| You can buy a variety of different types of pieces in | | | | well known kinds of hardwood and pine is softwood |
| an unfinished furniture store. Why buy unfinished | | | | although its proper name is Deal. Cedar and Yew |
| bedroom or dining furniture? There are a number of | | | | would also be well known softwoods. Unfinished |
| reasons but the main one would probably be the fact | | | | furniture made from the hardwoods is normally more |
| that you can finish the product in whatever way you | | | | expensive. |
| wish. You can paint, polish, varnish, French polish or | | | | Walnut in particular is considered one of the finest |
| bleach the unfinished wood to produce a unique piece | | | | woods to be used in furniture making. The timber can |
| of furniture for a reasonable cost. | | | | be difficult to work with but the natural grains and |
| When buying wood furniture, you will need to know | | | | patterns are so beautiful it is worth it. Walnut should |
| what type of wood it is so that you can pick the | | | | never be painted but would suit being varnished to |
| most appropriate finish. Wood is generally divided into | | | | highlight its natural beauty. |
| three types being hardwood, softwood and | | | | A lot of the bare wood pieces you see in the |
| manmade wood. Funnily enough although the names | | | | unfinished furniture store will be made from American |
| suggest otherwise, they do not signify the strength | | | | whitewood more commonly known as Poplar. This |
| of the wood. The classification depends on the type | | | | hardwood varies in color from white to soft brown. |
| of tree the wood originated from i.e. softwood | | | | It is fairly featureless especially when compared to |
| comes trees with needlepoint leaves e.g. Evergreen | | | | wood such as walnut but it stains well and is |
| trees while hardwood originates from the deciduous | | | | relatively inexpensive. There is a plentiful supply |
| varieties. | | | | making it ideal for using in all forms of modern |
| Mahogany, maple, teak, walnut and oak would be | | | | furniture. |