Trends in furniture design favor simplicity and versatility in order to reduce costs during the epidemic period. Changing shopping needs
Mr. Nguyen Van Binh, residing at lane 133 Thinh Liet (Hoang Mai, Hanoi) said that his family had just bought an apartment in Tan Mai street (Hoang Mai) and was installing it. furniture. However, due to the decrease in income during the Covid-19 epidemic, his family prioritizes moderate-priced wood materials, from 700,000 to 800,000 VND/m2 to build beds, tables and chairs, and floors. For other furniture, such as TV shelves, wardrobes, and kitchen cabinets, preference is given to industrial wood with prices ranging from 400,000 to 500,000 VND/m2. “Wood is still the most popular product when it comes to interior finishing, but with the current epidemic situation, my income has decreased, so I have to use affordable products. In fact, cheaper products do not mean that they will break quickly during use. If the elements are not moldy, waterproof, etc., it will still prolong the life of the furniture. In addition, using affordable products when you want to change the design is also less expensive, “- Mr. Nguyen Van Binh shared.
Currently, most people do not want or cannot afford to install high-class wood products, instead switching to industrial wood product lines, such as MDF, Veneer, and MFC. .., has a lower price, but not much inferior in terms of design, usability, even somewhat superior in form. According to General Director of Tam Phat Fine Art Wood Company, Pham Quoc Truong, the affordable industrial wood product line is the preferred choice by consumers, not only at the “softer” price compared to natural wood. , but also in line with the tastes of today’s youth. “Industrial wood is simple but still brings sophistication in design, easy to use, easy to clean. This is the advantage that helps industrial wood furniture to compete fairly with natural wood” – Mr. Pham Quoc Truong acknowledged.
Simple design choices
Mr. Hoang Van Thuy, owner of Thuy Ha furniture factory, Lien Ha commune (Dong Anh, Hanoi) said that currently, wooden products used for interior decoration on the market have a variety of designs. price. Wood material not only brings elegance and aesthetics, but when designed, it is easy to combine with items in many different spaces. Therefore, wood materials are always preferred by people.
Accordingly, sophisticated patterns and motifs are replaced with less cumbersome, monochromatic shapes, suitable for young families, townhouses or apartments. In addition to meeting the requirement of simplicity, due to limited living space in urban areas, consumers want to use multi-functional, integrated furniture, for example, kitchen cabinets with many drawers, rotating cabinets. or slide to hold multiple items. In addition to simplicity and versatility, smart furniture also plays an increasingly important role in living space in urban areas to optimize the area of ​​​​the house. For example, combining the use of a wooden table with a bed with many drawers, the foot of the stairs combined with a shelf… The arrangement of utilities near each other helps the house space to add more space, people can more opportunities to enjoy the benefits of 4.0 technology. With the change in tastes, along with the tight spending mentality during the current epidemic period, consumers are tending to use wood products with simple designs and multi-purpose furniture.

