Friday 31 August 2012

Spring Inspiration

With Spring approaching within the week, we felt it might be a nice idea to share with you some pretty Spring Inspirational images. Hopefully these will get you excited for the new season which, after the freezing Melbourne Winter we've had down here, we're fully embracing!


This little reading nook looks like the perfect place to relax on a warm Spring day, don't you think?

If you don't have your own reading nook another nice option would be a cozy daybed like our Aimee Daybed.

Click on Aimee Daybed to be taken directly to its location on our website!





The Browning Leather Armchair is our all-time favourite reading arm chair. Made from soft Italian hand-aged leather, the Browning Leather Armchair is incredibly comfortable and the perfect place to seat to relax into with a good book.

Click on Browning Leather Armchair to be taken directly to its location on our website.













Our French Provincial Console Desk is a stunning vintage inspired desk that encapsulates the whimsy and femininity of Spring. Featuring a distressed appearance and a floral motif, our French Provincial Console Desk is the perfect addition to any study area.

Click on French Provincial Console Desk to be taken directly to its location on our website.









We hope this helped get you even more excited for Spring! What are you most looking forward to about the upcoming warmer seasons?


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Tuesday 14 August 2012

Bedside Tables


A handy and somewhat overlooked piece of furniture, the Bedside Table, or Nightstand, first became popular soon after houses were designed with separate rooms for sleeping and eating. The logic is that when retiring to bed the man or woman would have no place to safely put their candle (back in the days before good old electricity) and so a 'stand' or small table was created, at the same height of the bed, to keep it in safe reach.


Early Bedside Tables and Nightstands also contained cabinet space to house their chamber pots, before indoor flushing toilets and plumbing became commonplace.

Fun Fact: The first known use of the term 'Nightstand' was in 1892.


Modern Bedside Tables and Nightstands are an indispensable item providing a space for our lamps, alarm clocks, mobile phones, television remotes, books, keys and anything else we might need late at night or early in the morning. Despite often being overlooked, it is hard to imagine not having them in our bedrooms.
Thanks to indoor plumbing and flushing toilets, we do not only use cabinets as our Bedside Tables and Nightstands now. The options of what you can choose really are limitless. You can go for something more traditional like a stand, cabinet or simple three drawer, or something a little quirky and different like the step-ladder pictured above.


 If your personal taste is a little more traditional and refined, check out our French Provincial Bedside Table (White, 1 Drawer). Also available in a 2 drawer, our French Provincial Bedside Table is a classic piece featuring a bottom shelf and a floral motif design on the front. Finished with a distressed and rustic feel, our French Provincial Bedside Table is the perfect piece for any vintage, French Provincial or Country, classic and refined bedroom.

Click on French Provincial Bedside Table (White, 1 Drawer) to be taken directly to its location on our website.

If you'd like to see the 2 drawer version, click here.

Both pieces are also available in black.

If you prefer something a little more glamorous and modern, check out our Quartz Side Table.
Featuring a stunning satin black finish with a 4 mm clear beveled mirror top and square mirrored fascia panels, our Quartz Side Table is the epitome of modern glamour. A really unique and impacting piece, the brilliance of it is that depending on the rest of your bedroom decor, our Quartz Side Table can become a masculine, feminine or androgynous piece.

Click on Quartz Side Table to be taken directly to its location on our website.





If you like the idea of a glamorous and modern side table check out the three above!
Our Banks Occasional Table (left) is simple and elegant with a polished aluminium finish to give a brilliant shine and three stunning legs.
Our Black Glass Top Table (middle) is an incredibly beautiful modern piece inspired by the classic turned leg table. It also features a glass top and is finished in a high gloss black.
Our Brayden Mirror Side Table (right) is a cylindrical mirrored nightstand or side table with a gorgeous painted antique silver trim, beveled mirror top and panelled mirrored sides.

Click on Banks Occasional Table to be taken directly to its location on our website.

Click on Black Glass Top Table to be taken directly to its location on our website.

Click on Brayden Mirror Side Table to be taken directly to its location on our website.



If you're looking for something really quirky, different and unique then check out our Anais Bedside Cabinet (Bone Inlay). With a very modern (a little Tim Burton 'Beetlejuice') style, our Anais Bedside Cabinet is crafted with tiny pieces of bone inlaid in mango wood. This is how the beautiful black and natural bone colour tones are created in this piece. A true standout piece for your bedroom, our Anais Bedside Cabinet is for the bold and quirky person in all of us.

Click on Anais Bedside Cabinet to be taken directly to its location on our website.


If you like the modern and quirky style, then our Kobe Penta Side Table may also interest you!
Click on Kobe Penta Side Table to be taken directly to its location on our website.


An interesting and different approach to a bedside table could be to take something completely different and turn it into a bedside table, similar to depicted in the step-ladder picture earlier.
A cool and different idea might be to take storage boxes and stack them on top of one another, this way you can still rest a lamp and your necessities upon them while storing your other items inside each box.

