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3 March 2022

Furniture Trends 2022: The Vienna Straw

Furniture trends 2022: Vienna straw is the new must-have furniture component.

Miniforms Colony armchair

Vienna Straw is made from rushes (drawn rushes) and is cut into long, thin strips ranging from 1.75 to 3.00 mm in width, giving it a high degree of strength. Vienna straw has a surface as smooth as plastic and was originally used for the construction of small accessories and for stuffing chair seats.

Miniforms Brulla chair

Vienna straw is resistant and can withstand even very high loads. Thanks to these characteristics, Vienna straw in metre lengths is ideal for replacing or making new seats and backs of chairs and sofas, both antique and modern.

Miniforms Brulla chair

Why Vienna straw? Because from the mid-19th century, the chairs produced by Gebrüder Thonet in Vienna were a worldwide success and became a style icon.

Thonet S32 chair

In the last two years, some modern furniture manufacturers, such as Miniforms, have started to offer various types of furniture made entirely or partly of Vienna straw: beds, screens, armchairs and chairs…

Miniforms Colony Screen

The result is a collection of furniture with a discreet, elegant and versatile style. This type of material can be combined perfectly with various other styles: classic, contemporary, modern, minimalist, Scandinavian…

Miniforms Colony Shiko Wien bed

The Vienna straw used by Miniforms is available in two different finishes, natural or black, creating pleasant visual contrasts or single-colour effects with the various types of wooden structures available: walnut, black-stained ash, natural ash, oak…

Miniforms Colony armchair

The new 2022 collection by Miniforms also includes a bed with a Vienna straw headboard. The product in question is called the Shiko Wien bed and was conceived by the famous designer E-ggs.

Miniforms Shiko Wien bed

If you liked our blog post “Furniture Trends 2022: The Vienna Straw” have also a look at The New 2022 Furniture Collections

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26 January 2022

The New 2022 Furniture Collections

The new 2022 furniture collections: modern, versatile and made of wood.

Manufacturers are presenting their new furniture collections to be ready for the Salone del Mobile in Milan this June. But what will be the trends for 2022?

Sustainability.

The furniture in the new collections will be increasingly eco-sustainable, such as the Plauto table by Miniforms, designed by Paolo Cappello and Simone Sabatti, made entirely of wood which, thanks to an excellent raw material and consolidated craftsmanship know-how, manages to impress with simplicity.

Back to the past.

The new furniture collections show a return to the past in terms of design. For example, the new Brulla chair by Miniforms, designed by Skrivo, is inspired by Austrian chairs of the 20th century. The graphic aesthetic that defines it is given by the encounter of curved and linear forms, resolved in an identity and minimalist spirit.

An universe of comfort.

Viccarbe Savina, designed by Victor Carrasco, is an innovative modular cloud sofa that presents a new universe of comfortable working solutions for every office, workplace, home, hotel, or hybrid space. With the Savina sofa Viccarbe wants to reinterpret the feeling of sitting on a cloud or floating on water.

Multi-functionality.

Multifunctionality and adaptability to various types of environments: home, office, public places and contract projects. Viccarbe Cambio table, designed by Victor Carrasco, indeed, works in any area of the office or the home. Defined by a singular central base with a seamless silhouette, the Cambio table is a minimalist game of geometry based on the transition from a square to a round shape, taking us back to our origins.

If you liked our blog post “The New 2022 Furniture Collections” have also a look at Lomuarredi shop and Decorating Home with Mirrors.

15 December 2021

Lomuarredi Advent Calendar

Our Advent Calendar: Lomuarredi is proposing an original calendar where every day gift ideas will be proposed!

Lots of very useful gift ideas to make your home a welcoming, elegant place full of Italian design furniture! All the products are part of the Miniforms collection, a well-known Made in Italy furniture manufacturer with an original and unmistakable style.

You can shop Miniforms collection online on our website Lomuarredi

If you liked our blog post “Lomuarredi Advent Calendar” have also a look at Miniforms Itinerario V.02 Collection

1 September 2021

Decorating Home with Mirrors.

Decorating your home with mirrors: how to decorate different rooms in your home with mirrors.

