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Sunday, November 20, 2011
The Best Wood For Furniture
Furniture nowadays is made of different kind of materials from aluminum to iron and even plastic. But for the people with a higher taste, the wood is always the most preferable option. Wooden furniture is generally more long lasting and timeless. Ready made furniture doesn't offer much choice over the type of wood that is used but custom furniture gives you the authority to choose the material according to your liking. But the kind of wood that should be chosen depends on many factors, for instance the usage and the space. A chair maker will use a different kind of wood for the chair while a cabinet maker will prefer another one. In custom cabinetry, the preference changes highly with respect to the space that the furniture is going to occupy. This is because different woods have different qualities such as hardness, softness, texture and flexibility. We will discuss a few commonly used ones.
Mahogany
Mahogany is probably most commonly used wood for furniture. The reasons are both its strength and its color. Mahogany can range from dark brown to reddish brown in color. It is used in fine furniture making, boat making, plywood and outdoor furniture making. This wood can last for years and has the ability to resist swelling and shrinkage. During the 18th century, mahogany became very popular furniture wood in Europe.
Maple
Maple is another high quality hardwood; it is usually very light brown in color. Its color makes it perfect for small spaces where more light reflection is needed. Maple is very popular for its smooth fine texture. It is used in the making of fine furniture, kitchen cabinets and bowling alley floors.
Oak
Oak is a very heavy hardwood and one of the most commonly used. There are further two type of oak, white oak and the red oak. Oak is famous mostly for its texture of large rings and circles. America and Canada are gifted with many Oak trees. The oak tree can get stained easily so it is easy to get it colored in nay other shade. Oak wood is used in making boat frames, furniture and floorings.
Beech
Beech is another strong hardwood used for making chair and tables. It is of pale color mostly and therefore it can be easily stained. In America and Canada, Beech is found in a good quantity.
Pinewood
Pine is softwood that is generally found in many parts of the world. There are many different kinds of pine like Ponderosa Pine and sugar Pine. They are both used in making furniture. Pine is mostly yellow in color. It is widely used in making plywood and veneer. Pine is known for its beautiful knots.
Cedar
Cedar is also softwood used for making furniture. One very distinct quality of cedar is its sweet odor. This odor makes it a very preferable for making chests and drawers as it repels moths and insects and also perfumes the things kept inside.
Other than these types there are several more types of wood, each with distinct features and usage. Plywood, veneer and MDF (Multiple density fiber are rather man made woods using sheets or laminates of other natural woods. In some cases the use of these wood is preferable than using the natural wood.
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
Banquet Chairs For Christmas and New Year's
Now that the Christmas and New Year celebrations are approaching many clubs, hotels and restaurants are thinking how they will accommodate the extra customers that these busy times should bring. It can be difficult storing and paying for enough extra conventional wooden dining chairs throughout the year and it is often not cost effective because although the revenue generated over this short time is substantial, it is of course only for one month of the year. One way of avoiding this problem is to hire in the extra furniture needed.
There are many Companies throughout the UK specialising in this, holding large stocks of banqueting furniture that can be hired on a short or medium term basis at reasonable cost. These Companies understand the importance of servicing these peak times and can offer banquet chairs or tables at daily, weekly or monthly rates. An average price for banquet chairs by the day is around £2 per chair, but often these Companies will have heavily discounted prices for weekly or monthly use because to them most of their overheads are generated in delivering and collecting the banquet chairs.
The price for a weeks rental is often only twice the daily rate and maybe 6 times the daily rate for a whole month. This sounds like great value, but recently Companies specialising in the sale of banquet furniture have been forced by the global economic downturn to considerably reduce the prices of their ranges in order to maintain their sales.
Right now, a quick search on Google under 'stacking chairs' or 'banquet chairs' will bring up a host of Companies offering banqueting furniture, with prices for upholstered steel framed banquet chairs under £12, which is half the lowest price available just a few years ago and is equal to the price that the hotelier would pay for the months rental. Many of these banquet chairs are imported from the far east so it is very important for the buyer to assure themselves that the frames have been tested for strength by an independent and preferably British testing Company, for e.g. FIRA (The Furniture Industry Research Association) and that the upholstery fabric and foam filling are flame retardant and comply with the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) 1988 Regulations. These steel banquet chairs are attractive and functional and are offered with the additional advantage of being stackable so that one of the objections to buying quantities of furniture for short term 'peak' demand is overcome to some degree. These banquet chairs can be bought with gold frame colour which is the most popular for times of celebration or in other colours, silver and black being popular too. The frame design is available in a variety of shapes too, from the simple square back design to the more decorative 'balloon' back.
For a more upmarket look the same designs of banquet chairs can be found with an aluminum frame, usually in a thicker 25mm square section tubing, which although it looks more substantial than it's steel counterpart, is actually approximately 25% lighter, making them easier to transport when not in use. As the aluminum tube is made by an extrusion process, it is possible to have an attractive fluted design on the frame tubes with little extra cost. The aluminum banquet chairs start around £20 including upholstery. Like the steel chairs these are available in standard British Standard colours and have recently been offered with a wood effect using a printed film process that is applied to the aluminum tube after the chair has been manufactured and then 'baked' on to the frame in a kiln. This can be very effective and makes the chairs fit in to interior decorations that have a more traditional look. The process gives a finish that is as hard wearing as powder coating.
Other very popular banquet chairs are the classic wooden designs originally manufactured in beechwood by the Thonet bentwood factories in Slovakia, Czech Republic, Romania and Hungary. Until only a few years ago these were the only countries in which these chairs were made, but in the last few years price pressure has encouraged suppliers to find factories in China, Malaysia and Vietnam willing to produce these chairs as copies of original samples. These are often made from rubberwood by far eastern manufacturers. This timber is far less resilient than the European beechwood and when used on chairs as delicately framed as these the result is a chair that has a much shorter usable lifespan although the price is often 20 to 30% lower than the European manufactured banquet chairs.
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