Pictured above are our Landmark Boxes (Set of 3). Made in varying sizes, our Landmark Boxes give an industrial and unique edge while still remaining practical.

Click on Landmark Boxes (Set of 3) to be taken directly to its location on our website.


If you feel like you'd like something a bit more traditional but with a modern twist, then take a look at our Antique Mirror Bedside (3 drawer). Fitted with three roomy drawers for storage space and with an antique pewter edge, our Antique Mirror Bedside is the perfect piece for any bedroom due to its versatility of style.

Click on Antique Mirror Bedside to be taken directly to its location on our website.



 If you like something traditional with a modern edge, then check out the above three pieces as well!
Our Arabella Bedside Table (left) features two cabinet doors and a single drawer for ultimate storage space. It also features embossed silver metal finish that would be the perfect complimentary piece to any modern bedroom.
Our Baxter Bedside Table (middle) is upholstered in a gorgeous vintage tan leather and features three spacious drawers.
Our French Industrial Side Table (right) is beautifully crafted out of recycled timber, iron frame and a marquetry top. Featuring a bottom shelf, this industrial inspired piece will provide a flair of originality to your bedroom.

Click on Arabella Bedside Table to be taken directly to its location on our website.

Click on Baxter Bedside Table to be taken directly to its location on our website.

Click on French Industrial Side Table to be taken directly to its location on our website.


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Friday 3 August 2012

Mirrored Furniture part deux


To celebrate hitting well over 1000 views on our blog we decided to revisit the topic of our very first blog post; Mirrored Furniture!
Here at Vavoom, we love Mirrored Furniture! We feel it is a key style that can appeal to many different tastes and aesthetics and is able to be utilized in any type of decor.




If you like the look of a mirrored dresser (as shown in the first inspiration picture) check out our Antique Mirrored Chest of Drawers. A part of our Antique Mirrored Range, this chest of drawers features pewter edged detailing and three roomy drawers. Roman and feminine inspired, a subtle yet still standout feature of our Antique Mirrored Chest of Drawers is the tapered footing. This piece would be perfect as a chest of drawers in your bedroom or, if you'd prefer, as a cabinet in a bathroom, living room or hallway.

Click on Antique Mirrored Chest of Drawers to be taken directly to its location on our website!


 If you like the idea of a mirrored dresser and the antique pewter finish but would prefer a cabinet rather than a chest of drawers, check out our Antique Mirror Bedside/Nightstand (left) and our Antique Mirror Cabinet (right).
Featuring the same style of footing and similar design as the Antique Mirrored Chest of Drawers, our Antique Mirror Bedside/Nightstand and our Antique Mirror Cabinet would make great singular pieces in your home, or complete the set for a stunning aesthetic.

Click on Antique Mirror Bedside/Nightstand to be taken directly to its location on our website!

Click on Antique Mirror Cabinet to be taken directly to its location on our website!





Mirrored furniture was incredibly popular in the Art Deco era with beveled edging and cut glass being quite a prominent style.
Our Deco Mirrored Cabinet embodies the style and class of the Art Deco era while still remaining modern and unique. The high contrast of the reflective mirror with the stark black legs and rim around the top is truly evocative of the Art Deco aesthetic and the styles of furniture and home decor that were popular with socialites and elites of the time. Featuring two cupboard spaces, our Deco Mirrored Cabinet is spacious enough for your storage in the hallway, living room, bedroom or bathroom.
Click on Deco Mirrored Cabinet to be taken directly to its location on our website!


If you like the look of Art Deco inspired Mirrored furniture then check out our Georgia range!




 On the left is our Georgia Mirrored Dresser, on the right is our Georgia Mirrored Cabinet.
The cut rectangle detail in the mirror makes both the Georgia Mirrored Dresser and the Georgia Mirrored Cabinet true standout pieces!
The Georgia Mirrored Dresser has significant space within its three drawers while the Georgia Mirrored Cabinet has two large cupboard drawers. Both pieces have a similar contrast to the Deco Mirrored Cabinet with the sleek black legs and edging detail around the top.

Click on Georgia Mirrored Dresser to be taken directly to its location on our website!

Click on Georgia Mirrored Cabinet to be taken directly to its location on our website!




 Another exciting new range we've welcomed to Vavoom is our Martine range.

Our Martine Mirrored Tallboy is very modern with the unique criss-cross mirrored pattern decorating the front. Featuring five incredibly large and spacious drawers, our Martine Mirrored Tallboy would make for a beautiful standout piece for any bedroom style and decor.

Click on Martine Mirrored Tallboy to be taken directly to its location on our website!



 In our Martine range we also have a chest and a bedside.
On the left is our Martine Mirrored Chest and on the right is our Martine Mirrored Bedside.

To check out the rest of our Mirrored Furniture, click here!
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