Which furniture is better, Catalpa or Nanmu?

Catalpa wood and Nanmu have their own characteristics, Catalpa wood is relatively strong, not easy to crack, and the texture is clear, the structure is fine, its decay resistance is strong, with the characteristics of no deformation, no peculiar smell, is the best material for furniture, a set of all solid wood to hundreds of thousands. And Nanmu is also a good material for furniture, but there are very few such wood on the market, when you buy, you should ask whether it is all Nanmu, if it is all Nanmu, both are similar, if not, decisively choose Catalpa!

First of all, it depends on what furniture you do, the bedroom furniture is better, I use the furniture of the fragrant nanmu, the wood is very stable, with a fragrance, there are water ripples, and it looks more high-end.

The four famous trees of ancient China, Nan, camphor, catalpa, catalpa!

Catalpa wood was the first choice for making utensils at that time, and it was appreciated by the world. It is also a necessary material for making gun butts, and the Ming-style catalpa wood furniture made of its wood has the characteristics of practical, ornamental, value preservation and appreciation of all mahogany furniture, and is favored by more middle-aged and elderly people and successful people with its solid and durable, natural and environmental protection characteristics.

In the Ming Dynasty, Nanmu was widely used in furniture making in addition to a large number of beams and interior decoration of buildings. Although Nanmu does not belong to hardwood, but the wood is mild, not cold in winter, the emperor and the princes and nobles like to use Nanmu beds in winter, so there are many Nanmu furniture in the court. When Emperor Guangxu got married, he also specially ordered a large number of Nanmu furniture, and most of them were scattered among the people.

Nanmu square table folk Nanmu furniture is concentrated in economically developed areas, such as Jin-style Nanmu furniture, Suzhou-style Nanmu furniture, Huizhou Nanmu furniture, as large as a bed, as small as a bookbox, the workmanship is very exquisite, and the style is almost the same, which meets the needs of the upper class for high-end furniture. Some Nanmu furniture surface lacquer and vermilion lacquer, is made of Nanmu material light and not easy to deform. Because Nanmu does not belong to hardwood, people generally think that ordinary wood is not well preserved, so the survival of Nanmu furniture is relatively small.

Catalpa is a deciduous tree of the Euphorbiaceae family, belonging to the Asteraceae family and Catalpa. The stem is three zhang high, when it is large round or broadly shaped, the apex is pointed, and the leaves have three or five tips. The young leaves and petioles are red, and the summer branches have slightly spike-like yellow-green flowers.

The flowers are unisexual, monoecious. Fruitfulness after flowering. How soft and prickly.

When cooked, it is three-split, and the wood is fine. It is mainly produced in the Northeast. It is often used to make furniture.

Catalpa wood was the first choice for making utensils at that time, and it was appreciated by the world. Ming-style furniture made of its wood not only has the practical, ornamental, value preservation and appreciation characteristics of all mahogany furniture, but also has the quality that mahogany cannot achieve due to water and soil adaptation, dry cracking, deformation and cracking. Since the antique furniture made of catalpa wood has been on the market, it has been favored by more middle-aged and elderly people and successful people with its solid and durable, natural and environmental protection characteristics.

Are you going to make your own furniture?

If you choose to go to the factory or store, you should choose according to your own reality.