WOODCARVING & ACCESSORIES

Reasons to choose solid wood furniture rather than veneer substitutions

Solid wood furniture is attractive and classic. No matter if you love modern day or rural designs, a solid wood piece of furniture will look fantastic for years.

Oak furniture is probably the most well-liked and has been much-loved for centuries.

Whilst it undoubtedly looks superb, are there more advantages of choosing solid wood? Well yes, there are.

Solid wood is more expensive than particle board enclosed in a wood veneer but there’s a justification for that – the quality is considerably higher. Solid wood is structurally more robust and will not bow like a veneer piece of furniture can – this is obviously important if you are looking for a bookcase.

Another plus point for wood is it can be mended reasonably easily if it gets damaged. The broken areas can be filled and finished with timber treatments. Particleboard however is very tricky to restore. This is often due to structural failure and this sort of thing is just too major a fault to patch up.

Moving particleboard furniture can generate problems because it ideally needs to be dismantled first to safeguard it from knocks.

Solid furniture can last for many years and can be seen as an investment. A good looking piece also makes a great family heirloom and it will be able to give enjoyment to your relatives long after you haven’t any more need for it.

Should you have no-one to pass your furniture on to, solid wood will have a far higher resale value than particleboard (which often has no real value at all).

There are various varieties of wood like pine, ash and oak so you can pick something that fits your desires. All of these hard woods have their own characteristics and charm so make sure you find a shop to view a good selection and you will discover that you are drawn to one wood over all of the others.

It can also be finished with a natural wax or a tinted wax. Stains and paints might also be applied but wood is so attractive anyway that you should consider altering the colour very carefully, however it can always be sanded back and given a natural wax or varnish at a later date (something you can’t do with veneer).

On balance, wood by far outweighs veneered particleboard as the sensible choice for any home. So long as you can afford it, invest in solid wood – you won’t be sorry. If perhaps the price tag is initially off-putting, don’t forget that in the long run it could even work out at a lower cost because you are unlikely to ever need to replace it.
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