Solid wood furniture gives you a sense of stability, warmth and nobility. The charm of solid wood furniture cannot be replaced. But every time we go to buy solid wood furniture, we will face a question: Which wood to choose? When the merchant shows us the wood list, we will be confused, which kind of wood is better? What are the differences between various types of wood? Because of this, many owners are very concerned about the ranking of furniture wood, and many owners have consulted the editor because they do not understand the ranking of furniture wood. Today, the editor will tell you about the latest furniture wood rankings for your reference.
Furniture wood rankings
1. Rosewood - a hard and durable rare tree species
Rosewood is a leguminous wood in the genus Sandalwood in the tropics, mainly produced in India and Guangdong, my country. It is also produced in Yunnan, Yunnan and Nanyang Islands and is a common and valuable hardwood. "Redwood" is a popular name in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and the north. Guangdong is commonly known as "rosewood". Redwood wood is hard and durable. Redwood is a high-quality hardwood with dozens of varieties and names: such as rosewood, redwood, old redwood, new redwood, fragrant redwood, rosewood, old rosewood, etc. Old mahogany is similar to red sandalwood, but its luster is darker, its color is lighter, its texture is not tight, and it has fragrance.
2. Fraxinus mandshurica - a widely used tree species
Manchurian ash is also known as Shuiqulumu, ash, and Qinpi. It is mainly produced in Northeast China and Inner Mongolia. Its bark is gray and slightly white. Yellow, furrow spindle-shaped, with slightly hard texture, straight texture, thick structure, beautiful patterns, good corrosion resistance and water resistance, not easy to dry, high toughness, easy to saw and planer, smooth planed surface, good nail-holding ability big. It has good bonding, painting and coloring properties and has good decorative properties. It is the wood currently used more frequently in furniture and interior decoration. Disadvantages: Manchurian ash has average stability and is not easily deformed, but it shrinks easily. Ash furniture is not resistant to water stains, shrinks greatly, and does not have a strong sense of craftsmanship.
3. Huanghuali - an interesting tree species that makes "grimace"
The preferred material for furniture in the Ming and Qing Dynasties was huanghuali wood. The color of this material is neither quiet nor noisy, and the texture may be hidden. Or now, vivid and changeable, Huanghuali did not have this name in ancient times, but only "Huali", or written as "Hua Zhi". Later, it was given the word "yellow", mainly to distinguish it from the so-called "Xinhuali" which is still used in large quantities to make furniture. Its distinguishing feature is that there are grimaces on the pattern surface, that is, the trees with the most fruit are the best, and the flowers with thick and light colors are the lowest. Another characteristic is that the heartwood and sapwood are very different. The heartwood is reddish brown to dark reddish brown or purple reddish brown, with uneven depth, often with dark brown stripes, and the sapwood is grayish brown or light yellowish brown.
4. Rosewood - has been considered the most precious tree species since ancient times
my country has considered rosewood to be the most precious wood since ancient times. Because they are so valuable, few red sandalwood utensils remain. If it is a large piece of furniture, because the material is rare, even less will be preserved. Rosewood has the strongest texture and heaviest weight among all kinds of hardwoods. Most of them are purple-black, and some are as black as lacquer, with almost no texture visible. The tranquility and tranquility of ancient times are incomparable to any wood. Among all kinds of hardwoods, rosewood has the most dense texture, the heaviest wood weight, and the wood grain is not obvious. When the rosewood flowers are placed in white wine, the flowers will immediately decompose into pink and form a sticky gel with the wine, which can form a thread when poured. This is an effective method to identify rosewood. Rosewood is mainly produced in India, but is also produced in Yunnan, Guangdong and Guangxi and other places in my country.
5. Cherry wood - a tree species suitable for Chinese style
The core of the wood is light rose to brown, and Burmese cherry wood is preferred. The color of the wood is uniform, the texture is straight, the structure is fine and even, and the boundary with the light-colored sapwood is clear. It gradually turns red when exposed to the air for a long time, just like real mahogany. Wood with staggered grains is prone to burrs when processed, and wood with straight grains can be processed into a smooth surface and can be used for rotary cutting, staining and polishing. It is relatively high-end furniture, but one big disadvantage is that the wood color is too dark and reddish. Generally, it has to be made into Chinese-style furniture, which is not so popular and modern. But this kind of furniture holds its value very well and has excellent workmanship.
6. Walnut catalpa wood - an environmentally friendly tree species with moderate hardness and softness
Walnut wood that does not bear fruit is called catalpa wood among the people. It has clear texture, fine and even structure, strong resistance to decay, no deformation, and no No cracking, no odor. The wood is moderately soft and hard, medium in weight, and has physical and mechanical properties such as low drying shrinkage, smooth planed surface, and strong wear resistance. Catalpa wood has a plain brown eye arrangement, dark color, soft texture, and little luster, but its shrinkage is small and is positive. It can be used as door core, desktop core, etc. Often used in conjunction with Korean wood and walnut wood. Walnut catalpa wood is very good for making furniture, but it must be more difficult to process than other woods.