Owner of Thuy Ha furniture factory, Lien Ha commune (Dong Anh) Hoang Van Thuy

“Oh, really delicious”, Mr. T said, “this one of it is this. Selling price?”. “Very cheap. Not tens of thousands of a bag. This boy also came up from rice paper. Now it has been sold to several provinces. I take you to visit the factory later. See if there is any way for him to export or not.” Mr. D goes straight to the point. This trip was organized by him. The only purpose is just to ask Mr. T to find directions for some local businessmen. I still look out of the car window. And remember my maternal hometown, also a locality in the Central region. Memories of my childhood are rushing back because of the green steps on the road passing through the small window. That day, every summer afternoon, at 3-4pm, an old lady comes in (alley, alley – as called in the Central region) her grandmother sells rice paper. Children dirty from playing soccer and shooting marbles gathered around her selling rice paper. Someone who has money then cheats on his pants and takes out an odd note that is wrapped very carefully. Those who do not have money stand waiting, waiting for him to break a piece of it. And my most impressive point of the foreign country rice paper is the bright red area located in the center of the cake. It is chili sauce. Each piece of cake sold, before handing over, was scooped up a little chili sauce by the old lady with a beautiful little spoon and sprinkled it in the middle. Sun cake, I used to think. It was like a crimson sun, with an open halo of gold. And the kids kept breaking each “piece of sun” and dot the little sun. They are so talented. After three years of age, he can already eat chili. I absolutely do not dare to touch that sun, although my grandmother’s rice and soup is always spicy, as if I train me to get used to it. The way of eating banh mi in the countryside is indeed unique. It is different from the way to eat banh mi in Hanoi, where I grew up. A small street corner, group a beautiful red charcoal oven, and then whoever comes to buy them, they fan the charcoal to bake. Childhood rice cake in Hanoi is purely vegetarian, is it not dipped with spices (or because I did not eat spices that day so I can’t remember)? And the piece of cake baked on charcoal it often has “bubbles” scattered on the cake. In that “explosive bubble” is the air. The little ones often like to play with that explosive foam before eating it. True discovery is an extremely curiosity. It’s just a bubble that explodes, just squeezed it yesterday, and knowing there’s nothing inside, still stimulates the next day to continue exploring in the hope that it will be different. Oh, if only I grew up, people loved each other that way, just discovering each other every day without being bored, the world would never have separated and depressed love songs. Later, growing up and traveling a lot, I began to understand that normal rice cake was just like that, but it turned out to be in many “magnificent” delicacies of Vietnamese cuisine. What are the mussel rice cakes, the sautéed sautéed with chili peppers, the broken rice bread in a bowl of Quang noodles, the rice cake with the classic sautéed shrimp in the West … If you have to vote for a snack best in the world, I do not hesitate to nominate Vietnamese banh mi. Hey, what if we go to a pub in the West and instead of eating their “snacks”, how about we use tabasco dumplings? “Hey, Mr. D, does he make some kind of uncooked rice paper for customers to microwave themselves. I tell the truth, this cake is delicious. I can recommend to Europe, I have some clues over there. But if you pay the cake (container), it will occupy the first area and easily break the cake, lose the aesthetics is Monday “, Mr. T said. Mr. D affirmed “It is not. Because baking in the microwave it will not be as beautiful as this industrial cake, and the cake will not be as flat as this. But I will say it try.” Saying to do, he picked up the phone and called the owner of the production facility, his voice loud and loud. The wheelchair moved onto a newly renovated inter-village asphalt road, then turned into a spacious, spacious house, crowded with people in and out. “Here, its workshop. The owner is on his way from his house”, Mr. D introduced. Soon, a new seven-seat Peugeot slowly entered the courtyard. From the car, the owner of the workshop, a big, strong, black body must be cheerfully down. His hand carried a … microwave oven. “Uncle D just arrived. Just stay at the factory. Because you said the microwave oven, I ran too blood to try it. It’s delicious. You can do it all,” said the owner of the workshop. Then turned to us cheerfully: “Hello, you two. Please come in and play, I can try it immediately”. Say and do. The owner of the workshop led us into the living room, looking for an electrical outlet to place the microwave in the middle of the table while the staff was making tea. Then his hand quickly opened the bag, took the cake, turned on the oven, baked. It is really beautiful. The cake is still flat, the yellow color is still, only different from the industrial baked goods in one point is that the rim is slightly burnt brown. But I like that burnt brown color. It gives the feeling of a slice of cake that is baked with charcoal. Then the story revolves around production capacity, around the current distribution market, around the factory owner tinkering with how to make a rice cake dryer to avoid depending on the sun, rain and weather of drying methods. traditional cake. The talk lasted until they all got in the car, looking for a small riverside restaurant nearby for lunch. Also at the same lunch table, the story reached the “finale” of the intention to export the cake. “Now you can work directly with Mr. T. He promised to do it. He will help you export this cake to Europe”, Mr. D said, “if I have anything else to add, please report this S guy, It is the number one assistant, I do many things for me “. The factory owner’s eyes were filled with hope when he heard Mr. D say that sentence. And Mr. T was also open-minded, when he said that the factory owner should send samples directly to the city to quote prices. HCM for your office. The factory owner was happy to face. His face shone with pride mixed with a belief in something that could change his career. “Geez, that’s fine. If you help me, you can help the people in my commune too. They work for me if I can sell, they also add income. It’s also very tiring, bro. Please give me your address and office phone number “. Mr. T immediately read the address but after half a sentence, I saw him leaning under the table, as if he had dropped something to search. Coming back, he read the address again. But also with three words, he bent under the table again. For the third time, I found he seemed annoyed. Then he said quickly to the owner of the workshop, “Give me your phone number. I’ll text you later. Now have a drink.” On the taxi ride home from Tan Son Nhat, I kept silent, not daring to say anything. But the more silent I became uncomfortable. Remembering the boss’s overly enthusiastic, humble figure, I feel bad. And unable to bear that torment, I quietly asked “Will you help them?”. Being told as if opening his heart, Mr. T opened the phone and showed me the message. Then he said, the other three footsteps belonged to S. It was S himself who told Mr. T after that, when the group got back to the hotel, the idea was “let me worry, she wants you to help export, I have to ask for it. Color for you. There is no “how to”. “You are so mad Minh. You said that I helped people out of work and asked for money. Besides, I am not rich yet, but I want to do big things to do something about this three hundred million. Look at people being hot.” In this situation, I believe you can help people, they do not pay money for me Besides, even if you help me for free, I also help them. They are farmers like my parents. “Mr. T said. No wonder, I texted the owner of the factory the great news “Here is the address. You can contact me directly. I will help you with no penny. You rest assured. But S it says whatever you do, please don’t mind.” “. Turns out, Mr. T is much more awake than I thought. No wonder, on the way back, he definitely didn’t touch a piece of rice cake. Despite S bravely carried two barrels alone from the Central into the city. “If Mr. S brings the sample, I will say it was sent in outside the workshop. Let him understand”, said Mr. T while smiling, “It’s strange, you only like to eat people”. Rich – poor it has numbers. I can help anyone, just help me, right? What is shared with each other is extremely important. Like a piece of cake still shared childhood, there is no regret. People are better than each other in that “generous”, but where are “cunning” than each other in the “cunning” thing …

