Asian Contemporary Bedroom Furniture from HAIKU Designs

Asian Decorating

Asian art and home decor ... mysterious and mystic symbolism combined with exotic imagery, and origins dating back thousands of years, are what puts Asian design among the most popular around the world today. 

The Asiatic style, otherwise known as Far Eastern or Oriental decorating, has several distinct roots tracing back to the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, China and Japan.  The most prolific Asian motifs found throughout the world, however, fall into the Chinese and Japanese categories

The Tokyo Platform Bed and Bedroom Furniture Collection

The Tokyo Bed™ and Bedroom Furniture Collection from Haiku Designs, represents the highest expression of contemporary furniture design. In terms of quality of construction, elegance of design, comfort and appeal, as well impact on the environment, the Tokyo furniture is quite simply, one of the best possible choices for the bedroom available on the market today. Based on the Japanese minimalist themes of simplicity and harmony, designed and manufactured in Italy from the highest quality Eco-friendly components, the Tokyo bed is the most perfect combination of both the Eastern and Western design worlds

The Tokyo Floating Platform Bed Collection

This unique, Italian designed and manufactured Bedroom Furniture Collection from Haiku Designs features an unusual "Floating" look of the platform bed and side night shelves. What this means is that by recessing the support feet and foundation structure the bed seems to float above the surface of the floor offering a look that is dramatic and attractive. When matched with the low-profile bed silhouette, and the clean, uncluttered lines of the furniture, the overall effect can only be described as amazing and will create a luxurious space of retreat in your own bedroom that is stunning to the eye and pleasing to the senses. Offering simple beauty, ultra comfort and affordable, high-end eco-friendly construction, the Tokyo Bedroom Furniture collection is a great value choice for the bedroom of today. 

Kyoto Platform Bed and Japanese Bedroom Furniture

The Edo Period in Japan from 1500-1780 AD is what many people think of when picturing classical Japanese culture. Characterized by the principles of simplicity, restrained elegance and the Zen aspect of harmony with nature; art, architecture and furniture design reached a creative peak in Japanese history.

Kyoto was the capitol of classical Japan during the Edo period and was a place of beautiful cherry tree lined avenues and architectural wonders, where people had a deep appreciation for the arts. Haiku Designs is pleased to offer our Kyoto Platform Bed and the Kyoto Nightstand, one of our lines of contemporary bedroom furniture that captures some of the elegant beauty and magic of this classical Edo period. Many of the design themes of simplicity and elegance, found in Japan during this Edo period are incorporated into many of our contemporary bedroom furniture sets and are updated for a look that is fresh, new, and decidedly modern. 

The ModRest Platform Bed

The new ModRest platform bed from Haiku Designs offers a sleek contemporary look with function and comfort like no other bed, nor platform bed you have ever seen. Based on the design theme of “Simplicity in Form Creates Harmony in Function," the ModRest bed offers simple straightforward design lines, a low-profile structure, and the luxury and beauty of authentic leather padded construction. 

The Notting Hill area of London is a rich mix of cosmopolitan tastes and affluence, and artistic alternative culture creating a rich pallet of trends, fashions, and living styles.  In honor of that blend and as part of our great cities of the world collection, Haiku Designs is pleased to introduce the unique and distinct Notting Hill Platform bed and matching Bedroom Furniture Set paying tribute to the synthesis found in Notting Hill in the blending of several different furniture styles into one exceptional furniture design. 

The De Novo Platform Bed

The De Novo platform bed from Haiku Designs offers a fresh contemporary look  combined with function and comfort like no other bed. This Platform Bed is named for the Latin expression "de novo" meaning "fresh" and "anew." The De Novo platform bed embodies the design theme of “Simplicity in Form Creates Harmony in Function," with its simple straightforward design lines, a low profile structure, and the luxury and beauty of authentic leather padded construction.

