"Texture makes all the difference between a room seeming warm and inviting rather than cold, flat and unfinished," says a Brazilian furniture manufacturer, uses textures from rattan to leather and wood in the company's indoor and outdoor pieces Industrial cogs and valves are some of the ingredients in his furniture creations that exude a steampunk He points to a mid-century modern desk by Heywood-Wakefield. The wood is solid maple, the edges softly curved, and the price is less than it .