Solid Wood Bedroom Furniture Set

Hi, I don't know much about furniture other than saying something is cute or not, but I was told by a friend that I should stick with solid wood construction and avoid veneers, but I noticed that there are a lot of different varieties of wood used in different furniture sets. So far I've seen pine, maple, oak, alder, cherry, and mahogany. What's the best? What makes it best? What makes other wood cheap or poor quality? And is there a site online that can help to better explain why I want a better quality wood for my furniture and what in fact makes it better? I'm really hoping someone can help me out because I want to buy a nice quality bedroom set and I don't want to pay top dollar for junky furniture either. Thanks in advance.
What about this furniture? Does it seem okay? http://www.mybobs.com/catalog/set_view.a sp?packageid=585&room=bedroom

The wood species is up to you, what do you like? If you choose a posted set, the posts should be solid wood. Any panels you choose can be veneered or solid. Veneer panels are much better than they used to be. The glues used are better and manufacturers are willing to stand behind them. Solid wood panels are beautiful but may require multiple glue joints to achieve adequate width. This can create inconsistent grain patterns. If you see something that looks good at the store, but when you get it it doesn't look so great, go back to the store and demand the display. They tend to show the best.
Hope this helps.
I like Says Me's dovetails and mortises!

2006-11-11 21:41:21 by Gwendolyn L

www.TheFurniture.com presents amazing 'Repertoire' bedroom set as one of the most popular bedroom sets by Fairmont Design. It will fill up ...

I am looking for a bedroom set. But the stuff I am seeing at the places like Leon's and The Brick are really not very good quality. I would like solid wood furniture, not all veneers.

Does anyone know a great furniture store that sells quality solid wood furniture?

In Southern Ontario only please !!!

Stoney Creek Furniture used to have a nice selection. Your best bet, though, would be to go through the Yellow Pages and ask questions.

If I still lived in southern Ontario, I'd go to Mennonite country or Niagara on the Lake and shop there. As it is, I live North, so our solid oak bedroom furniture was custom built to our specifications by a local carpenter. Not expensive ... doesn't show the dust ... and looks very nice.

Good luck in your search.

2007-12-27 20:07:35 by Esperenza

Price: $97.49 $66.19

Matching woven baskets with wire frames sold separately
Modular series also includes 2-shelf narrow, 2-shelf wide, and 3-shelf wide sizes
Solid wood with dark Espresso finish; ladder-style frame and rectangular shelves

I have an old wooden bedroom set. (I doubt that it is solid wood). I would like to get rid of the oak color and paint it white... How I do this without the paint flaking/scratching off? I have a headboard, chest, dresser, and bookshelf.

Preparation is everything when rehabilitating wooden (solid or MDF) furniture.

The wax will have to removed. A weak ammonia solution would do that. Wear goves and have a window open for ventilation. You should rinse this off with clear water and wipe with many clean rags. TSP dissolved in water also works and also requires rinsing.

I painted a dining room sideboard from the 1950's and an Edwardian gramophone stand last summer. The sideboard was in very rough shape because the previous owners had let the surface become quite dry. I doubt if it had seen wax for 30 years, when I got it. I only had to wet wipe it down before priming.

The gramophone cabinet was a walnut-veneered piece that had to have the wax build up removed prior to priming,

I went to the hardware store and asked what kind of primer would have the least amount of stink and be the most effective. I think that I used a shellac-based for the gramophone cabinet and whatever latex primer that I had laying around for the sideboard. Shellac-based primer dries in minutes.

Since the paints were very deep colours, I applied two coats of a semi-gloss latex. When that was dry, I applied two coats of water-based clear urethane.

The finshed products are now a stereo cabinet (the sideboard) and a liquor cabinet with a light when you lift the old gramophone lid. They take pride of place in our living room.

My mother painter a dresser for me and my sister which never once flaked. It did chip from a few knocks when we moved, but that was carelessness and had nothing to do with the paint.

We live on a well and septic tank. As a result, we do not clean our painting tools. Therefore, I use inexpensive but appropriate rollers and brushes.

2007-06-06 10:02:53 by akire1908

Price: $89.99

Contemporary 3 drawer chest
Assembly requires two adults, tools not provided
Manufactured from CARB compliant composite wood carrying the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification

I'm looking to buy new bedroom furniture from IKEA, and I need a desk. My only options are the solid wood pieces of furniture, and the only desk they have that I think might match the Hemnes is Linnarp. I'm afraid they might not match though, because their website says that the bedroom set is "black-brown" in color, and Linnarp is "black" in color. Does anyone know based on personal experience, or want to make an educated guess? Do you think I should just go for it?

what you should do is go to an IKEA store and have a look for yourself. because they might have more stuff in the store then they do online. also the things may look different in the store so you'll know what it looks like when you get it.

i am not asking you to drive like an hour away or something to go look.

2010-06-20 08:41:56 by <<<<did i studder???

How should I describe these rooms?

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Also, how could I describe living rooms and other rooms in the house in the 1800's?
Clothes in the 1800's? The time is about 1860's....

Just imagine that you are telling your best friend about the rooms. Describe them to him/her, then take it from there. Play with the word choice and sentence structure. Use metaphor and simile and keep and thesaurus/dictionary near by. Read lots of books so you can get the hang of describing.

2010-08-27 12:32:27 by Team-Stefan