The mirror was created primarily as a purely functional element and finds its natural place in rooms such as the bedroom, the bathroom or the entrance to the house or to diffuse light in the rooms, or even increase the perspective of the spaces. But mirrors can also be used as decorative elements to decorate the home, to transform a room and give it a particular style and/or character.

A mirror is an extremely versatile piece of furniture, as it can be placed in any room, can have any shape, size and can be part of a composition. With mirrors you can renovate and decorate your home, even with little money, creating original and designer settings.

Get the look with Grimilde mirror

Get the look with Coque mirror

There are many places where a mirror can be placed: from the entrance to the hallway, the bedroom to the living room, a mirror in the right place harmonises the environment and creates pleasant perspectives. We recommend opting for modern, minimalist mirrors that can always be moved to other rooms or reused over time without compromising the visual harmony of the space.

Get the look with Palmiro mirror

The various models of mirrors available on the market create different effects in an environment; a mirror with an important frame or with a particular shape/size finds its maximum decorative expression when placed on the ground, becoming an important furnishing element of the environment, able to enhance the chosen style. This type of mirror finds its maximum expression when placed in a bedroom…

Get the look with Reflection mirror

The use of mirrors is an excellent solution for cramped and poorly lit rooms; in this case you don’t need a huge mirror, just one of the right size and shape for the space available, meaning that in a small bathroom you don’t need a full wall mirror!

Large vertical mirrors are perfect for use in entrance halls or corridors, complete with accessories such as an object holder or clothes racks; in the case of Benvenuto by Miniforms, the mirror is transformed from a decorative to a functional element!

Get the look with Benvenuto mirror

If you liked our blog post “Decorating Home with Mirrors” have also a look at Ideas for Decorating an Empty Wall

23 June 20212 August 2021

The Coolest Italian Furniture for Summer 2021.

The coolest Italian furniture for summer 2021: furniture with a “fresh”, informal and versatile design!

With the summer and the hot weather there is always a great desire for renewal, freshness and lightness… even in the home; renewing the furnishings by adding informal, unsophisticated but design and quality furnishing accessories can be a touch of class for a bright and modern summer home.

It is, of course, advisable to choose fresh materials such as Vienna straw for armchairs, tables and chairs, or glass, which lends lightness to the room and is so versatile that it can also be used in cold climates. Let’s see some examples together!

Soda coffee table

Soda is all made in Italy; made entirely of blown Murano glass, it is a true unique work of art. Thanks to the essential design and the particular effect of the glass, the Soda table is a must-have piece!

Mastea coffe table

The Mastea coffee table is extremely elegant. The blown Murano glass forming the base is framed by a small base and a wooden top, giving Mastea a modern and chic character!

Kolos coffee table

Kolos, on the other hand, is the essence of elegance. Made entirely of ceramic, it takes the shape of the Colosseum in Rome… eternal, unique, Italian…

Colony side table

The freshness and elegance of Vienna straw makes up the base of Colony, a service table with a slightly boho chic style, perfect for warm climates and summer atmospheres.

Colony armchair

The Colony armchair is part of the same collection as the coffee table we have just mentioned; an essential wooden frame, available in various finishes, supports a comfortable Vienna straw shell. Colony is perfect in any domestic environment, from the living room to the bedroom, from the kitchen to the garden.

If you liked my blog post “The Coolest Italian Furniture for Summer 2021” have also a look at The Most Beautiful Designer Rugs for Outdoors.

10 June 20212 August 2021

The Best White Designer Tables.

Decorating the dining room with white color: let’s discover together the best designer white tables!

White is considered a ‘non-colour’ along with black and grey, but thanks to its elegance, brightness and versatility, it fits into any environment, style and décor. Perfect for minimalist, Scandinavian, modern and contemporary furniture.

Vesper table:

Get the look with: Vesper table

A minimalist white table can be combined with various models of seats, in wood, plastic or upholstered, with or without armrests, in one colour or each in a different colour, recalling for example the boho chic style…

Illo table:

Get the look with: Illo table

Wonderful if chosen with a top in white Calacatta or Carrara marble or ceramic! In this case the visual impact will be surprising thanks to the exclusive touch of these precious materials.

