Rattan

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“Rattan is so versatile,” says Matilda Goad. “Because it’s a relatively neutral material to play around with, it’s easy to inject pieces in with current schemes. Equally, rattan is a great material to work with in the earlier stages of interior design – inserting cane panels in cupboard doors, or raffia as radiator covers, for example.”
How to incorporate it at home:
“Don’t go head-to-toe – you don’t want your home to feel like a conservatory with its four-piece furniture set. Accessories are always a great way – for example, lampshades are an instant update, or bamboo mirrors look particularly good against a floral wallpaper. Think about more unexpected ways of using it; we recently created a set of botanicals backed on raffia for a commission. It’s not until you are relatively close that your eye catches the detail.”