Furniture

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Why Wooden Furniture?

Timber or solid wood has been the choice material for making furniture in Nigeria since recorded time. The industrial revolution across the world changed the fortunes of wood furniture a bit as it ushered in cheaper, alternative materials that are mass produced. These included steel, plastic, composite, and aluminium.

However through the years, even as its production declined, wood furniture has only grown in prominence. There is something timeless about furniture made from wood, and it’s for this reason that Wood Willing have continued to come out with new designs while retaining the classics of wood furniture in Nigeria.

Let’s look at some reasons while wood furniture has remained a valuable possession in Nigeria and across the world.

Advantages of Wood furniture in Nigeria

1. Wood furniture is durable

As opposed to the many cheap, alternative materials like MDF that people use nowadays to make furniture, solid wood furniture lasts for ages with very little maintenance.

Exactly how durable these pieces can be will depend on the type of wood you choose to use. True hardwoods like Mahogany, Iroko, and Teak retain their rich appearance indefinitely.

Well-made wood furniture crafted from the types of hardwood listed above can last for decades even under constant usage and adverse weather conditions.

While not as durable as furniture made from hardwoods, wood furniture made from softwood tend to grow in character over time. Scratches and dents in softwood furniture give it a rustic, shabby-chic feel.

The lighter colour of softwood also tends to only get darker and deeper as it’s exposed to light over time. This more rich look extend the longevity of softwood pieces, making newer pieces an investment worth waiting for.

No matter what type you choose, wood remains far and away the most durable material out there.

This kind of durability makes sure that the wood furniture retains the value of your purchase. If you ever want to sell a piece down the road, the market for wood furniture has only broadened as the years have gone on.

As long as the piece is well maintained, its value can only grow as days go by.

2. Wood furniture is easy to maintain

Wood furniture is very easy to maintain. Cleaning wood is usually as simple as regularly dusting. Spills and other sticky messes can be cleaned with a wet microfiber cloth. It is as simple as that!

If you treat your wood furniture well, you will never have to worry about maintenance past the occasional dusting. With other materials, like iron, you will always have to worry about eventual rust if you’re not constantly vigilant.

3. The unique grains and textures of wood make every piece of wood furniture different

Even if two pieces of wood furniture are made the same way, with the same type of material, there will be subtle differences between them. You will notice the differences in their grains and textures.

Further, a craftsman has much more freedom when working with wood than any other material. While a machine can only do so much with plastic or metal, an artisan is presented infinite possibilities with solid wood.

Solid wood is malleable in the hands of someone who knows what they are doing. There’s a reason woodcarving has been around since the dawn of man.

This is one of the main reasons why wood furniture is so highly valued among other types of furniture in Nigeria. Each piece you own will be utterly unique to anything else in the world.

4. Wood furniture can match any home decor

Wood furniture can fit in any home aesthetic. For a rustic look, you look for rustic wood. For a modern minimalist design, you can still find wood furniture that go well with this.

If you’re more eclectically inclined you can have fun mixing and matching different types of wood, either throughout the house or in one room.

Only wood furniture grants you this kind of subtle versatility!

5. Wood furniture is modifiable

Finishing, staining and different specialty finishing options for wood furniture can add a kind of customization to your wood furniture as well as improving its durability.

Staining your wood furniture can help you get that perfect color you’ve always wanted for your furniture.

Staining wood can also be helpful in matching a piece of furniture to the colorway of the room you want it in. Stains are an effective way to give the wood the color you want without sacrificing the wood’s natural grain or texture.

6. Solid wood furniture is stylish

Beauty. Character. Value. Solid wood furniture has it all and is worth the investment!

No matter what house or apartment you live in, a piece of wood furniture would benefit the overall aesthetic.

With the proper care, wood furniture will last for generations to come and its value will only go up.

Best woods for furniture in Nigeria

Have you ever wondered which are the best woods for furniture in Nigeria?

