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natural choice BY MARY TAGGART instagram twitter @maryktaggart
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MOBILIA RATTAN COLLECTION
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attan furniture is widely associated with the 1970s thanks to the popularity of both wicker and rattan during that decade, which is now seeing a whole lotta love on the style front. What’s confusing is how do these pieces differ? Rattan is the actual product, while wicker is a style that uses the product. Today the use of rattan sees stylish spaces with a more refined approach to the material, offering much less of the cottage feel that usually comes with a wicker weave. Rattan furnishings of today can be found in contemporary spaces that combine with solid wood to create textural pieces that can easily blend with modern and traditional spaces all crying for influences from nature.
1. LINDY PLACEMAT, NATURAL, EQ3 2. RATTAN COFFEE TABLE, BOUCLAIR, $299.99 3. SET OF 3 STRAW BASKETS, THE HOME DEPOT, $99 72 ottawaathome.ca FALL 2021