The furniture made by it not only has the characteristics of practicality, appreciation, and value preservation and appreciation of mahogany furniture, but also has the qualities that mahogany cannot achieve due to its incompatibility with the soil and environment, dryness, deformation, and seams. Its raw material, catalpa tree, has strong noise-absorbing, dust-retaining and drug-absorbing abilities. It is especially resistant to harmful gases such as sulfur dioxide and chlorine. It has no pollution to the environment and is listed as an environmentally friendly tree species.
7. Chicken-wing wood - a tree species with beautiful patterns
Chicken-wing wood is written in different ways, either as "chicken-wing wood" or as "qiqinmu". The texture of wenge wood is fine, with alternating shades of purple and brown. Especially the longitudinal section has fine and floating texture, giving it the shining brilliance of a bird's neck and wings. After the mid-Qing Dynasty, there were very few old chicken wing wood used for furniture. Chicken wing wood belongs to the red leguminous family, with about 40 to 60 species. There are 26 species in my country, mainly produced in Fujian Province. It is famous for its beautiful patterns that resemble chicken wings. Change name.
8. Yellow pineapple - a soft tree species
The wood has good luster, straight texture, thick structure, obvious and even annual rings, soft material, easy to dry, good processing performance, and The colors and patterns are very beautiful, the paint and glue bonding properties are good, and it is not easy to split. It has good corrosion resistance and other advantages. However, due to its poor nailing power, furniture made of yellow pineapple material often has shortcomings such as instability. It is used for high-end furniture and plywood.
9. Walnut wood - shiny and delicate wood
Walnuts are abundant in Luliang and Taihang Mountains in Shanxi. Walnut wood is the best wood for Jin furniture. After the wood is polished and waxed, it will have a luster like hardwood. Its texture is delicate and non-toxic, easy to carve, and its color is gray and soft. Its products were produced in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and most of them were of high quality and could be used or hidden. Its wooden characteristics are only dense needle-like brown eyes and light yellow filament-like growth rings, and its weight is similar to that of elm wood.
10. Beech - a wood with extremely beautiful grains
Beech is a species of elm, produced in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places. It has beautiful color, wide range of uses and is quite valuable. Its age The wood is red, hence the name "blood beech", also called red beech. Beech wood has a very beautiful large pattern, like overlapping mountains, which is called "pagoda pattern". It is stronger than ordinary wood, but it cannot be regarded as a hardwood. The wood grain is very beautiful, the wood is hard, extremely high in density, fine in structure, wear-resistant and shiny, not easily deformed when dry, and has good processing, painting and gluing properties. There are very few defects, basically no wooden bumps. Even beech furniture manufacturers generally do not paint, but polish the surface and treat it with transparent tung oil to maintain its original wood color and wood grain.
11. Elm - a tree species with large patterns and many types
Also known as "white elm", it has larger patterns, slightly thicker structure, prominent brown eyes, and soft texture. Classified as firewood or softwood. Easy to machine and engrave. Its wood is tough, with clear texture, narrow sapwood and dark yellow color. The heartwood is dark purple-gray, suitable for general relief and openwork carvings. The wrapping surface is smooth and the string surface ring pattern is beautiful. The elm wood is divided into yellow elm and purple elm. Yellow elm is more common. When the wood is newly cut, it is light yellow. The color changes with age. Gradually deepen; while purple elm is naturally black and purple, and the heavier color is similar to the color of old mahogany. The best elm trees are from the Zhangjiakou area and both sides of the Yellow River in Shandong. Folk furniture in Shanxi, Shandong, Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin and other places mainly uses this wood. Such as yellow elm, thorn elm, etc. These two kinds of elm are pretty good, among which thorn elm is the best. Thorny elm is produced in the Northeast, and the quantity is very small, so it is basically not available on the market. Some of the more expensive ones on the market are yellow elm and white elm. Yellow elm wood grain is more delicate and beautiful. It is not very easy to deform. In addition, the cheaper elm furniture on the market is all white elm, which is worse than yellow elm, and its deformation and shrinkage are more severe than yellow elm. Most of the northeastern region is dominated by white elm, so a lot of ash furniture in the northeast is mixed with white elm. There is also a kind of elm wood, which is black and the local name is stinky elm. It is the worst. It has beautiful patterns, rough structure, good processability, coating and gluing properties, but poor drying properties and is prone to cracking and warping.
