Everybody dreams of a beautiful home, amazing location, fantastic view and last but not the least mesmerizing decor. In order to add style and rich warmth to the home, oak furniture can be a great option. Decorating home as per your choice and need, can be really exiting and worth spending time and money to ensure that you get it right and best of all the options available in the market. Oak furniture can easily be related to style, elegance and quality. With the steep appreciation in wood prices, going for oak furniture can be a bit costly affair. An individual should be very specific and choosy while picking oak furniture for their home as beauty comes with a price. But oak is one of the most durable types of wood, so one can be sure that it will last longer.
There are array of styles and designs available in the market that you can choose from. Several sites with all the oak products and information on them are also available on the net, which you can refer before making a purchase or you can also visit the local furniture store. Depending upon once savor, size of the house and need, there are ample of different types of furniture available in the market.
Oak wood is a hard, strong wood which has the ability to resist insects and fungal attacks. The grain making on the oak makes it more lucrative and beautiful. In middle ages, oak furniture gained in popularity and was often used in places such as House of Commons and other prestigious institutions. But now oak wood has gained in popularity and is also used in home and office furniture.
Types of oak furniture:
Various types of oak wood are usually used in making contemporary and modern furniture.
Natural oak wood– natural oak wood is of natural brown color running through it, is one of the most demanded and popular form of oak wood.
Tiger oak woods– as the name suggests, tiger oak wood is brown in color but has several stripes on it.
Pippy oak– pippy oak wood has an appearance similar to that of a cats paw on its surface.
Burr oak wood– other used form of oak wood is burr oak wood. Burr oak wood is similar in appearance to that of pippy oak wood, the difference being it is much dense in formation.
Bog oak wood– this is rarest type of oak wood and is less widely used all over the world. Bog oak wood is dark in color and has been obtained after preserving it in a peat bog for several thousands of years.
Solid oak furniture can be one of the most elegant pieces of furniture in the house. Oak can last for a lifetime, can be passed on to generations, and can be part of once investment of quality no matter how many times you re polish it and make it appear new as before. But all this can be achieved only if you take proper care of the oak furniture. Caring for oak furniture is fraction of possessing it, regardless of how passionate you are about your furniture.
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