Opium Shop - Antique Shops London specialize in unique and rare high-quality antique pieces

If you want to spice up your drawing room and are thinking about antiques, you are undoubtedly headed in the correct way. Opium shop is one of the top antique shops London, offering exquisite antiques that have become a feature of every interior design, whether they are used in the kitchen, living room, bedroom, lobby, or even office. These pieces of heritage enrich your home.

Opium shop has it all like Indian furniture, rare, architectural antiques, exquisite jewelry, buddha & hindu deity statues, vintage textile cushions, hand embroidered kaftans shawls, vintage bags and many more antiques from india. Indian antique jewellery is renowned for its beautifully crafted and lovely patterns. Indian antique jewelry designs have drawn inspiration from the country's numerous, long-standing dynasties, cultures, and traditions. Each ornamental pattern and gem embodies the lengthy history of ancient India. This holds true for every single piece of jewelry.

Unlike a lot of the furniture available today, antique furniture was made to last. Even if a single component may be hundreds of years old today, there is a good probability that it may continue to function for hundreds more years if it is stored in the proper circumstances. Furthermore, antique furniture can get better with age and develop beautiful patinas that lend warmth to a room. But if you don't take care of your furniture, it could start to fade, split, or shatter. What follows in this blog post is a basic guide to maintaining the beauty of antique furniture for the present and future generations.

How to arrange and care for vintage furniture

The four principal enemies of antique wooden furniture are heat, direct sunlight, dryness, and dirt. All of these are easily and successfully avoidable. The wood of antique furniture will expand and crack if it is ever placed close to a heat source, such as a radiator. The recommended distance from each radiator is at least two feet. Direct sunshine and interior heat sources are both problematic for antique furniture. This is partially due to heat, but it's also because light and UV rays from the sun may stain the wood's surface and may even cause the veneers to "lift" and peel off.

While some discoloration is quite normal in furniture, excessive exposure to direct sunshine will speed up and unevenly distribute this ageing process. This is crucial when a piece of furniture only receives partial exposure to sunlight, such as when one side is placed in front of a window. The placements of furniture in front of a window is still acceptable, but when the room is unoccupied on a sunny day, keep the curtains drawn.

Antique furniture will also be damaged by an environment with insufficient moisture. The reason for this is that most ancient wooden furniture already has some moisture since, unlike most modern wooden items, antique wooden furniture has been air-dried rather than kiln-dried (i.e., dried in an oven). Accordingly, if the air is too dry around the antique, some of its moisture will be lost to the air, leading to cracks, raised veneers, and splinters. The condition of the wood will remain good if there is a good quantity of humidity that is in line with the moisture content of the wood.

Along with these ideas, there are a few other dos and don'ts of common sense: Avoid placing hot or wet objects on the tops of antique furniture, fill drawers with goods that are too heavy for them, and put furniture away from smoke and other air pollution.

As dealers with a prime London antique shop, opium prioritises quality above all else, meaning that each work in our collection is selected with expert care and precision and our gallery only displays the best artwork to its clients. Top Architectural Antiques dealers in London, Opium shop is ready to help you furnish your home and satisfy your need to acquire the finest.