With abundance of sunshine and adequate rain, Nigeria is home to lots of trees and timber species. There are the deciduous trees which produce hardwood timbers, and there are the coniferous trees from which softwood timbers are harvested.

While most hardwood timbers are characterized by their richness of colour, softwood timbers are mainly white woods.

The best woods for furniture making in Nigeria are ranked based on their visual appeal, their strength and durability, their resistance to insects and weather changes, and, their ease of machining. Preference for these woods, however, varies with the type of furniture being made; and it’s influenced heavily by their costs and availability, and the level of education of the furniture maker.

Below we study 6 of the most widely accepted wood for furniture in Nigeria according to woodworkers at Wood Willing.

1. Gmelina arboreal

Gmelina is popular for its ease of machining. It is a lightweight hardwood with nice gluing property, nice bending and compressive strength, and soft texture.

Gmelina is great for the making of indoor furniture like chairs, tables, and staircase accessories like balusters and newel posts.  Being a softer wood, the Gmelina is an all-time favourite whenever a piece of furniture needs some good carving or turning.

The Gmelina tree is a fast growing tree, and thus a promising raw material for furniture.

2. Teak

Teak, or Tectona Grandis is arguably the most beautiful wood for furniture making in Nigeria. It’s famed for its straight grain patterns, its rich colouring, and a natural luminous shine.

Teak is a very strong and durable hardwood specie. It is highly resistant to insects. Teak has high oil content, and so absorbs little moisture, and thus not susceptible to rot.

Teak is a top choice for furniture making when strength and durability is highly sought. It is also one of the best choices for making outdoor furniture, a privilege it enjoys because of its resistance to adverse weather and insects.

3. Mansonia

Mansonia altissima is another great choice for furniture making. It’s a hardwood, celebrated mainly for its visual appeal, and its outdoor weathering property.

Mansonia is an easy-to-work wood for both hand and machine tools, has high bending strength, low stiffness, medium shock resistance, and high crushing strength.

Mansonia has good gluing property. It works best for simple interior joinery like chairs and tables.

4. Mahogany

Mahogany is a very famous strong and durable hardwood. It is celebrated for its strength and stability, and is less likely to twist, warp, split, or crack over time. Mahogany is also less likely to rot as it’s highly resistant to insect and moisture. It is a great choice for outdoor furniture.

Mahogany looks great. It has attractive wood grain patterns. Mahogany is, however, a dense and rigid wood, so does not bend well. It is also very difficult to cut into shape, and it’s tiring to install.

5. Iroko

Iroko, known as Oji in Igbo, is another dense and durable hardwood that is popular for furniture production in Nigeria. It is characterized by golden brown hues, interlocking grains, and high resistance to weather and insects.

Iroko is generally easy to work. It takes nails and screws well, but it’s tiring to sand because of its interlocking grains.

Iroko is great for outdoor furniture; and also for tables, chairs, and beds that are bound to last.

6. Pine

Pine is the only wood here that is not grown in commercial quantity in Nigeria. It’s also the only softwood in this list of the best woods for furniture in Nigeria. Pine timbers available across wood markets in Nigeria came into the country as pallets for transporting imported goods.

So, why would this knotty softwood that scratches and dents easily, and is not resistant to weather changes become a top choice for furniture making in a country with abundance of Mahogany and teak?

Pine wood are brought into Nigeria pressure-treated, well-planed, and kiln-dried. Because of the dearth of wood processing infrastructure across most furniture making zones in Nigeria, wood that are readily available with these features are thus highly sought after. Iroko, for example, might be a more stable wood than Pine; but a wet, badly sawn Iroko that are readily available to an average Nigeria furniture maker might be more susceptible to weather and insects than a pressure-treated pine wood.

Pine is also a very bendable wood. It’s easy to cut, carve, and turn.

If you’re convinced of the high value of wood furniture, available below are best quality wood furniture for sale in Nigeria.