Characteristics of the beech：The beech tree is the wood of the southern elm tree. It is commonly said that the zelkova tree is the wood that grazes the tree, also called catalpa. Camphor tree, hazel tree species, is one of the main native fast growing broad-leaved tree species. Hazel tree is a deciduous tree with a height of about 35 meters. The bark of the young trees is yellowish-green, relatively smooth and flat, and the old trees become grayish-brown. The trees have longitudinal split, the leaf shape is broad ovate to oval, the apex is pointed, the base is wedged, the flowers are small and yellow, the short panicles are terminal and bloom before the long leaves, the drupes are spherical and the color is blue black. The fruit has waxy powder on the surface and the stem is reddish in color.
The material of beech is not as precious as rare wood such as redwood, but it occupies a place in the history of furniture in Ming and Qing Dynasties, especially in the majority of folk, beech is a common wood in the south of China. Beech furniture is now retained for large products, such as wardrobe and bed board. Now the price of retained beech furniture is gradually increasing, and beech is also very valuable.
Advantages and disadvantages of beech furniture
Advantages of Beech furniture: Beech material is hard and impact resistant. In addition to the advantages of wood color, texture and hardness, zelkova wood also has the advantages of good bearing performance and good compression resistance, which are often used in shipbuilding, construction and Bridges. Easy to bend under steam, can make a variety of shapes, but when dry is not easy to deformation, durable.
Disadvantages of beech furniture: domestic beech, also known as water green, is different from beech wood, structure, wood grain, its price is lower. The same beech material imported from Europe and the United States is good, and the import price is several times that of domestic beech. Zelkova wood of different ages has large color difference and different density, so the furniture color will be different. This is also the characteristic of beech furniture, a natural and ecological beauty.
Is the beech furniture good?
Beech furniture is not expensive because beech is common and the manufacturing process is not complicated. As a cost-effective furniture, beech furniture fully inherits the characteristics of beech. Beech furniture material hard, fine wood texture, relatively heavy, suitable for making large furniture. At the same time, it is easy to bend under steam and can be used as composing wood furniture. Beech furniture is resistant to wear and tear, and glossy, when dry is not easy to deformation, no wonder it has become popular with the broad masses of the home furnishing market.
No one is perfect. Beech has its own shortcomings. First of all, the color of the beech furniture is not uniform because of the age of the beech trees. The color and density of the beech are different with different age, so special attention should be paid to the age of the beech furniture. It is said above that the zelkova wood can bend under steam, but this point may also become a disadvantage. The Zelkova wood is prone to crack and deformation under dry condition, which affects the appearance and use, which is also one of the important reasons why the Zelkova furniture does not enter the high-rise.