Rock table:

Product in the picture: MDF Italia Rock table

Have you ever considered buying a table made of concrete? There are models with a white concrete base suitable for both indoor and outdoor use. The result is a table with a strong personality that will discreetly grab all the attention!

Saarinen table:

Iconic tables such as the Saarinen one have also been made famous thanks to the white colour. Combined with the attractive silhouette of the base and the oval/round shape of the top, they are able to furnish any environment in an exclusive way: a home, an office, a meeting room…

Menù table:

If you have a lot of space in your dining room and you love rectangular shapes, we advise you to opt for an extensible table with an essential design, such as the Menù table by Bonaldo, to which you may combine white chairs for a very modern and up-to-date result.

If you liked our blog post “The Best White Designer Tables” have also a look at Creating a Stylish Bar Corner at Home.

23 October 20203 August 2021

Miniforms Itinerario V.02 Collection

Miniforms Itinerario V.02 collection: eleven brand-new products, new reinterpretations of the past and much more!

Among Italian historic buildings and creative leaders’ apartments, the new Itinerario V.02 collection was presented for the first time, supporting Miniforms idea of the domestic space: a place where iconic and suggestive elements always surprise.

In this occasion, Miniforms is contract-oriented, and focuses its reflections on the individual and his new way of interacting with the community. So, for example, this is how the new Marino sofa was born, Miniforms first modular bench system.

Let’s discover together other products of the new Miniforms Itinerario V.02 collection:

-Boterina armchair: A cloud with a backrest. Boterina, the smallest member of the Botera family, is a more compact armchair that will prove agile even in less spacious settings.

-Briscola table: An ace in your kitchen. Drawing inspiration from the seventies, Briscola is a noble revisitation of the bistro tables where card games were played. It has the flavour of the Italian bars of yesteryear, amid coffee cups and warm informality. The top is supported and framed by an ash-wood tray, while the base, in black or galvanised metal, roots it firmly in the present.

-Botera sofa and pouf: All about comfort. To relax, nod off or just put your feet up, all modules share a squishy seat in different lengths, forming a sofa, a pouf or an armchair. These eclectic modules are conceived for spaces that change. From the exuberance of the sofa to the casual ease of the pouf, these modules expand into their space in long compositions or contract to fill cosy nooks.

-Milonga bookshelf: Straight up and down. Milonga is a bookcase with long legs, set with a delicate cadence between spaces. Either as a partition between rooms or, more traditionally, against a wall, this is an indispensable piece for organizing your home library. As well as being technical, Milonga is bold and distinctive, and plays on the colours of the tubes and the layout of the shelves. Indeed, it is the sequence of the shelves that gives the bookcase its sense of movement, echoing the rhythm of the lines printed in the exercise books of our childhood.

-Soda coffee table: Blown away. Soda was born upside-down, with a puff of air. It weighs 20 kilos, and it is blown, drawn out and shaped by three master glassmakers. The result is a single volume of glass with three large petals forming the stem. In Soda, the glass vibrates: its tough, hammered surface fragments its transparency to give a primitive aesthetic. This is artistic value granted to an industrial product.

-Furoshiki pouf: Wrapped with care. Furoshiki is an interplay of patterns and colours. The fabric upholstery covers the padded seat with precise geometries and an unequivocally oriental delicacy. The seams become sartorial details, dividing the item into precise segments. The weave and colours of the fabrics meet and greet one another, then continue in opposite directions.

-Ozz lamp: Illuminating a story. Ozz is made of light and stone. It shifts from shy domesticity to become central to the home, proving itself a key figure, with its large, look-at-me arc. The design starts in the concrete and end in the lampshade. Between the two, the shaft curves in a dramatic trajectory until the point where the light bites the bait.

If you like our blog post “Miniforms Itinerario V.02 Collection” have also a look at Sancal Museo Collection 2020

Let’s have a look at Miniforms collection on Lomuarredi shop!

6 August 20201 September 2021

Ideas for Decorating an Empty Wall

Some interesting ideas for decorating an empty wall using designer accessories.

Leaving a wall of the house completely empty could, in some cases, compromise the visual impact and harmony of a room. Especially in large rooms, if they are not palaces or period houses, it is always advisable to decorate the walls with method, using different colours, wallpaper, silk-screen printing or elegant design accessories. And it is precisely the latter ones that we will deal with in this post.

