Sometimes, all you need is white furniture and a few simple textiles to create a cosy home interior. It’s timeless, sophisticated, understated and chic.

“Such a magnificent sky, and it’s nothing but white paper!” Renoir

The perfect neutral, it’s fresh, soft and clean. A subtle lick of white paint will also create a sharp contemporary atmosphere of minimalist simplicity. Soft, sympathetic, optimistic and a blank canvas to add shape and design.

White floorboards and white fluffy rugs, add even more impact, and look and feel luxurious, plus will bring out the best of the different textures you add.

Alternatively, white furniture looks great with almost any accent of colour, offering flexibility when styling a room. Let’s look at 10 of our favourite white furniture items to get you inspired.

A crisp white

The Caso Dining Chair is feng shui at its finest. Zen, clean, minimal form, inspired by classic Eames style furniture design. Adding one signature style piece like this to a room will create a fabulous, uncomplicated interior scheme. Gorgeous with lighter neutrals on both walls and woodwork, or against cool or warm whites. For a similar style chair, see our lightweight, yet sturdy White Resin Astrid Chairs with oak legs, which have a more simple, but equally cool silhouette.

Lots of white light

Light bounces around a room when it has white furniture pieces in it. Add a large oversized mirror or a few smaller mirrors, and or glass accessories and ornaments, to brighten up your favourite rooms and spaces around the home.

White as snow

The lovely retro Oslo White Chest of Drawers will really freshen up any room with its combination of white and natural tones, and tapered pine legs. There’s lots of storage, with four pull-out drawers, at H.66 x D.36 x W.38cmwide, it’s still a dainty unit to add to any home or office space. Its nice long slim wooden handles add interesting detail.

If you are looking for something a little larger and longer in shape, the Aspen Sideboard 90cm is a full-length cupboard, housing lots of roomy storage and one shelf option. It’s white, sophisticated and has oak effect wooden handles. Optimum for hallway storage or as a sleek sideboard to store your glassware, and anything you like. Manufactured wood with a melamine coating in a crisp finish, makes life stress free as it’s resilient, simple to dust and super smooth to gently wipe clean.

Sticking with the minimal, white, simple theme, is the Phoenix Bedside Table. Simple and compact, the drawers have little cut-out holes to open and close them, rather than handles, so it offers clean lines and a flush seamless, finish.

Add height and make it white

A tall, elegant Vola White Bookshelf, that hides lots of storage space, would look great as a contrast against a dark or patterned wall. As would this Phoenix TV Unit, made from fresh white manufactured wood with a laminate finish, pine legs, and a discreet sliding door. An ideal unit for housing all your DVDs and keeping the living room streamlined, stylish and tidy.

The rustic style, carved white freestanding Louis Shelving Unit, forms part of John Reeves' signature and internationally acclaimed Louis collection. It’s a great addition to any white interior furnishing scheme, as a stand-alone option, or mix and match with different pieces. Made from laminated MDF with premium grade lacquered finish.

A white coffee table is so chic and will complement any objects or colourful coffee table books displayed on it. The Dreda White Coffee Table is a classic square-shaped, mid-century modern, tray-style coffee table. A hint of industrial, with a manufactured wood table top and iron legs for resilience.

All of these items would work perfectly together. Especially the high gloss finish of the exclusive designer Morom White Pendant Lamp against the matte resin Caso Dining Chair.