Quick Introduction and Guide to Contemporary Teak Furniture

With bright golden brown, beautiful grains and subtle shades under your feet, teak brings out a soothing picture of a tropical resort. This introduction and quick guide to contemporary teak furniture aims to help more homeowners re-create a relaxed atmosphere by decorating their homes in teak furniture.

First, you need to know that there are generally two types of teak available: plantations and recycling. Recycled teak wood is taken from used railroads, doors, windows, ceiling beams, and floorboards of recycled pine furniture old houses in Indonesia. It has a more outdated appearance.

This type of teak fan will appreciate the appearance of wood that is experienced and the story behind the pieces of wood. For example, an acquaintance's dining table was the floor of an old house while the side table was an old window frame. Environmentally friendly will also like this type of teak because it means not cutting down new trees.

Price-wise, plantations and recycled teak are the same and the first is planted on government-owned plantations and new trees are replanted after logging. There are also teak planted by villagers and sold to suppliers. However, there is little quality control for village teak.

Teak (tectona grandis) is tropical hardwood native to Myanmar, Thailand and Indonesia. Teak trees
antique pine furniture usually have 75 years of age but trees must be at least 50 before they are considered mature enough for furniture.

Because of its hardness, it is resistant to termites and dents, does not rot easily too. This makes it suitable as indoor and outdoor furniture. As we age, teak changes from young golden yellow to richer tones. The only downside is the weight, which can make teak furniture move difficult. However, its durability means it can be reduced from one generation to the next.

To meet the demands of young homeowners today, the design of contemporary teak furniture has been minimal and simple - featuring clean lines that fit most of the interior and presenting the interiors of contemporary tropical resorts. If you like, it can be colored with other colors to match the interior color scheme of your home. For example, if you have teak parquet floors, you might want your teak furniture to be on stain of walnuts to contrast the floor.

To complement the tropical resort interiors, consider tropical plants such as bamboo or frangipani and accessories such as candles and tealights.