12. Camphor wood - a fragrant tree species
The tree diameter is larger, the wood is wider, the pattern is beautiful, the material is slightly lighter, the structure is fine, especially it has a strong fragrance, dry It is not easily deformed and has good processing, painting and gluing properties. The heartwood is reddish brown, and the sapwood is yellowish brown to grayish brown with a distinct camphor smell. Spiral texture or staggered texture, drying speed is slow, cutting is easy, the cut surface is smooth, there are often textures of different shades of color on the diameter surface, the color is particularly bright and beautiful after painting, and it will not split. Its wood has aroma and is antiseptic and insect repellent. It is often used to make cabinets, boxes, cupboards and other furniture to store clothing.
Disadvantages: The gas emitted by camphor wood contains organic components such as camphor, alkanes, phenols, alkenes and camphor ether, which can irritate the gastrointestinal mucosa of humans. Placing camphor wood furniture in the bedroom will affect sleep quality. It makes people excited and even insomnia; the aromatic smell emitted by camphor wood furniture may also cause symptoms such as dizziness, weakness, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms; pregnant women are prone to miscarriage if they are in contact with camphor wood furniture for a long time; if infants and young children are exposed to the smell of camphor wood for a long time Stimulation, adverse reactions may also occur.
13. Phoebe - a high-grade tree species that does not rot or bore.
Phoebe belongs to the Lauraceae family and is a kind of high-grade wood. Its color is light orange and slightly gray, its texture is elegant and quiet, and its texture is gentle and soft. , no shrinkage, and has a faint fragrance when it rains. The main ones commonly used in construction and furniture are yarnan and purple nan. The former is a large evergreen tree produced in Ya'an and Guan County, Sichuan; the latter is also known as golden nan and is produced in Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi and southern Jiangsu. Nanmu has an elegant and well-proportioned color, small expansion and contraction deformation, is easy to process, and is resistant to decay. It is the best kind of soft wood. Nowadays, most of the Forbidden City in Beijing and the finest ancient buildings in the capital are constructed of nanmu. Nanmu is not rotten and has a delicate fragrance. The royal library, gold lacquer throne, interior decoration, etc. are mostly made of Nanmu. Important buildings such as Wenyuan Pavilion and Le Shoutang have nanmu decoration and furniture, and are often used in conjunction with red sandalwood. In addition, among the people in Shanxi and other places, hardwoods such as mahogany, pineapple, and pear are often called "Nanmu", which originally means wood from the south. At first glance, it sounds very easy to be confused with this "nanmu", which is important to know.
14. Cypress - a tree species that can be used as medicinal materials
Cypress belongs to the family Cupressaceae and was known as "Yuebai" in ancient times. Chinese folk customarily divide cypress trees into two categories: southern cypress and northern cypress. The texture of southern cypress is better than that of northern cypress. It is orange-yellow in color, has a fine and well-proportioned texture, is relatively water-resistant, has many knots, and has a fragrance. It is also a medicinal material. It is non-sticky, non-split, and resistant to decay. It is suitable for carving boards and is a more valuable species besides hardwood.
15. Oak - many tree species used in wooden floors
Oak, also known as oak. Its wood has a heavy specific gravity, hard texture, large shrinkage and high strength. The structure is dense, not easy to saw, the cutting surface is smooth, easy to crack, warp and deform, and not easy to dry. It is moisture-resistant, wear-resistant, not easy to glue, and has good coloring properties. It is currently used more for decorative wooden floors.
16. Pine - a tree species commonly used in children's furniture
It has a good pine scent, but the texture is very soft, and it is relatively cheap among solid wood furniture. It has good drying properties, water resistance and corrosion resistance, and has good processing, painting, coloring and cementing properties. High-quality Finnish pine has beautiful texture, is unpretentious, elegant and pure, and is very suitable for children's furniture.
17. Birch - a cost-effective and relatively soft tree species
The wood is delicate, white and slightly yellow. Birch furniture has bright color, good stability, elasticity, good processing performance and smooth cut surface. , good paint and glue performance and other advantages. There are many patterns on its roots and nodes. The ancients often used it to make door cores and other decorations. Its bark is pliable and beautiful. The fiber has poor shear resistance and is prone to "stubble breakage". The wood is heavy and not resistant to corrosion. It is easy to crack and warp when dry. The wood is juicy and prone to deformation after being matured. Therefore, it is rare to see a table made entirely of birch. chair.
18. Fir - light, soft and the most common tree species
Its material is light and soft, easy to dry, has small shrinkage, does not warp, has good durability, is easy to process, and has a rough cut surface , medium strength, easy to split, and good bonding performance. It is the most commonly used mid-range wood for furniture and decoration in southern provinces.
19. White oak-a tree species suitable for European-style furniture
This kind of wood is mostly used in European-style furniture. There are many places where oak comes from, including Malaysia, Indonesia and other places. The ones from Malaysia are slightly worse and the ones from South Korea are the best. Good wood is always produced in cold places. Tropical wood grows fast and the material is not that good.