contemporary oak living room furniture uk

hi, my name is mario scolari and i'm partof nativa furniture, a furniture company created 10 years ago with the whole purpose of providingspanish, mediterranean and contemporary furniture collections crafted in beautiful exotic woods. if you're in the market for exotic heirloomfurniture, let me give you a few tips that will allow you to find furniture that willlast you a lifetime. so, there are three main areas that you wantto look for when shopping for good quality furniture. first, is whether the product is made withsolid wood or with natural or artificial veneers. i, personally, recommend and i like solidwood for many reasons. it's really hard for

a veneer to look like wood, so people thatcome visit you, they will be able to tell the product is not made out of solid wood. for example, this table - it's completelymade out of solid wood, it has a two-inch-thick top. not every product has to be this thick,you can buy two-inch, half-inch, whatever. the important thing about a table like thisis that, number one - the wood shows. number two, it can be refinished. the product, whenit's made out of wood, it looks alive and that's very important when you're actuallytrying to use furniture that will pass on to generations. secondly, you see this piece of wood thati have here, we show this to customers to

show them how a tabletop should be made. in the case of this, it uses tongue and groove,which is designed to avoid warping and splitting on the table, on the tabletop. second of all,it has these bolts. here in california, for example, we have the santa ana days. thesebolts help in contraction and expansion to keep the table always in one piece. then, there are other areas in terms of craftsmanshipas we said that you want to look for when identifying good furniture. let's go to this cabinet here. for example,panels on cabinets that are made out of solid wood should be assembled with floating panels.floating panels are pieces of wood that can

expand and contract depending on weather.we always use in our cabinetry and you always should look for these types of panels whenshopping for good furniture. then, your drawers are important. i've seenmany types of drawers that fall apart because they don't have the appropriate craftsmanship.this drawer has both in the front and in the back what's called dovetails, which is a typeof joinery that ensures that the drawer will not move, will not warp, will not fall apartfor many, many years. then, crowns, molding, should always be madeout of solid wood. why? because it's really hard for a veneer to attach, it's really hardfor a veneer to be refinished, and at the end of the day, people will be able to tellif a product is made of wood or not.

and then, the finish is something that isreally, really important. i hear a lot of customers asking us how our products are made.i recommend that when you're looking for fine furniture, there are certain things that youwant to look for. number one is, are you a person who likes to maintain furniture? ifyou are, than i recommend a finish like what is on this table. it's a wax and oil finishthat needs maintenance a couple times a year. the advantage on a wax finish is that thewood shows better. the other advantage is that scratches can be easily removed by applyingmore oil or more wax into the surface. the biggest downside on wax is that it reactsto heat and moisture, so if you have kids and they drop a glass of water or milk, itwill leave a mark and you will need to re-wax

the table. my recommendation, and what we sell the mostis a polyurethane or water-based lacquer finish, which is what this table has. this will allowyou to avoid placemats and you can eat on top of the table and not worry about spills,heat, moisture, and other things that, no matter what, your friends and your familywill leave when eating a meal. also, these types of finishes will show sheenbetter, will allow us, the furniture maker, to produce a higher gloss, to produce a higherand different colors in the wood, while when finishing products in wax, it's a lot harderto produce that kind of finish. i tried to describe what you should look forwhen shopping for fine furniture. here at

nativa, we craft furniture that is made tolast a lifetime and i'd like to invite you to come and visit us. we are located at 142south cedros avenue in the heart of the cedros design center in solana beach. our numberis 858-794-0003 and we have a great group of staff members that will help you find whatyou're looking for.

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