The Rajah Platform Bed With Storage

When referring to the East or the Orient, most people would think of Japan, China, Korea or areas close to these countries. If you had asked, however, any Europeans in the 1700 and 1800’s to what country they would refer to when mentioning the East, they would have quickly replied to "India" or the "Indian subcontinent." It is to this area that we take our inspiration for our beautiful Rajah Platform as well as the full line of Rajah complimentary bedroom furniture. "Rajah" is Sanskrit for "king" and the term is used in Southeast Asia and India to signify that the bearer of the title is of noble lineage. 

The Relax Storage Platform Bed

Looking for an affordable, attractive new bed, and need plenty of storage space for all of your important things? Haiku Designs is pleased to offer for your consideration, the Relax Storage Platform bed featuring the simplicity and beauty of Japanese style minimal design and the added benefit of under-the-bed drawers offering plenty of extra storage space. 

Do you have the room and want to consider a full redo of your bedroom? The Relax Storage Platform bed can be the ideal choice, offering an affordable, high quality platform bed and a wide selection of matching nightstands, dressers, chests,  mirrors and media centers. Mix and match to fit your budget and bedroom furniture requirements and create for yourself the perfect combination of looks, functions and storage capacity.

Take the principals of simplicity and harmony, incorporate high-quality Italian furniture manufacturing, add the stunning beauty and luxurious feel of authentic textile leather and the end result is our Nikko Platform bed and matching bedroom furniture collection.

Asian Contemporary Dining Room Furniture from HAIKU Designs

Haiku Designs dining set must reflect the Japanese sense of simplicity and created to be in harmony with nature through the use of warm and soothing earth tone colors, straight and simple lines, and the minimal use of decorative designs. Each piece should be attractive enough to stand on its own but also able to appeal and compliment the entire set. The entire set will look greater than each individual piece and will function as whole. When placed in a room the Dining room furniture should create a look of beauty that is relaxing and pleasing to the senses.

The Dining Room Furniture must be true to the spirit of traditional Japanese society offering plenty of room to gather together after the toils of the day (or before the toils of the day), and share in food and nourishment. The table and chair should be comfortable and functional, while at the same time creating a sense of ease, and relaxation whatever the number, whether it is for you and your special friend and family and all of your neighborhood villagers.

Contemporary Furniture Design with Old World Style

This Dining Room Furniture Set is the perfect combination of European elegance and old world style, all offered at an affordable price. Modern lines and dramatic color create an appealing, inviting and pleasing dining experience in your home. The Madrid is a perfect setting for opening that bottle of Spanish Sherry and serving a selection of delicious tapas for your friends.

Contemporary Furniture Design with Italian Style

This Dining Room Furniture Set is the perfect combination of Italian elegance, old world craftsmanship and contemporary style, all offered at an affordable price. Modern lines and rustic hardwoods create an appealing, inviting and pleasing dining experience in your home. The Sorrento Collection is a perfect setting for opening that bottle of Campania wine and serving an authentic mouth-watering Sicilian pizza for your friends.

The Lisbon Dining Room Furniture Set

This beautiful Dining Room Set reflects the unique style and history of Lisbon, the capital and largest city in Portugal. The Lisbon Dining Room Set has the minimalist theme and natural design ideal so prevalent in Japanese furniture. The Lisbon is a modern, contemporary dining room set offering a great blend of simplicity and elegance and is a classic addtion to any home.

The Oslo Dining Room Set

Oslo Dining Room Furniture is a perfect example of such a set. It meets our criteria of high- quality construction and beautiful design - the hallmark of everything we offer. The Oslo is a modern, contemporary dining room set offering a great blend of simplicity and elegance, and is a classic addtion to any home.

Japanese Style Elegance for the Dining Room

This Dining room set is the perfect combination of traditional Japanese design married to contemporary western tastes. Simple and minimalist lines combined with natural all-wood construction, and warm earth tones colors create a look that is appealing, inviting and pleasing to the senses. Dining room table and matching chairs, benches and buffet create an appeal that invites you to come, sit down and join in. And by the way, bring a bottle of Saki and few cups and invite those village friends that live next door to join you

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2014 Clever Furniture Arrangement Tips for Small Living Rooms

Make your small living room seem larger with these furniture arranging ideas and smart decorating tricks.