Located in a suburban residential area of ​​Hanoi, B House is the home owned by a concrete factory owner. The owner wants a cool space and garden view bedrooms but still ensures privacy and security. With this requirement, the group of architects used a simple yet powerful form of architectural design for the front garden. The nature of the house is open space, the boundary between the inside and the outside is gradually blurring to create the connection between people and nature. Light from outside is sucked from the roof through the glass windows into the green space inside. Around this void are long, wide staircases and corridors that connect functional spaces together. The front of the house is a system of pressed bamboo doors, which can be flexibly opened and closed. The bamboo door reduces direct sunlight from the east, and ensures privacy and security. With the homeowners’ love for concrete, the design team chooses the house finishing material, mainly concrete with a rough surface, chestnut-colored wood to make the space more cozy. Through the project, the design team wants to provide the optimal solution to improve living space, create a comfortable living environment, and focus on the quality of life. Photo source: Hoang Le Video: House 25m2- the opportunity to have a house for many people? Source: VTV24

On the market there are many types of curtains to serve the different needs of home and office work. Photo: Thanh Luan

New trend

In the house, the types of curtains, bed sheets, pillows, blankets, tablecloths … are called soft furniture. These products have a mission to help the house become softer and more harmonious. Like other furniture products, curtains market is equally active. Ms. Vuong Hai Van (Dao Tan street, Ba Dinh, Hanoi) said that her family has just renewed the whole curtain of the door system for the house at the beginning of the year. Before that, when researching the market and listening to consulting, she knew that the prominent trend of using curtains this year was to take the industrial style, the rawness of construction materials as a key factor in the philosophy of design. next. However, in addition to changing to a new style, she also pays special attention to the material of the curtains. Accordingly, the curtain just has to keep heat, good heat insulation, just suitable for fashion trends, but also suitable for feng shui. “I choose the material curtain to resist heat and cold because the weather in the North has a clear differentiation in weather. Besides, when choosing curtain products, the design, the color must be suitable for the weather. the landlord’s destiny “- shared Ms. Vuong Hai Van.
Sharing the same point of view, Ms. Dong Thu Ha (Van Quan Street, Ha Dong, Hanoi) is choosing curtains for a newly purchased apartment, said that the trend of designing curtains in 2021 reminiscent of the industrial production space. , gives a strong, personality atmosphere. But in the product selection process, she also paid special attention to the materials. “If the room tends to be classic, neoclassical, I use single-layer curtains with materials such as brocade, brocade … For places with freshness, youth, personality will use double-layer curtains. (with thin chiffon layer for cushioning), the material must be fluffy, thin and light “- Ms. Dong Thu Ha said.
In addition, with the trend of environmental awareness and action becoming increasingly important, curtain designers also pay attention to using environmentally friendly materials and colors. It is the trend of ascending the throne with rainbow blinds, using less area, flexible lighting adjustments as you like. In addition, many products of wooden blinds or wooden blinds are also chosen by a large number of consumers.
Price match
Mr. Nguyen The Huu, owner of a curtain factory in Mao Dien craft village (Nam Dinh province), said that this year, many styles of curtain design from previous years were “revived”. Most of customers are young families who are interested in the rainbow curtain product line (pull the rope up – down), because the operation is simple when installing and maintaining. In addition, it is possible to install a mechanism for smart curtains to work synchronously with the home equipment system. And middle-aged customers often choose nostalgia, fabric curtains are chosen to enhance the luxury of the room, but require very high versatility, as well as weather, so they still prefer. curtain type with one color, pattern sink, open and close horizontally.
The owner of Vina Curtain Furniture Company Vu ​​Ngoc Anh said that in 2021, besides some new design styles, the current curtain price is not much change. Enterprises, factory owners still calculate the selling price by the horizontal meter, consumers can choose the price according to each different material. For example, burlap costing from 100,000 – 150,000 VND / m2 or more high-quality materials such as brocade fabric, roman fabric also has many types to choose from from 200,000 to 400,000 VND / m2, more advanced is imported from Korea. Nation, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore … has the price from 600,000 – 900,000 VND / m2. “Depending on the demand and design of the house, consumers can choose materials and different prices. But in my opinion, for low-rise buildings, townhouses and villas, choose dark materials that bring elegance and courtesy. For an apartment building, you should choose light-colored materials to create a larger space ”- Mr. Vu Ngoc Anh said.
Experts recommend that, when choosing to buy curtains, consumers should carefully learn about the brand, product quality as well as reliable selling locations. Along with that, each family should choose curtain products to suit their overall layout and color to create harmony for their home.

Recently, enterprises producing curtains have encountered difficulties in importing raw materials, most of raw materials imported from China have been stopped because of the restriction on border clearance due to the impact of Covid-19 epidemic. Along with that, the domestic market has a slow consumption rate, but it is forecasted that consumption will recover from now until the end of the year, thanks to the recovery of the construction and real estate industries.

Craftsman Mao Dien (Nam Dinh) Nguyen The Huu