Ash has been used for many years in furniture making. In fact, the word ash comes from an old English word, and was often used to refer to spears made of ash wood. Ash is a tough wood but very elastic, and is often used in modern furniture. Ash and Oak share many similar properties. Both are extremely dense woods, but ash furniture tends to have a much tighter grain, and consequently less knots. This means that as the ash wood dries, it tends to dry more uniformly, leaving less variation to the colour and the grain, and producing a more pleasing look.

Oak Furniture and Ash Furniture

Oak furniture and Ash furniture are sometimes classified together because of their similarities when it comes to furniture production. In years gone by oak wood was in abundance and was the most widely used of the hardwoods. The British Empire was supposedly founded on oak wood, which was certainly the wood of choice during the construction of the English fleet. Today oak wood is less widely available and as a result oak furniture has become more expensive. Today, ash wood is grown throughout the world and, therefore, due to greater supply ash furniture tends to be less expensive. As Ash wood is a versatile durable hardwood, it means that we are now able to manufacture ash furniture to the same high quality standards at very affordable prices.

Demand High Quality Ash Furniture

When buying ash furniture, you must ensure that it is built to extremely high quality standards. Using traditional methods, skilled craftsmen are able to produce a wide range of modern contemporary ash furniture designs, and also more traditionally designed furniture. Using traditional manufacturing techniques, joiners are able to use the natural strength and durability of the ash wood, and combine it with older techniques, such as the use of dove tail joints to produce long lasting, hard wearing ash furniture. All fixings we used on ash furniture should also be of the highest quality, thus ensuring that your furniture, whether it is for home furnishings or office use, will withstand the rigours of every day use.

To ensure that you are getting high quality ash furniture. Solid hardwood should be used to create the backs, drawers and draw bases of ash furniture. Also look out for dovetail joints wherever possible. Ash furniture is often finished in walnut oil. This type of finish on ash furniture can be easily maintained and treated at home with Danish oil to ensure a life long quality finish.

What Type of Ash Furniture is Available?

Traditional and contemporary ash furniture styles are often based on simple lines allowing the wood to be shown at its absolute best, whilst producing exceptionally stylish, good looking ash furniture which is practical and hard wearing. Ash furniture ranges can be anything from bedroom furniture, including ash wardrobes, ash dressing tables and ash chests of drawers, together with accessorising tables such as ash bedside tables or ash lamp tables. Not only that, but ranges also include ash dining tables and ash coffee tables. TV units and cabinets as well as units for storing CDs are very desirable pieces of ash furniture for the living room.

Related Articles

As well as this article we also have articles providing information on Oak furniture, Ash furniture, Mahogany furniture, Birch furniture, Pine Furniture,and Indian Furniture. If you like these articles you may also find our article on the characteristics of hardwood furniture article invaluable.

If you already have a range of hardwood furniture in your home, our articles on treating hardwood furniture, repairing hardwood furniture, joinery and specifically dove tailed joints will help you get the most out of your furniture, and spot quality when shopping in furniture.

Other articles on offer at Oak Furniture Land include our rustic furniture, teak furniture, wood and hardwood furniture, classic traditional furniture and contemporary modern furniture will also help you differentiate between the different styles of hardwood furniture available.