You'll love these ideas to try in 2014! I hope you find these ideas useful and inspiring to you .... Enjoy it !!!!

Choose Visually Lightweight Furniture : Pay attention to the visual weight of furniture, not just its actual size. Light color furniture or pieces with legs appear lighter than dark or boxy upholstered pieces. In this small living area, the leggy chair doesn't obstruct views of the passage or the floor, so the space feels more open. The metal and glass coffee table also consumes very little visual space.

Use Neutral Color Throughout : Using a neutral palette throughout a living room is one of the best ways to push back the walls. The eye can roam freely through a neutral palette, so the space feels more expansive.

Emphasize the Vertical : A room's space always includes more than just its horizontal dimensions. Invite the eye to move above and below eye level. In this living room, emphasis on the vertical comes by way of floor-to-ceiling draperies that hang just below the ceiling beams.

Use Small Scale Furniture : Choose furniture in a scale appropriate for the room and for the people who will use it. The sleek design and small scale of a Saarinen Tulip chair suits a small living room, as does the Parsons table. The armless chair is heftier, but its lines and shape won't make a small room feel crowded.

Play Up the Light : Take advantage of all available light to help enlarge the space. Use white or pale colors, which increase the brightness of a room by reflecting light. Keep window treatments simple and avoid blocking the windows with heavy layers of fabric.

Add Seating with a Window Seat : Turn a window niche into a mini living area with a window seat. Choose slender, leggy furniture for small spaces because they take up less visual space. The eye is fooled into thinking the space is larger because you can see under and through these pieces of furniture.

Add storage without eating up floor space by building shelves into the space between wall studs.

Enlarge Space with White : A small living room escapes feeling constrained thanks to white walls, pale floors, and white upholstery. The elements of the room are united by white, giving the space a cohesive feel.

Carve Out a Corner : In an open floor plan, stake out a section for the living room with two love seats, or one love seat and two chairs, a large coffee table, and a rug. In this space, the seating placement distinguishing a living space from the dining area beyond. Filling the floor space with a coffee table may seem counterintuitive, but using a few large pieces in a small space actually simplifies the room.

Use an Ottoman for a Coffee Table : A large upholstered ottoman doubles as a coffee table when you add trays to provide a flat surface for drink glasses or a vase of flowers.

Scale Furniture to the Space : In a small living room, a narrow bench serves as a convenient coffee table without taking up much space.

Build in Storage : Give a small space grand character and maximum function with a bank of cabinets. This unit incorporates concealed storage with open cubbies, which help the piece feel lighter in the room.

Create Clear Traffic Paths : Arrange furniture to direct traffic around the conversation core rather than through it. In this small living room, the sofa marks the beginning of the seating space. Traffic coming in from the door is directed to go on either side of the sofa, rather than directly through the conversation area.

Keep Colors Light and Soft : Pastel furnishings, white walls, and a light neutral area rug make this living room feel lighter and brighter and therefore larger. The chair offers comfortable seating, but exposed legs, they consume less visual space than a club chair would.

2014 Fast and Easy Living Room Furniture Arrangement Ideas

Looking for an Easy Update? 

Rearrange your furniture! It's fast, free, and easy, and will make your living room feel like new. Daunted by the prospect? Don't be. With these tips, you'll be arranging like a pro in no time. 

You'll love these ideas to try in 2014! I hope you find these ideas useful and inspiring to you .... Enjoy it !!!!

Arrange for Face to Face Conversation : Arranging the seating pieces to face each other over a shared coffee table makes conversation easy, and the table keeps drinks in easy reach.

Divide the Room with Furniture : Divide a large living/dining space into separate zones with furniture placement. A sofa facing away from the dining room defines the conversation area from the rest of this open layout.

