But too much material will also make people dazzled, do not know how to choose~

So today this we bite into the current market the most common 4 kinds of materials: solid wood, rock slate stone art class, leather, fabric, analyze their advantages and disadvantages in detail, see which one is suitable for your home? Understand the precautions in the purchase process.

1.solid wood

Solid wood furniture in the country has a long history, ancient times, due to the backwardness of the production of materials and tools, the most easily accessible furniture materials is wood, so there is a continuation of the solid wood furniture, in the Song and Ming furniture peak period, there have been countless fine products~!

Solid wood furniture has been synonymous with quality decoration, widely used in a variety of styles of decoration, the main wood producing regions are: North America, Europe, Africa, Southeast Asia. Common timber are:

1, Burma teak.

Recognized as the “king of all trees”. Nearly a hundred years of slow growth, oil-rich, high stability, anti-corrosion, moisture-proof performance is excellent, elegant pattern, is one of the main raw materials for high-end furniture, flooring.

After the ban on the export of Thai teak, Myanmar is currently the best source of teak on the market, so it is important to buy teak to recognize the origin!

Brazilian teak, African teak, South American teak, etc., are not real teak...

(Maine teak raw material prices are generally around 2.6-3w)

2, North American black walnut.

“King of American broadleaf wood”, one of the most popular wood at the moment.

The age of the tree can be up to a hundred years, performance, appearance are outstanding, strong stability, is solid wood furniture, whole-house customization of high-grade materials, but also a variety of high-grade automobiles, yacht interiors of common materials. The same to recognize the origin!

Black walnut refers exclusively to North American black walnut, other African black walnut, South American black walnut ... are all rubbing off. (Raw material prices are generally in the 1.7 ~ 2.3w or so)

3, Aili Kuyi Suzuki

Recognized as the most authentic “ebony”! Mainly from Gabon and other regions of Africa, hard texture, weight, texture is very beautiful, is Chinese, new Chinese furniture popular wood.

But the market on the definition of ebony has a variety of, some people also think ebony is also counted ebony, this everyone to judge for themselves.

So if the business only tell you is ebony, then we must ask the scientific name, recognize: Aili Gui Suzuki.

(Raw material prices are generally in the 1.3-1.6w or so)

4, ebony

With the “ninth mahogany” reputation.

High hardness, high density, processing has a certain degree of difficulty, loss, smooth cut surface, grip nail processing performance is good, paint and gluing performance is good, is widely used in high-end furniture industry, shipbuilding industry, carving art and other fields.

Ebony wood is also divided into large ebony and small ebony, which is often referred to as large zebra wood and small zebra wood.

At present, domestic furniture factories use basically small zebrawood, is a more cost-effective wood in the new Chinese furniture.

(Raw material prices are generally 7-8k)

5, white oak

North American white oak is a hardwood that is native to the eastern and central regions of North America, including the United States and Canada.

White oak in fact does not mean that its color is how white, its heartwood is light brown to dark brown, the growth wheel is obvious, hard and heavy texture, texture straight and wavy or straight grain, the color is usually light yellow or light gray.

Processing performance is good, hardness and beautiful texture, is widely used in furniture manufacturing, especially log furniture, white oak natural, rustic, in line with most people's imagination of solid wood furniture, comprehensive performance is excellent, the market is a lot of Scandinavian, logs, amazed at the silence of the wind furniture is the main material of white oak.

At the same time, white oak pore structure is moderate, there is a certain degree of permeability, so it is the main material of oak barrels.

Can ensure that the wine in the aging process is not oxidized or deterioration, but also to prevent the wine penetration, coupled with the unique aroma of the white oak itself, can give the wine vanilla, spices, and other complex aromas, enriching the flavor and layering of wine.

The price of raw materials is about 1-1.3 w.

6, North American cherry wood.

North American cherry wood is a high-grade hardwood, mainly distributed in the United States in Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia and West Virginia.

Heartwood color from large red to brown-red, oxidation darkens the color, sapwood is milky white.

The wood is smooth to the touch, well polished, the wood grain resembles a water halo, with a high-level vintage texture, its hardness, stability and impact toughness are relatively high, suitable for the production of a variety of styles of furniture, such as antique, logs, cream, retro, Scandinavian and other styles of furniture.

Finished cherry furniture it has a gradual process, the color will generally slowly become darker to stable, just made the furniture is light brown, with the passage of time the color will become darker for light burgundy. Raw material prices about 0.9-1.2 or so.

7, red oak:

Red oak tree in the fall, the leaves will turn red, so the locals call it red oak.

