Wooden sofas can be said to represent traditional sofas, and they are enduring in the sofa market. In the current market, wooden sofas are made of many materials. According to the value, mahogany is the most expensive. Because it is hard, difficult to deform, and has low wear. The most affordable is pine. Pine is cheaper, but it tends to lose its shape over time, that is, it is too soft. There are many wooden sofas between the two.
1. What kind of wood is good for solid wood sofa? There is no doubt that it is mahogany. Mahogany includes eight types of rosewood, rosewood, fragrant wood, black rosewood, red rosewood, ebony and striped ebony, and wenge. Mahogany is a log, which has a high collection value. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, much high-end furniture was made of mahogany.
2. From the perspective of cost performance, pine furniture is also effective. Pine furniture is the cheapest of all solid wood furniture. Pine furniture is natural and environmentally friendly and is a good material for solid wood children's furniture. But there are disadvantages. For example, the texture of pine furniture is softer than other woods and easily deformed. This is very bad for bearing heavy objects.
In addition to high-end mahogany and other furniture, the best solid wood furniture materials in the high-end furniture on the market should be white oak and ash. White oak is a hard wood. It has uniform texture and is easy to process any furniture color. It is the main material favored by manufacturers. White oak has strong corrosion resistance and can be described as the first choice for furniture.
However, the rigidity of oak furniture makes the furniture bulky. And once the moisture content of wood is not well controlled, it may crack or deform. One thing to pay attention to when using oak, many use Southeast Asian rubber wood as oak. Pay attention when buying wood furniture. The way to distinguish rubber wood is that rubber wood has a peculiar smell, which is easy to moth and corrode.
Of course there are some very high-end woods, such as ash and cherry wood.
Ash wood is distributed in North America and parts of Europe and is very expensive. It has a strong resistance to decay. Ash wood is one of the main production materials for American high-end furniture. Its bark and fruit can also be used in medicine and are high-end precious woods. Ash wood is easy to process, tough and elastic. The texture is natural and beautiful, and the hand feels smooth. It has good stability and can increase and maintain value. Antiseptic and mildew proof, healthy and environmentally friendly. It also has disadvantages. The output of ash is scarce, the species is precious, and the price is higher.
Cherry wood is a high-grade wood. The color of the wood ranges from deep red to light reddish brown. The texture is straight and smooth. There are long and narrow brown pith spots and tiny tree capsules in the fine lines. The structure is slender, the texture is fine, clear and polished. It is usually cut into timber after 50 to 90 years of growth. The changeable texture gives them a noble, elegant and unique charm. Cherry wood has other advantages. Green environmental protection, natural atmosphere. Strong and durable, smooth texture. Good overall performance and strong stability. And its disadvantage is that the growth cycle is very long, so it is very rare.
The above is the introduction to the material of solid wood furniture. When buying a solid wood sofa, it is important to identify its material. This will help you choose a more suitable and desirable sofa.