Seat Four with Chairs : If you don't have room for the usual sofas and love seats, four comfy chairs will serve as well or perhaps better. In this clean, crisp setting, matching white slipcovered chairs define an orderly, compact, yet welcoming seating group.

Pull Furnishings Together with a Rug : Use a large area rug to unify a seating group within a larger space. If the rug isn't large enough to contain all of the seating pieces, make sure that those farthest from the wall are solidly anchored on the "island."

Enlarge the Space with Diagonals : Placing the furniture diagonally gives a boxy room some flavor. The diagonal also creates a welcoming pathway into the seating group. Use the sofa and coffee table to establish the diagonal axis and arrange additional seating on the same axis. To subtly anchor the seating group to the room's architecture, align the area rug with the fireplace wall.

Make Space for Lounging : In living rooms where lounging and TV-watching are the main activities, a sectional sofa offers flexible, comfortable seating. Sectionals come in a variety of units, from armless chairs to love seats, ottomans, and chaises that you can combine to fit your space. The sofa in this living room is oriented toward the TV (not shown) and the extra seating is lightweight and can be easily rearranged to face the TV.

Divide Large Spaces with Seating : If your living room is the setting for large parties, bring intimacy and a comfortable sense of scale to the room by dividing it into two conversational groupings with a path between them. Placing one sofa with its back to this path underscores the separation between the two groups, as do the area rugs anchoring them.

Focus on the View : An effective room arrangement starts with the focal point, the cornerstone of your living room design. Typically a fireplace plays this role, but in this contemporary cottage space, the view out the French doors takes center stage instead. Orient the main seating piece toward the focal point and arrange the secondary seating pieces around the main piece. In winter, the room could be rearranged to focus on the fireplace.

Create Order with Symmetry : Pairs of matching sofas, side tables, and lamps strike a perfect balance on each side of the fireplace in this contemporary living room. Symmetry imposes a sense of order on the space.

Create Activity Zones : In a large, open room, use furniture arrangement to divide the space into different activity zones. Here a table and chairs gather on one side of the room, providing a spot for informal meals or games. In the center of the room, a sofa, chairs, and ottoman form a conversational cluster anchored by a rug.

Use Chairs Instead of Sofas : In a small living room, create a sense of greater space and openness with a collection of chairs instead of using sofas or love seats. The scale of these armchairs suits the smaller living room.

Set Aside a Sunny Corner : A pair of chairs with a set of stools converts this well-lit corner into a cozy spot for two. Whether you entertain large groups or small ones, providing guests with paired seating helps ensure that everyone will have at least one conversational partner.

Arrange in an L Shape : In this large living room, a sofa and a love seat form an L framing a large coffee table. This simple arrangement provides a convenient conversational cluster. A single chair at the other side of this group can easily be moved closer to the conversation grouping.

Create Quiet Spot in a Bay : Turn a bay window into a quiet spot for two with a pair of comfortable chairs and an ottoman. Provide the chairs with a table and lamp so you'll have light for reading and a place to rest a cup of tea.

Snuggle Up to the Fireplace : The fireplace is the natural focal point of a living room. Flank each side with seating, whether it's two sofa or a sofa and pair fo chairs, and place a large coffee table in the middle.

Offer Casual Seating : If you're more likely to lounge in front of the fireplace than sit on a sofa, keep a supply of oversize floor pillows and ottomans on hand. Ottomans can move where you need them for seating, or they can stand in as side tables.

2013 Candice Olson's Living Room Furniture Collection

Candice simply love classic design when it's reinterpreted. These collections reflect the spirit of this design philosophy; clean pared down lines and forms rooted in tradition yet made to feel new and modern with unexpected or stylized scale, finishes and detailing. This contemporary take on tradition creates a look that's at once current yet timeless, fresh yet familiar…the essence of both beautiful design and a beautifully designed home."

I hope you like it ....... Enjoy it !!!!!

 Candice Olson's Collection 2013