Wood Furniture Articles

It is easy to claim that steel and synthetics have made extensive inroads to the home furniture, replacing wood as the materials of choice.  They are easier to manufacture in large production quantities and have more durability and function.  And they’re cheap.  With forest conservation as an increasingly valid concern, and with raw materials getting scarcer and more expensive to source, there’s indeed much greater practical business impetus for home furniture maker to use wood alternatives. 

But it’s comforting to note that tree varieties used for wood furniture won’t be extinct anytime soon.  The conservation efforts have prompted governments worldwide to require wood harvesters to plant trees for every one they fell.  In Turkey alone, 50 million cedar trees are planted each year.  But it can’t be denied we’re seeing less furniture made of solid wood these days.  And those we see are getting quite expensive. 

The modern trend in wood furniture takes this into account.  With scarcer and more expensive raw materials, wood furniture makers have indeed taken some 20^th century cost cutting measures to address the problem.  Using wood veneers and wood-looking synthetic or simulated wood materials, modern homes still exhibit the warmth and beauty of the solid wood furniture we’ve grown to cherish.  Where once solid wood was the norm, we now see a proliferation of furniture made of plywood and particle boards made of recycled saw dust finished with real wood veneer.  Recycled wood is essentially one of the trends in modern wood furniture making.