Pine Or Oak?
When paying a higher price for oak furniture you do find the quality dramatically improves. For many pieces oak furniture each piece of the item in question has been hand crafted by extremely skilled craftsmen who take dedication and pride in their workmanship. The additional parts such as drilled holes, brackets and handles are much higher standard than cheaper wooden furniture. The best come with wooden dovetailed joints rather than ugly fixtures.
When it comes to the deciding on whether to choose pine or oak furniture there are a couple of things which make a difference but it can also boil down to a matter of choice. Pine as a wood is usually cheaper than oak due to oak taking longer to grow which increases its price. As well as a more expensive price, oak has superior strength compared to pine although they are both known to have a high strength, oak has the edge by far though.
Oak has a higher weight than pine to so is suited to more long life pieces of wooden furniture such as a oak dining tables and chairs as these can take a large amount of bangs, knocks and spills over its lifetime. Pine has a much lighter weight so has been a choice for bedroom furniture such as a pine double wardrobe and makes it much easier to move pine bedroom furniture around when you want to change the layout, or to another room or even moving house.
Whichever range of furniture you go for be it oak or pine; do remember to take careful measurements before purchasing any piece of wooden furniture. Measuring your current furniture if it is being replaced is worthwhile and then comparing those measurements which those given on retailers websites. Even the smallest of measurements could possibly mean your new oak wardrobe for example does not fit in the alcove your current wardrobe currently stands. Another aspect is double checking you have enough angle to move any large piece of pine or oak furniture up the stairs, especially if your stairwell has a turn or two in it or you live in a cottage. It has been known for people in cottages to have their upstairs windows removed to be able to have their furniture delivered.
When paying a higher price for oak furniture you do find the quality dramatically improves. For many pieces oak furniture each piece of the item in question has been hand crafted by extremely skilled craftsmen who take dedication and pride in their workmanship. The additional parts such as drilled holes, brackets and handles are much higher standard than cheaper wooden furniture. The best come with wooden dovetailed joints rather than ugly fixtures.
When it comes to the deciding on whether to choose pine or oak furniture there are a couple of things which make a difference but it can also boil down to a matter of choice. Pine as a wood is usually cheaper than oak due to oak taking longer to grow which increases its price. As well as a more expensive price, oak has superior strength compared to pine although they are both known to have a high strength, oak has the edge by far though.
Oak has a higher weight than pine to so is suited to more long life pieces of wooden furniture such as a oak dining tables and chairs as these can take a large amount of bangs, knocks and spills over its lifetime. Pine has a much lighter weight so has been a choice for bedroom furniture such as a pine double wardrobe and makes it much easier to move pine bedroom furniture around when you want to change the layout, or to another room or even moving house.
Whichever range of furniture you go for be it oak or pine; do remember to take careful measurements before purchasing any piece of wooden furniture. Measuring your current furniture if it is being replaced is worthwhile and then comparing those measurements which those given on retailers websites. Even the smallest of measurements could possibly mean your new oak wardrobe for example does not fit in the alcove your current wardrobe currently stands. Another aspect is double checking you have enough angle to move any large piece of pine or oak furniture up the stairs, especially if your stairwell has a turn or two in it or you live in a cottage. It has been known for people in cottages to have their upstairs windows removed to be able to have their furniture delivered.
in my house oak goes beautifully and it's very durable.