Wall clocks

Design accessories with original shapes can be easily combined with any furniture and style of the house but also with any wall colour. For example coat hangers or colorful, elegant and sophisticated wall clocks.

Tapestry rugs

Another idea we propose you is to use tapestry carpets, such as Nanimarquina’s Hayon x Nani instead of a painting. These types of accessories, made entirely by hand, are true works of art.

Where to buy the Hayon x Nani rug

Acoustic panels

How about, instead, using nice acoustic panels, like the Beetle from Sancal company, to decorate the wall of your living room? The designer was inspired by the exhibition rooms dedicated to entomology and their terrifying showcases of insects…

Coat hangers

If the empty wall is located at the entrance of the house or in the hallway an idea would be to opt for a wall hanger… maybe coloured or in contrast with the colour of the wall.

Mirrors

If you love mirrors, why not putting some designer ones in the empty wall of your bedroom, hallway or even in the living room? Learn more about how to Decorate with mirrors

Shelves

It’s very useful using some shelves with minimalist design to give a touch of class to the environment and also as a space-saving solution. Beautiful the aluminium model, Wogg 10 by the Swiss company Wogg.

Where to buy Wogg 10 shelf

If you have decided instead to leave the wall in issue empty, we recommend that you play with the lighting, choosing chandeliers with a modern design in order to liven the environment up.

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24 June 20203 August 2021

The Making Of Miniforms Products

The making of Miniforms products: craftsmanship, attention to detail and high quality of materials.

A bit of history

Miniforms Company was born in Italy in the first 1970s as evolution of Inveta (Industria Veneta small tables), a company founded in year 1962 and producer of small tables and furnishing accessories.

Get the look with Colony coffee table

At the end of the eighties, Miniforms entered the international market, expanding its production: chairs, tables, beds, cabinets and bookcases were introduced, thus expanding the catalogue of new solutions for the living room area.

Get the look with Botera armchair

The style that inspires the company is close to the idea of a sober house, with authentic materials and respect for the environment.

Get the look with Iola chair

The shapes and colours are essential, with clean and primary lines.
The materials used range from solid wood to sheet steel, from glass to aluminium, using environmentally friendly criteria for production.

Get the look with Edge cabinet

But how are Miniforms products made? Let’s find out together in this video!

Miniforms makes smart, modern, innovative and quality products. Perfect if inserted in youthful and informal environments, they give a touch of Italian style to the house!

The entire Miniforms collection is available in our shop Lomuarredi

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5 December 20183 August 2021

Decapo Table Miniforms

Decapo Table Miniforms, a minimalist and essential dining table suitable for any style and need.

Francesco Beghetto, a famous Italian designer who graduated in Industrial Design in Milan in 2005, is the creator of the Decapo table Miniforms, a table that has been a great success not only in Italy but also in the rest of the world, furnishing dining rooms and kitchens. Many are the products designed by Francesco Beghetto for the Italian company Miniforms, just think of the famous Leda Chair Lem Armchair Lem Sofa Sergia Armchair

Leda Chair

Lem Sofa

Sergia Armchair

Decapo Table, design and functionality.

The Decapo Miniforms table is famous for its simplicity and attention to details. Straight lines, slightly rounded corners and elegantly designed legs are the characteristics that best define this modern table, minimalist but never trivial, capable of furnishing a large dining room or kitchen with style.

The Decapo table by Miniforms is available in 6 different sizes and 2 versions: fixed or extendable. Many finishes are available to allow various and elegant combinations. The legs can be chosen in Canaletto walnut, natural oak or black stained ash; the top is available in white or black satin glass, oak, Canaletto walnut or Fenix with wooden edges, in 4 different colours.

Available versions and sizes.

Extendable version:
162-200-238 x 90 x h75 cm
183-221-259 x 90 x h75 cm
202-240-278 x 90 x h75 cm

Fixed version:
162 x 90 x h75 cm
183 x 90 x h75 cm
202 x 90 x h75 cm

If you like the Decapo Table Miniforms, let’s start your shopping in our store Lomuarredi