker chairs, wicker sofas, outdoor wicker furniture and any other home accessory made out of wicker that has been wet through will dry out and eventually start to crack. A damp cloth, followed by a dry cloth, will keep your wicker furniture in good condition. When the wet weather is becoming intolerable then use a set of plastic covers to protect your cane furniture, or move them indoors.

Indoor wicker furniture that lives in your conservatory most of the winter months can double up as outdoor wicker furniture. A set of wicker furniture, such as a sofa and two wicker chairs with a wicker table in a light honey tone or a deeper colour, looks wonderful in a conservatory as well as outdoors on a porch or on the lawn.

However, invest in some wicker furniture cushions as the furniture can be unforgiving with out them. We at 1st For Cane offer our customers a wide range of indoor and outdoor wicker furniture, in various designs that will complement any home.

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Some practical information about cane furniture

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

Conservatory furniture has always been associated with cane or bamboo, although most people do not realise that it is most likely to be made from a material called rattan. The material itself makes excellent cane furniture due to its strength and its ability to bend into many pieces of rattan furniture and other home accessories. Rattan is a solid core vine, while bamboo is hollow.

Outdoor rattan furniture is always popular as the material stands up to the wear and tear of family use, indoors and outdoors. Rattan is so strong and flexible that it is also used in sections to build scaffolding in South East Asia.

Fine cane is ideal for making cane furniture, and is used to stain some pieces of furniture for a more unusual effect. Some of the cane tables and cane sofas have designs that show off the type of weave that is derived from wicker. The overall finish is superb, with a mix of designs and patterned furniture that looks elegant in any room.

Other designs that can be incorporated into rattan furniture are achieved by weaving in swamp grasses, such as the reed. Reed is a material that is associated with the core of the Rattan vine and can be found in early American wicker chairs and cane furniture. Wicker furniture first became popular in America around 1850 and is now enjoying a new surge of popularity.

At 1st For Cane we stock a range of both traditional and modern pieces of cane, rattan and wicker furniture.

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The historical use of cane furniture

Friday, April 2nd, 2010

If you tend to visit antique shops and you come across a dining table with a set of cane chairs that have holes in the seating area, you could be looking at one of the earliest chairs that were manufactured using cane. Cane chairs were first woven and introduced in England in the 17th Century.

Cane chairs were manufactured with a solid frame. The seat of the chairs had cane woven into them, with large spaces that took on a coarse and unattractive pattern. However, this changed later on to form a finer pattern that we know today as the six way pattern.

Some of the styles of the cane furniture weave that was made in the 17th century have remained constant in the patterns of many pieces of conservatory furniture and outdoor garden furniture that is available today.

Cane furniture in Europe, in particular, has always been popular for its strength, its decorative qualities, practicalities and low maintenance.

In England, we tend to go with the latest fashion trends. In the Regency period, many bamboo chairs were made with cane seats. The pavilion at Brighton, with its fashionable Indian influences, brought the attention of rattan furniture and cane furniture to many visitors. Manufacturers recognised the popularity of cane furniture and started to produce various pieces of cane and rattan furniture, which included cane sofas, cane chairs and cane tables.

At 1st For Cane we have a range of modern and traditional indoor and outdoor wicker furniture.

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