Which is the best common wood for solid wood furniture?

There are many types of wood that can be used for solid wood furniture, with good performance and material.

Currently the domestic solid wood furniture market the main types of furniture wood are: mahogany, teak, walnut, ash, elm, maple, birch, beech, camphor, pine, poplar, cedar and so on.

The following is a list of several kinds of furniture commonly used wood for reference:

1, the biggest advantage of ash is that it is beautiful and clear grain, suitable for modern minimalist style. The disadvantage of ash is easy to deformation, so ash wood furniture is basically the main frame with ash wood, the rest of the ash wood with small pieces of splicing.

2, zelkova hard texture, beautiful texture, ancient China has a "north elm south zelkova" said, refers to the northern furniture with elm, southern furniture with zelkova, can be used as a bed, tables, cabinets, the main material.

3, fir wood is characterized by uniform structure, moderate strength, can resist insects and corrosion. It has two main disadvantages: the internal fiber is loose, and high water content, the surface hardness is softer, easy to cause scratches; the second disadvantage is that there are many scars, so the price is the cheapest.

4, in solid wood furniture, pine furniture occupies a considerable amount, especially children's furniture, more pine. Characterized by a hard texture, clear texture, relative to fir, camphor pine wood grain will be beautiful, scarring is also relatively small.

5, elm is not easy to deform, hardness and strength are moderate, smooth planing surface, suitable for carving. Furniture made of elm rough texture, rustic style, the current Chinese furniture more elm.

6, oak is characterized by hard, straight grain, coarse structure, light color, beautiful texture, wear-resistant, the shortcomings are not easy to dry, sawing, large area is easy to use deformation. Therefore, the so-called oak furniture, its raw materials are actually made of oak fingerboard.

The price of solid wood panels of different wood species will be different, so it is necessary to choose according to their own budget, but also pay attention to the environmental rating.