Its slow growth, wood color white, pattern natural, color and elegance, raw material prices are relatively cheap, belongs to the North American material in the cost-effective category. And red oak in the local, belong to be recognized as the perfect tree species.

Red oak is cheaper than white oak, but the stability is better than white oak.

(Raw material prices are generally 6-7k)

8.North American ash wood.

And the northeast of the same family with the same genus, ash wood from North America, wood straight, tough and elastic , good load-bearing, not easy to deformation, wood grain bias, to the mountain-shaped grain is dominated by the sapwood was light milky white, so the name ash wood!

Ash wood coloring is very good, so it is also often used to do color treatment, made into a variety of styles of furniture, such as American furniture, antique furniture, modern model room furniture.

Above are foreign imports, domestic wood is now less, because the national protection of forests, logging is prohibited, and in the use of the basic are planted forests, common wood are: ash, elm, walnut, beech, cypress, etc., the price is basically inexpensive, but the quality of the general, suitable for doing daily furniture!

9. The advantages and disadvantages of solid wood furniture

👍 The biggest advantage of solid wood furniture is:

Taking natural materials, wood absorbs the sun essence and moonlight, not only look warm, soft, and sturdy and durable, no chemical additives, more healthy and safe for the family.

👎 Disadvantages of solid wood furniture:

But the biggest criticism of the solid wood furniture circle is: counterfeiting is more - paste skin, substandard, confusing the name of the no holes in the drill, so we must do your homework before you buy solid wood furniture, don't wait to buy home in the regret, 3 suggestions:

1, ask the origin of wood;

2, ask the scientific name of wood;

3, through the body check to prevent sticker.

Solid wood furniture, the second major problem is: cracking, deformation may be.

This is the natural characteristics of solid wood, even if the publicity process to do a good job, there is no one who dares to promise that there will be no problem, especially dry, cold north, the wood deformation is relatively large, be sure to do a good job of humidification, insulation.

If you mind this article, can not accept the situation may occur, then be careful to choose.These three currently dominate the stone furniture segment.And rock slab is the material the public sees and buys the most, so rock slab first!

2.rock slab, marble, luxury stone

These three currently dominate the stone furniture segment.

And rock slab is the material the public sees and buys the most, so rock slab first!

1, how is rock slab made?

More than ten years ago, a Spanish company developed a porcelain sintered plate, and then entered China, looking like tiles, but harder than tiles, more beautiful products quickly opened up the domestic market, and then in order to distinguish between it and ordinary tiles, the name of the rock plate, meaning firm as a rock.

The main material is natural stone powder, clay, quartz and other broken mixed, made of embryo, by tons of press, spray painting, glazing, and then about 1300 ℃ high temperature firing, and finally polished and polished into a high-hardness materials, after high pressure, high temperature, so that the quality of the product can be imagined.

2, the advantages and disadvantages of rock slab

👍 Advantages:

The surface is impermeable, odorless, and well taken care of.

Many of our friends have a fishy smell after wiping the table and mopping the floor, indicating that vegetable soup and water stains have penetrated into the interior for a long time, so there is a smell only after each wipe, which is the obvious difference between ceramic tiles and rock slabs.

Wear-resistant, heat-resistant, do not have to worry about bumping, hot plate casually put, do not have to worry about scalding the desktop;

The desktop texture is diverse, and the style is versatile.

👎 Disadvantages:

The surface of the rock plate is strong, but the sides are generally relatively fragile, and there is a risk of shattering when it is hit, and there are often cases of shattering during transportation.

The visual and tactile sensation has a cold feeling, especially in the fall and winter seasons, which is not particularly friendly to the elderly and children.

The most critical: there are too many counterfeits, and many people buy not rock slabs at all, but large tiles.

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3, how to identify the real and fake rock slab!

Why are there too many counterfeits, because the category of rock slabs, there is no clear, unified official standards!

But the rock slab and ceramic tile in the raw materials, firing temperature, pressing tonnage are relatively big difference, the production cost of rock slab is much higher than the ceramic tile slab:

Rock slab raw materials from a variety of sources, ceramic slab is clay, rock slab pressing tonnage of 10,000 tons, ceramic tile is below 1,000 tons; firing temperature rock slab at 1300 degrees or so, ceramic tile at 700 degrees or so --- the latter two decided that they are in the machinery and equipment, process requirements are very different.

☑️ Rock slabs are all through-body material, with a consistent surface.

Tiles that have a distinct glaze layering can be seen on the side with a difference in color;Rock slabs are very pure and have very few impurities on the side, while tile impurities are more obvious.

