Thursday 1 March 2018

The Advantages Of Handmade Wood Furniture

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.

There is guaranteed durability when one buys handcrafted solid timber furnishes unlike industry made furnishings. This is because many industries' main aim is to maximize their profits and not the quality of furnishings they produce. Thus, their furniture is made from low quality weak manufactured timber that is not designed to last for long. Handcrafted fittings are very strong and can last to 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 fittings are eco-friendly. The fact that they are made to last, they reduce instances of pilling up cheap stuff that has already worn out to peoples' landfill, unlike manufactured fittings. When solid timber furnishings wear out, timber used in making them can be recycled to serve other purposes but manufactured furnishings are a waste when they wear out and cannot be reused again.

The use of handcrafted furniture promotes the flow of income and resources within a society. Many solid timber furnishings are made by local artisans within the society thus money paid for furnishes remains within the society. This is a good way to support local industries and the community at large. In addition, cost of transporting furnishes is greatly reduced because the distance to clients' homes is not very far.

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.

Use of handcrafted solid timber furnishes creates a class of craftsmen in a society with very high skills. This is an important gain for a society because it creates a heritage of craftsmanship that is passed down to generations. This becomes a pride of the society and a development pillar.




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