The Essentials Of Handmade Wood Furniture

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By Jeffrey Stone


The quality of furnishings has drastically changed throughout time. Furnishings value has been greatly reduced because of adopting industry manufactured timber in making fittings. Demand for fittings has greatly increased improved in the recent past creating the need for new ways to promote production to meet the demand shortages in the market. This reduces the demand for handmade furnishings drastically. This publication will discuss advantages associated with the use of handmade wood furniture.

Most handcrafted fittings are more durable than industry manufactured fittings. This is attributed to the fact that industries are in the business to maximize profits and not the quality of fittings they produce. Fittings in industries are made from weak low quality manufactured timber that is less costly and not created to last. However, fittings that are handcrafted and made from solid timber are a lifetime investment that can be passed down to generations.

Cost saving, in the long run, is also associated with the use of handcrafted solid timber furnishes. Manufactured furnishes are not durable creating need to be replaced from time to time. This may prove to be more expensive than anticipated as the cost of acquiring new furnishing every time is very high. However, handcrafted fittings may be expensive in the short run but end up being economical in the long run.

Another important gain of using handcrafted solid timber fittings is that they can be customized to fit the clients' designs. This is very important because it creates uniqueness and gives clients exactly what they require. Manufactured fittings on the other hand usually have a specific design with differentiated color and patterns used. This increases the probability of finding the same type of furnishes in different places.

Handcrafted solid timber furnishes are environmentally friendly and sustainable. Their ability to last for long reduces wastage and pilling up of disposed unwanted furnishes that are worn out taking up a lot of space. When handcrafted furnishes wear out, solid timber used to make them may be recycled but materials used in making manufactured furnishes are of low quality and cannot be recycled.

Distribution of income within a society is facilitated by acquiring handcrafted timber furnishings. This is achieved by the fact that solid timber furnishings are made by artisans within the society making the money paid for them remain in the society. This is seen as supporting local society and community at large and at the same time, it saves on the cost incurred in transporting furnishings since it is within the same location.

A lot of nuclear, coal and natural gas energy is required in the industrial manufacture of furnishes compared to energy requirements of handcrafted furniture. Thus, there is a lot of emissions into the environment associated with the industrial manufacture of furnishes. Handcrafting way of making furniture is very effective and requires minimal and clean energy that does not have harmful emissions.

Handcrafted furnishes use is very advantageous to a society through the creation of a craftsmanship heritage. This is a class of highly skilled artisans who pass down their skills to generations that come after them. This is important for the development of a society because it creates pride and a feeling of belonging to the society members.




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