☑️ Look at its backside, if the backside of the tile is smooth, it is rock slab, if it is bumpy textured, it is basically ceramic slab;

☑️ There are many brands of rock slabs, go to the official website to check the authorization. Rock slab dining table can have no brand, but rock slab must have brand:

Domestic famous brands: Deli Feng, New Pearl, Bangda rock slab, Shunhui, General, etc., excellent quality, more expensive;

Ordinary rock slab: small pottery products enterprises, the assembly line is basically a tile production line improved, supplemented, rock slab quality is general, most between the quality of the tile slab and the real rock slab, the price is cheap.

☑️ Edge

Rock slab can do 45 degrees of dense spelling chamfer, rounded corners, tiles can not do, tiles can only do Begonia corner, because of its brittleness is relatively large, cut 45 degrees of chamfering if the corners are prone to collapse.

4, rock plate dining table how to choose?

☑️ Against the above first look at the rock slab authenticity, brand, quality high and low.

Domestic well-known rock plate brand is very good, the general price of 3-4k can buy a good domestic rock plate dining table, foreign rock plate less than a few thousand, more than one or two million have, the brand premium is too high, the price is not high.

☑️ Thickness: choose more than 1cm, clear surface texture, rounded edges without roughness;

☑️ high-quality rock plate dining table, its under the rock plate will also have solid wood, steel structure, such as support, the formation of a double-layer structure, more secure, strong, bare rock plate desktop is best not to want.

🔴Marble

Marble is a common natural stone, the main component of which is calcium carbonate, and is most famously produced in the Dali region of Yunnan, hence the name.

The texture of marble is usually more beautiful, rich in color tone, relatively high hardness, wear-resistant and pressure-resistant, not easy to be scratched or damaged, so marble has been one of the common materials for high-grade decoration.

But also therefore the price is relatively high, the material is heavier, handling and installation is more troublesome; daily use of high maintenance requirements, marble surface is easy to penetrate the oil, need to be cleaned up in a timely manner.

Although it is a natural material, but the marble market also exists in the fake and poor quality products.

The price is high, which allows some unscrupulous merchants to substandard, false propaganda and other ways to obtain profits, usually using inexpensive stone or artificial stone to pretend to be high-grade marble, or using inferior processing technology and techniques, resulting in poorer product appearance, texture and performance. Consumers who do not understand the situation is easy to enter the trap without comparison.

By observing the stone pattern, color, luster, hardness and other aspects of the initial judgment, the real marble pattern natural, clear texture, while the fake marble is patterned dull, fuzzy;

Real marble color uniformity, distinct levels, while the fake marble is color mottled, shades; real marble luster is soft, bright, while the fake marble is dull luster, surface roughness.

If the order amount is huge, it can be tested and identified by professional testing organizations.

🔴 Extravagant Stone

A luxury word explains its qualities. Luxury stone is a natural stone granite in the value of the existence of the bear, luxury stone mostly from Italy, Brazil, luxury stone hardness, colorful, cool pattern, even slightly exaggerated, style attributes obvious, with a strong decorative, expensive, most of them belong to the natural quartz stone, because it is a combination of natural texture and color, so that it has a special as well as precious attributes, so it is called “luxury of stone”.

Most of the luxury stone furniture is utilized in luxury houses in order to show his value!

➡️ First of all, luxury stone dining table needs big size to play its charm, long dining table at least in 1.8 and above, round table is best in 1.4 meters or more, will be out of the effect, the size is too small, is a small horse-drawn cart.

➡️ Secondly, the pattern is rich, bright colors are advantages, but also disadvantages, because a long time more prone to aesthetic fatigue.

➡️ And like rock slabs and marble, the price is high profit, and there are many counterfeits.

Personally, I do not recommend conventional family purchase, most of them can not manage, if you are the oversized flat, or large villa, you can consider.

3.leather furniture

Leather furniture, including leather furniture, imitation leather furniture, leather inside a lot of subdivisions, imitation leather is the same!

So you see why the same claim to be leather sofas, some as long as 3-4k, while some are priced at tens of thousands, in addition to the brand, the leather itself has significant differences!

Furniture with basically yellow cowhide, why not buffalo skin, cowhide, pigskin, sheepskin and so on?

Because yellow cowhide toughness, size, raw materials are more adequate.

Cowhide according to the breeding ground, climate, breeding methods, and the difference in processing technology, quality differences are also relatively large, many differences are not visible to the naked eye, so many people will feel that the whole world cowhide are the same, as long as it is real leather on the line.

