Vanities Go in and Out of Favor Like Pieces of Fashionable Bedroom Furniture
Nothing evokes the aura of 1930s Hollywood feminine glamour than a sleek Art Deco vanity and mirror. Or the romantic and ladylike elegance of the Victorian Era than a curvy, engraved mahogany vanity. Or the innocence of childhood than a dainty white Queen Anne vanity and mirror. Vanities create the context, the frame for the woman, or girl, reflected in its mirror. Many a little girl or young woman has spent long hours sitting in front of a vanity mirror, putting on makeup or brushing her hair while daydreaming about the woman she will become and what that woman will look like.
Vanities go in and out of favor as pieces of fashionable bedroom furniture. As men have begun to assert themselves in the furniture and decor of the home, vanities have been replaced by a TV armoire in many American bedrooms. However, for many women, a sit-down vanity is a must-have item for the bedroom, or at the very least, a fond item on their furniture wish list.
With the interest in cocooning that begun with 9/11, Americans began focusing on creating homes that became destinations to come home to, not just places to live. Superior finishes and custom touches became more and more common. Many couples decided they wanted it all - the TV and the vanity. An increasingly common site in new homes was a master bath complete with a sit-down vanity area featuring task-oriented lighting and strategic placement of mirrors and electrical outlets. The vanity may have moved, but it has not been forgotten.
As women experience yet another cycle of embracing their femininity, as displayed by the softer colors and fabrics in women's clothing that feature accents such as ruffles and flowing lines, expect to see vanities and vanity mirrors begin to appear in bedroom furnishing suites. Popular catalogues such as Pottery Barn Kids feature vanities and vanity mirrors in the majority of their bedroom sets made for girls.
For many women, the thing that makes a vanity into a special place, though, is not that it is a convenient piece of furniture for storing makeup and other grooming essentials. Or that it is a piece of furniture that belongs uniquely to a woman. Or that it is a place to sit and prepare for a new day or de-stress from a busy one. It is the vanity mirror that makes a vanity special to a woman and how that mirror ties her to the girl she once was; the girl who has become the woman she one day dreamed she would be.
Vanities go in and out of favor as pieces of fashionable bedroom furniture. As men have begun to assert themselves in the furniture and decor of the home, vanities have been replaced by a TV armoire in many American bedrooms. However, for many women, a sit-down vanity is a must-have item for the bedroom, or at the very least, a fond item on their furniture wish list.
With the interest in cocooning that begun with 9/11, Americans began focusing on creating homes that became destinations to come home to, not just places to live. Superior finishes and custom touches became more and more common. Many couples decided they wanted it all - the TV and the vanity. An increasingly common site in new homes was a master bath complete with a sit-down vanity area featuring task-oriented lighting and strategic placement of mirrors and electrical outlets. The vanity may have moved, but it has not been forgotten.
As women experience yet another cycle of embracing their femininity, as displayed by the softer colors and fabrics in women's clothing that feature accents such as ruffles and flowing lines, expect to see vanities and vanity mirrors begin to appear in bedroom furnishing suites. Popular catalogues such as Pottery Barn Kids feature vanities and vanity mirrors in the majority of their bedroom sets made for girls.
For many women, the thing that makes a vanity into a special place, though, is not that it is a convenient piece of furniture for storing makeup and other grooming essentials. Or that it is a piece of furniture that belongs uniquely to a woman. Or that it is a place to sit and prepare for a new day or de-stress from a busy one. It is the vanity mirror that makes a vanity special to a woman and how that mirror ties her to the girl she once was; the girl who has become the woman she one day dreamed she would be.
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