| Today, so many people will choose Rosewood | | | | furniture should be harmonious and the craft of the |
| Furniture (a certain kind of solid wood furniture), | | | | furniture should be exquisite. You can appreciate the |
| especially Chinese rosewood furniture shown at this | | | | general artistic of rosewood furniture from the |
| Chinese solid wood furniture store. They often ask for | | | | following three aspects:a. Carpentry |
| useful tips on choosing good quality rosewood furniture. | | | | The furniture should have regular appearance and firm |
| Choosing rosewood furniture, we suggest you take | | | | structure. The tenon of connection should be |
| below four aspects into consideration. | | | | connected tightly without flaw. The surface should be |
| 1. Wood Quality | | | | smooth and flat. The drawers and doors should work |
| When choosing rosewood furniture, you should | | | | smoothly and freely.b. Carving |
| evaluate the wood quality of the furniture. For | | | | The carving design should be nice with clear |
| example, Padauk and Rosewood are clarified as high | | | | arrangement. The carving line should be even and |
| quality and rare timber. These kinds of wood have high | | | | exquisite. The contour should be symmetry with |
| and solid quality with nice grains. They are shiny and | | | | smooth surface.c. Painting |
| smoothly. They are not easy to be corroded and | | | | The painting on the surface should be even and |
| scratched. They are the major materials for high | | | | smooth without any spot. Do not choose those |
| quality rosewood furniture. | | | | furniture with different thickness, rough and uneven |
| However, some kinds of woods such as pine and | | | | painting. When touching the painting it should be smooth |
| banyan are soft. They are easy to be scratched and | | | | without rough. Notice the bottom and inner side of the |
| change shape. They will rot down by moth sooner or | | | | furniture, they should be painted smoothly all over. |
| later. Therefore you should evaluate the wood by its | | | | Otherwise it may split easily. |
| color, grain, density and smell carefully. | | | | 4. Water Content of the Wood |
| 2. Wood Grain | | | | All solid wood will expand and contract a little with |
| Those high quality woods such as padauk and | | | | temperature changes.The water content of the wood |
| rosewood have nice and clear grains with beautiful | | | | is a key factor for choosing rosewood furniture. It is |
| patterns. Their cutting surfaces are smooth and tight. | | | | because that if the rosewood had not been treated |
| While the grains of the low quality wood such as pine's | | | | by drying process or did not reach the required water |
| and banyan's are mess and irregular. Their cutting | | | | content standard, the furniture made of which can not |
| surfaces are rough and loose. When choosing | | | | adapt the variation of the weather and will shrink, split |
| rosewood furniture, you should not only check the | | | | or become loose easily. Moreover the painting will fall |
| wood of the bottom but also evaluate the nature and | | | | off and its color becomes fade and moldy. The |
| the grains of the wood, so that you can avoid | | | | national standard of the water content is 15%. In some |
| misleading. | | | | dry areas, it required lower than 15%. |
| 3. Handicraft | | | | By using the above four tips that are most important |
| Rosewood furniture should appear the natural color of | | | | when choosing rosewood furniture, you will find the |
| the wood with nice grains. The general model of the | | | | right piece of high-end furniture. |