Nowadays, wooden furniture has many different designs and styles, from high-class natural wood to industrial wood. In the last article, we have introduced you to industrial wood. In this one, we will continue with a list of common types of natural wood for furniture currently in the market.
Ash
Ash is one of the most common types of natural wood in interior design with a series of advantages such as: good machine resistance, long-lasting screws attachment… In addition, this is also a type of wood with high resistance to force and is easy to bend with steam.
- Average weight: 673 kg/m3
- Color: from light to almost white, the heartwood has a variety of colors, from grayish brown to light brown, or pale yellow with brown stripes.
- Grain : Straight grain with regular brown streaks.
- Price: average to high.
- Application: Middle to high-class furniture. Flooring, furniture, interior carvings and moldings, doors, kitchen cabinets, lathes.
Sapele
Sapele is also a very popular type of wood. A few advantages of this type of wood are: solid, hard, beautiful wood grain, good compressive strength and resistance. The product is less prone to warping and termites.
- Average weight: 670kg/m3
- Color: heartwood is yellowish brown to reddish brown. Colors tend to darken with age.
- Grain: interlocked, and sometimes wavy.
- Price: high.
- Application: Veneers, plywood, furniture, cabinets, flooring, boat building, musical instruments, rotary objects, and other small wood specialty items.
Walnut
Walnut is mostly available in forests in England and North America. We can easily find walnut in today’s life such as cabinets, tables, sofas, beds, etc… Walnut is very flexible in shaping, and can create products with extremely impressive designs. The wood has medium stiffness, torsional strength and compressive strength. In addition, walnut is also resistant to insects and termites.
- Average weight: 609 kg/m3
- Color: heartwood from light brown to chocolate brown, often reddish purple and darker streaked.
- Grain: Straight grain but sometimes wavy or swirly.
- Price: high.
- Application: High-class furniture. Furniture, cabinets, interior architectural materials, carvings, flooring.
White Oak
Oak is very popular with Westerners because of its good quality, high durability, and beautiful wood grain. There are two types of oak, white oak and red oak. Each type will have a different color and wood grain. White oak is considered to be more waterproof than red oak and has a more diverse grain, which is why it has become so popular in today’s market.
- Average weight: 769 kg/m3
- Color: light color, heartwood from light brown to dark brown.
- Grain: Straight vein, with many shaped spots.
- Price: average to high.
- Application: Middle and high-class furniture. Flooring, furniture, interior carvings and moldings, doors, kitchen cabinets, lathes.
Rosewood
Rosewood is very heavy, hard and has a fine grain. It has a sour smell but not pungent, the wood is very durable and is warp and termite-proof. This type of wood is often used to make beds, cabinets, high-class tables and chairs or to carve statues. There are 3 types: black, red and yellow. In which, the value of yellow is higher than that of red and black.
The salient features of rosewood:
- Durable: It belongs to a large tree, the wood is very hard, heavy, and tough, does not warp, and withstands rain and sun well. Furniture and cabinets from rosewood can last for hundreds of years.
- Beautiful: Wood grain is smooth and floats like a cloud. The wood has a sour smell but not pungent. There is an essential oil in the wood when it is scratched or cleaned, the oil emerges very shiny, when burned has a mild fragrance.
- Healthy: Rosewood is very healthy and does not affect the health of the user.
- Precious: Rosewood is a precious wood of high value and is increasingly scarce.
Tali
Tali is one of the four types of iconic wood in Vietnam. The advantage of this type of wood is that it is hard, heavy, sturdy, and is not attacked by termites. The color of this wood varies from dark to light. With high durability, products made of tali can have a lifespan of up to dozens of years and are usually not deformed.
However, tali trees also have a few specific disadvantages as follows: pungent smell, very high cost, scarcity of raw materials, and the wood surface will turn from brown to black if left unused for too long.
Rubberwood
Rubberwood is very popular on the market today because of its popularity as well as its relatively low price. Some popular furniture items made of rubber wood are dining tables, beds, and shelves.
- Average weight: 595kg/m3
- Color: naturally pale yellow to medium brown, sometimes with medium brown streaks. Colors tend to darken slightly with age.
- Grain: Straight grain, with a slightly rough, open texture.
- Price: average.
- Application: middle-class furniture such as kitchen furniture, beds, cabinets, tables, and chairs.
Pine
Pine is widely used in furniture construction with outstanding advantages such as clear wood grain, bright colors suitable for many different home spaces. It also has a relatively affordable price, good adhesion, and is easy to shape… The disadvantage of this type of wood is that it is not too luxurious, the wood surface also has many black stains that decrease the attractiveness.
- Average weight: 465kg/m3
- Color: golden brown, the center tends to be lighter.
- Grain: Straight grain, with a slightly rough, open texture.
- Price: average.
- Application: Middle-class furniture. Veneer, furniture, bed, cabinet, table, crate.
Acacia
Acacia is very popular on the market today, with many alternative names like Melaleuca or Eucalyptus.
- Average weight: 650kg/m3
- Color: the part near the center of the tree will be dark brown, the more you go outside the trunk, the color will be lighter, bright yellow, with beautiful wood grain.
- Grain: The grains are straight but sometimes wavy.
- Price: low on average, yellow cotton has a higher price.
- Application: Middle-class furniture. Flooring, bed, cabinet.
Conclusion
Above, debiON has summarized 9 types of natural wood in the interior. Hopefully, you have learned to differentiate between them. You can also use them as a reference whenever you want to make an order for furniture and home decor pieces!
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