Pine Bedroom Furniture

The earliest furniture was probably the bed. Albeit little more than a pile of straw or leaves used for sleeping at that time, it has evolved a great deal since then. Today, the bed is just one part of an entire set of bedroom furniture. Modern solid wood bedroom furniture is largely made from beech, pine and cherry wood. Most wood bedroom furniture is actually made from plywood or fibreboard with a veneer of more expensive wood like teak, mahogany or oak.

In the modern world today, real wooden bedroom furniture is relatively expensive. There is beech, which was considered a cheap wood when it started gaining traction in the 1600s. And the same situation held for cherry wood and pine bedroom furniture when they made their appearance in the 1800s. Furniture made from all three types of wood are now considered high end bedroom furniture.

Nowadays, discount bedroom furniture is usually made from plywood or some kind of high-density or medium density fibreboard (MDF). Plywood is made from sheets of low quality wood glued together with their grains crosswise from each other. On the other hand, fibreboard is made from cheap wood (either softwoods or some recycled wood) which turned into powder. This powder is then compressed together with a resin under high pressure into the desired form. Either way, the whole of their parts is stronger than the sum.

In the Western world, furniture used to be made from hardwoods like oak. This was true from the Middle Ages until the mid-1600s. From then on, furniture makers switched to softwoods like beech. Part of the reason was due to scarcity caused by overlogging. Hardwood forests grow very slowly and take too much time to replenish themselves. Another reason is that hardwoods are more difficult to work with. For custom-made furniture made-to-order for the rich and wealthy nobility, this was not a problem. But after the Middle Ages, the general level of wealth grew. The aristocrats no longer controlled the economy, and the masses finally had money. Furniture craftsmen discovered that selling 100 beds to the middle-class made them more money than selling one bed to a duke or baron. Especially since those 100 beds are made from softwoods that needed to be replaced after a few decades, compared to that one bed made from oak which could last more than a hundred years.

Unlike a century ago, if you want to buy real pine bedroom furniture today, you will need to fork out quite a hefty chunk of cash. At least, that is the case under normal circumstances. However, if you are willing to buy used bedroom furniture, you can always look for them in garage sales, eBay and hotel bedroom furniture on sale.

If you feel leery of sleeping on a bed that has an unknown history, you can always wait for clearance sales from a bedroom furniture warehouse. Even your local bedroom furniture outlet will let go of old stock with a steep discount. One more way you can find discounts is to look for bedroom furniture online. Many furniture manufacturers are starting to make use of Amazon's online store to sell their bedroom furniture packages. Some have even set up their own online stores. Some of these furniture packages are offered with very generous discounts because they bypass the traditional middlemen who operate the display showrooms.

Finding pine bedroom furniture for sale can take a bit of patience. However, the wait is worth it. Real pine is a great deal more robust and sturdy than most wood composites. And unlike pine veneer, badly scratched solid wood bedroom furniture can be repaired by stripping away the old paint or varnish, sanding away the damage, and then refinishing it. Unlike the 1800s, when pine was considered a cheap wood, pine furniture today is an investment.