Wood-The All time favorite – Part 2

Avatar — Tue, 25 May 2010 10:28:09 +0000

Furniture makers and collectors have gone through to extreme lengths to obtain good wood for furniture such as the purchase of old wood from houses and other structures that are being torn down. Efforts to reduce the pressure on the ever lessening old growth forests are underway and reclaiming lumber for other purposes such as furniture are being hailed as better solutions to cutting them down. The wood was so old they used a saw to cut paper thin wafers that was stuck onto particle wood to make furniture (the wood is too valuable to use as is). So you better get on the lookout for some hot deals on antiques and wood furnishings, they are surely getting harder and harder to get hold of.

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Allan — Sun, 25 May 2008 07:32:28 +0000

As more and more of us becomes aware of our place on this earth and the need for conservation however small it might seem is indeed impacting the way we decorate and fix our houses. Previousd trends places high prices on furniture made form old-growth trees which are now fast becoming extinct due to demand. Furniture makers still use expensive and exclusive wood that comes form forests (diseased or storm damaged ones) but they are turning to a majority of products that are made from sustainable timber resources. This places less pressure on our diminishing forests, many of which have already disappeared. Cultivated timber can provide a solution afterall, former old-growth forests cannot regaint heir natural beauty on their own for tit takes milions of years and a couple of hundred or so to make nice and good trees into old-growth forest. Being responsible is the key and the only way to maintain the status of wood as a material of choice when it comes to furniture is to manage and seek alternative sources to help mother earth recover from the neglect and pollution we have taxed on her in our short history.

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Wood-The All time favorite – Part 2

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