Following on from our article on dining room furniture we thought we would explore a little further as to why various hardwoods may be a good choice to compliment existing decors.
Oak is just one a type of hardwood commonly used to make wooden furniture (others include mahogany and mango), and is extremely resilient. This means that as well as lasting a long time, your oak furniture should survive any accidents your children may have: for example dropping cutlery on an oak table shouldn’t dent it, as would be the case with softer woods such as pine. Oak tables and chairs are also much safer than glass ones in homes with children and pets, which are prone to knocking things over.
Oak dining room sets usually come with either four or six chairs. However, should you need more chairs (for example if you choose to purchase an extendable table) it is possible to buy some of the chairs individually.
There are several types of hardwood chairs available, either in solid oak chairs or leather chairs with solid oak legs. The leather chairs are usually available a range of different colours and styles. Most good oak furniture dealers will let you can choose from either scroll or stitch backed chairs.
Obviously no two homes are alike and different homes will have different furniture needs. Through lounges are far more common today; the traditional dining room is slowly becoming a luxury that large families living in small terraced houses don’t have space for. Also with many old warehouses and factories being converted into luxury apartments, open planned kitchens, dining and living rooms have become fashionable. When furnishing these larger rooms it becomes necessary for the dining table and chairs to match the sofas, bookcases and TV cabinets.
Purchasing solid oak furniture will certainly make this easier and will avoid the problems of trying to co-ordinate modern metal tables and kitchen furnishings with traditional wooden and leather furniture in the living area.
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