What are the best woods to have for furniture?

Question

For example if you are buying a baby crib, what would be the woods that you would reccomend?

Answer 1

wood like women are individual to the taste.

I do wood working and enjoy it. Because of the local abundance of White and Red Oak, and Walnut I use these. Pine is much softer wood for working but has a place in furniture making as well.

Oak is a hard wood, as is Walnut both stand up well and good furniture can be passed from generation to generation, So buy a good one and watch your great-grandkids when they sleep in it.

Answer 2

Maple, Walnut, Oak, and Mahogany all look different depending on which particular species you get. Cherry starts out light but darkens with exposure to light. If you are looking for light colored woods, get one of the maples. Most people think that Acer Sacherum [sic] (rock maple, hard maple, or sugar maple) is the only decent type of maple, but it is only marginally harder than silver maple ("soft" maple), which in my opinion looks nicer. American Black Walnut is the most common type of Walnut used in the US, but you get a finer pored wood with English walnut, but at a significantly higher cost. Red Oak is the most common type of oak that you will find in furniture today, but before the 1930's red oak was considered a very poor substitute for white oak, which takes a much finer finish. Cuban Mahogany is considered the finest mahogany in the world, but it was harvested to the brink of extinction, so now honduran Mahogany is the finest available, but other types are of almost equal quality. Dark colored cherry furniture that is newly made has been stained to achieve that color. There is no "Best" wood for furniture, other than the one that you like the most. My personal preference is for Quarter-sawn white oak or mahogany, but everyones taste is different.

Answer 3

I'm not sure if it works for wood, but Mythbusters the other day proved that vodka helps take the cigarette smell out of clothing. If you try it, try it on a part of the furniture that is not visible first.

Answer 4

It depends on what color wood your looking for-Light colors are Oak and Maple- Darker colors would be Walnut or Cherry

Answer 5

oak or walnut. they are "warm" colored and they finish very well. plus oak is generally accepted as the most beautiful wood grain for furniture

Answer 6

I'm gonna recommend you the ff websites where you can purchase quality furnitures and be able to gain knowledge about the best wood that I'm recommending. Hope this can help you. Just read the following:

A. Rock Wood Casual Furniture is created to be beautiful, functional and most importantly, comfortable. Ideal for residential and commercial use, Rock Wood's award winning designs and exceptional attention to detail ensure that Rock Wood furniture is built to last a lifetime.

Teak is the best wood for use out of doors. For years shipbuilders would only use teak due to its high natural oils and resistance to rot and insects. No other wood is comparable. Placed outside, Rock Wood teak is a beautiful accent to your garden for years to come. Left alone, teak weathers to a beautiful dove grey. To retain the rich natural colour, simply finish your teak spring and fall.

B. Teak (Tectona), also called jati is a genus of tropical hardwood trees in the family Verbenaceae, native to the south and southeast of Asia, and is commonly found as a component of monsoon forest vegetation. They are large trees, growing to 30-40 m tall, deciduous in the dry season.

The word teak originated from the Malayalam word tēkku [1]. References to this word have been found in ancient Tamil literature; most notably, Agananooru, song 143 verse 5, and Perumpanatruppadai, song 104.

There are three species:

Tectona grandis (Common Teak) is by far the most important, with a wide distribution in India and Indo-China.
Tectona hamiltoniana (Dahat Teak) is a local endemic species confined to Myanmar, where it is endangered.
Tectona philippinensis (Philippine Teak) is endemic to the Philippines, and is also endangered.

Cultivation and uses
The timber is used in the manufacture of outdoor furniture, boat decks, and other articles where weather resistance is desired. It is also used for indoor flooring and as a veneer for indoor furnishings.

Teak is easily worked and has natural oils that make it suitable for use in exposed locations, where it is durable even when not treated with oil or varnish. Teak cut from old trees grown slowly in natural forests is more durable and harder; Teak from young trees grown in plantations is more prone to splitting and water damage.

Teak is used extensively in India to make doors and window frames, furniture and columns and beams in old type houses. It is very resistant to the attack of termites. The mature Teak fetches a very good price. The age of the tree can be assessed from the annular rings formed every year inside the trunk. Teak is grown extensively by forest departments of different states in forest areas.

Its popularity has led to growth in sustainable production throughout the seasonally dry tropics in forestry plantations. Teak does not grow in the rainforest and its consumption encompasses a different set of environmental concerns, such as the disappearance of rare old-growth Teak. Experiments are on to arrive at vegetative propagation from one year old stem cuttings.

Popular in the 1950s and 1960s in a style often known as Danish modern, Teak furniture has had a second boom in popularity. Teak is one of the most sought-after types of vintage furniture.

Teak is used as a food plant by the larvae of moths of the genus Endoclita including E. aroura, E. chalybeatus, E. damor, E. gmelina, E. malabaricus, E. sericeus and E. signifer and other Lepidoptera including Turnip Moth.

Much of the world's Teak is exported by Indonesia and Myanmar.

Rolls Royce
The new Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe, as part of its exclusive design and build, has a panelled teak rear deck (which requires period linseed oiling). This is said to have been inspired by the decks of expensive yachts.

The car costs a cool $600,000 on the road.

Answer 7

i like cherry or mahogony. but thats just a preference bc i like the darker