Unfinished Furniture

You know the story; you want to buy your “dream” bedroom suite. You leaf through catalogs for weeks in your home, thinking about woods, hues, styles and furniture combinations. You drive around for hours looking in various stores for your ideal furniture. You've finally found the combination you are looking for and, overjoyed, you fly home in elation, only to discover that the finish on the furniture you selected and forked over a small fortune for clashes horribly with the wallpaper!

This won't happen to you if you buy unfinished furniture. You can give your furniture a dark, elegant look or a soft, blondish finish, depending on your mood or taste. With unfinished furniture, you will also be able to inspect the wood more effectively for quality; many furniture sellers try to conceal the knots and blemishes in wood with dark finishes. Unfinished furniture is necessarily of a higher quality, since none of these flaws can be hidden. Since natural living is a popular feature of modern life, and more people are trying to rid their homes of potentially toxic chemical, unfinished furniture has become the furniture of choice for those who wish to avoid artificial and allergy-producing products.

Often, at furniture liquidation sales, you will see the perfect combination, but with one drawback; one piece of furniture is missing. If you buy the “missing” piece at an unfinished furniture store and put the finishing on yourself, you can complete the furniture combination and save money. Working with unfinished furniture can be addictive. The feeling of pride that you have put the finishing touches on your living room set can lead to more additions using unfinished furniture.

If you are new to working with unfinished furniture, it is best to work with someone who is skilled in this area before attempting to finish furniture yourself. Always test the stain or paint on a piece of wood before applying it onto the furniture. If you make a mistake, most paint thinners will take care of it, and you can always try again.



 
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