Wicker Moves Indoors, and the Well-Furnished American House Takes Notice

The material once reserved for the sleeping porch and the lanai is earning a place in the formal rooms of serious houses. Veranda has gathered ten interiors in which designers used wicker not as a seasonal afterthought but as the piece that gives a room its character. For an owner in Palm Beach or Naples, where the line between indoor and outdoor living has always been thin, the shift reads less as a trend than as a long-overdue correction. The lesson of the collection is simple: a woven chair can hold its own beside fine upholstery and good millwork, if the room around it is confident enough.

With reporting from Veranda.