Fargo kitchen cabinets Different Woods for Different Folks: What Woods Make for Good Bookcases
Saturday, October 16, 2010 10:09:01 PM
Furniture comes in a variety of materials but for the most part the nice stuff is all made out of the same kinds of wood. There are a bunch of different woods out there to choose from for your home dcor and personally I find that the bookcase in your room should determine what the rest of the furniture is going to look like. Whether you're buying a corner bookcase from the store or building one on your own you should know about the many different wood types that are available to you.
Oak is a fantastic wood for bookcases, or for any furniture for that matter, because it is sturdy and looks really nice. Oak brings that rustic quality to any room if you leave it bare bones style but you can also stain it a whole spectrum of colors if you so desire. It does get to be a pretty expensive wood type if you have someone else build it but I wouldn't recommend messing around with it on your own if you're not a practiced wood workers.
Not everyone is a fan of light colored woods and that's why God made woods like Mahogany. Antique bookcases made out of rich Mahogany are really something to see, especially if they are out in the wilderness in an old cottage or something vintage like that. Some people think that mahogany furniture is actually stained to look like it does but that's not the case. Mahogany is naturally that rich and dark amber brown color.
For the cheapskate in all of us there are always the composite wood brands. I like plywood for my utility corner bookcases. I built a bookcase for my garage out of plywood and use it to store all of my wood working tools. It works well until the garage roof leaked and rain got all over it, now it is soggy and falling apart. I'll have to build a new one and I think I'll probably reinforce it with some steel just to make it a little bit more durable.
For the amateur wood worker building his own corner bookcase from scratch, pine is the perfect beginners wood. It is easily shaped and will look nicer than some of the cheaper woods out there. Plus, for the first few days after you put the bookcase together it will smell deliciously like Christmas day. Pine is one of those lighter woods so it looks nice in a sunny room but if you need it to be darker you can always stain or paint it.
There are a ton of wood types out there that make great parts for furniture. You just have to go to your local hardware store and check out the lumber section, you'll be overwhelmed by the variety and amount of the selections you can choose from. Oak, mahogany, pine, and plywood are just a sampling of the multitude of wood variations available to the amateur and expert furniture builders.
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