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Incorporating wood into the interior design of your house is a wonderful way to add elegance and warmth. Varieties of wood used Ash is used in light coloured furniture and panelling and creates a luxurious hardwearing solid timber floor. It is temperate and renowned for being tough and resilient and is valued for its decorative nature. Natural pine or redwood is one of the most popular softwoods and is used to create the classic solid timber flooring. It is a light timber that offers good value for money. Pine is frequently used within the modern furniture industry, particularly in the production of furniture, doors and flooring.
Beech can range in colour from pale brown to light reddish brown. It is wear resistant and has a wide range of uses, especially popular in furniture production and framing, where strength and smaller cross sections have to be combined. It has good bending properties which makes it a natural choice for furniture. Plywood can be used for almost anything and its versatility makes it good for furniture. Cherry has a highly decorative color and is used for more specialised crafted furniture and decorative work.
Natural whitewood is also popular,and has a lighter colour than pine. It is commonly used to make staircases and for general constructional material. Jackwood from the jackfruit tree is a high quality and hardwearing timber. Walnut is used to make furniture and also used for panelling. It is golden brown with dark streaks.
Laminates are the latest entrant in wooden floors which feature realistic wood designs protected by a chip-and indentation-resistant surface over a layered structure.
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