| A genus of tropical hardwood trees and inspired by | | | | time) serves as the best wooden material for building. |
| the Dutch Modern style of the 1950s and 1960s, teak | | | | As for constructing, teak timber, which is very widely |
| timber is one of the most sought after sorts of | | | | known in India (teak comes from Thekkus, an |
| wood for home and furniture making. | | | | ancient word from Southern India), is commonly used |
| One of the main reasons that teak wood is used in | | | | for all kinds of household features. |
| furniture and home repair is its proclivity to weather | | | | As said, furniture, especially lawn furniture, such as |
| resistance. The natural oils contained within allow teak | | | | lawn chairs, swings, picnic tables and benches, is one |
| lumber to be safety used outdoors (and indoors) | | | | major line of supplies typically made from teak |
| without risk of damage. Teak timber can even be | | | | timber. Window panes, porch columns, frame beams |
| safely used with little or no varnish or treatment, | | | | in old houses, desks, shelving, and dining room tables |
| although such added protection supplies a longer life | | | | are examples of indoor creations from teak wood. |
| for the furniture. | | | | Teak wood is also frequently used for patchwork |
| The age of teak lumber, though, makes a difference | | | | where older wood has either rotted, warped from |
| in the woods ability to maintain itself in inclement | | | | water damage, split from ensuing weakness, wall |
| weather. Older, more mature teak wood having | | | | supports, and even as a substitute for paneling. |
| grown slowly in natural forests, which goes for a | | | | Teak wood is the mellow heavy duty wood without |
| very attractive price, is more durable and | | | | which every home should not be made, at least in |
| self-sustaining, whereas the younger teak timber | | | | part. Home is where the heart is, and risking that |
| harvested on plantations, not having as many annular | | | | home by building it with anything less than teak |
| rings, is weaker and prone to splitting and warping | | | | lumber is the same as threatening the heart with |
| from water damage. | | | | inevitable destruction. |
| Aged teak lumber (i.e., teak grown old, not teak | | | | You don't know what you are losing out on until you |
| wood that has been vegetating for a long period of | | | | try teak timber based furniture. |