China's non-livestock country, cowhide is still mainly dependent on imports, generally from the United States, South America, Europe, Africa imports, and the quality of these major cowhide producing areas are different:

The world's first major cowhide producer is the old U.S., the appropriate geographic environment, professional farming management, the production of cowhide has a clear grade points, sales and quality has been very good.

Second is Europe, temperate climate, also very suitable for animal husbandry, has always been the main producing areas of cowhide, including Britain, France, Germany and other countries for the best cowhide, in addition to Australia, Africa and other cowhide producing areas. Different places of origin, quality, price is different.

Next, to divide the leather grade.

The same batch of original cowhide, but also look at the surface there are no scars, broken and so on.

If the surface is intact, fine leather of high quality raw materials, generally will be made into full green leather (full grain leather): the surface does not do any coating, processing, retaining the natural texture of the leather, only with vegetable dyes dipped in color, and then make sofa surface.

What about the leather with defects, or of average quality? Then it will be processed!

Full green leather, half green leather, first layer leather, second layer leather, nappa leather, wrestling leather, embossed leather, frosted leather and so on!

Do you think there are so many? Is the cow's skin also divided into such a fine?

In fact, these names are not the name of the skin, but the skin surface process called.

1, Napa leather

The earliest is to refer to the surface flat, not much grain, not after embossing and other processes of cowhide, now has been extended to a process term. All furniture factories tell you that their own is Napa leather, but Napa ≠ best!

Napa process: the surface is mainly plain, less flaws, less modification, but the quality of raw materials Napa leather is also divided into high and low!

2, embossed leather

Many people feel that plain leather is too monotonous, printed on the grain is more in line with the consumer's idea of leather texture;

Secondly, many defective, low-end leather through embossing, can cover their own defects;

In addition, through different embossing to achieve different effects.

Most of the consumers' budgets are in the range of a few thousand, embossed leather is very suitable for the middle and low-end market demand.

3、Wrestling

Put the cowhide into the machine, repeated, long time repeated stirring, wrestling, so that the cowhide surface to form irregular folds, more design, while softer, the grain is disordered, each one is different, it will be more natural.

4, frosted leather

Frosting process in many products have applications, such as automobiles, glass, etc., frosted leather means that the surface of the leather is polished, forming the effect of frosted, this leather texture is very good, very design sense.

But frosted leather because the surface has been sanded, and can not do other processes to protect, once dirty, it is very difficult to clean up, this process is more expensive.

Conventional household is not recommended.

5, oil wax leather

Doing old, antique, American furniture commonly used leather. To do a layer of oil wax on the surface of the leather, on the one hand, play a protective role, in addition to create a unique effect of old, smooth surface, comes with a sense of atmosphere.

6, full leather, half leather, imitation leather

Refers to the sofa leather content!

➡️ All Leather: refers to the leather used for all the leather surfaces of the sofa.

➡️ half leather: refers to the sofa sitting surface, armrests, these places with the leather, sides, backrests, feet, etc. with the imitation leather.

➡️ Microfiber leather:

Is the most like a type of leather, imitating the fiber structure of leather, the surface to do leather texture, wear-resistant, cold-resistant, breathable and comfortable, leather texture, feel is also similar to leather, is currently on the market leather is the most ideal flat replacement.

➡️ imitation leather:

A .PVC imitation leather: is the most common kind of imitation leather on the market, artificial base cloth, the surface to do PVC coating and become, its appearance and feel similar to natural leather, but more wear-resistant, water-resistant, oil-resistant than natural leather, PVC imitation leather price is relatively low, so it is very popular in the market.

B.PU simulation leather: the same man-made base cloth, the surface of the PU coating, simulation leather is closer to natural leather, its feel soft, good gloss, all the performance is better than PVC, the price is also higher.

C.Regenerated leather: the use of natural leather remnants, edges and corners after breaking, processing and treatment made of artificial leather, quality is general, but from the leather fiber content, it is also considered leather, a lot of cheap e-commerce, offline store with this.

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The so-called technology leather, including the above several kinds, the actual principle is artificial base cloth + chemical coating, technology leather publicity again, it is not real leather!

Personally, I'm a big fan of fabric, it's a cost-effective, practical and comfortable material, and many international furniture brands use fabric even more than leather.

4.Lawrence fabric sofa

Some people think that fabric is cheap, that is because they did not meet the senior fabric, high-end fabric raw materials are often more expensive than cowhide, mass market fabric furniture because it is basically a volume model, so most of the price is cheaper than leather.

1, the advantages and disadvantages of fabric furniture

👍 Advantages of cloth furniture:

✔️ Breathable, not uncomfortable to sit for a long time, not too cold in winter, not sticky skin in summer because of sweat;

✔️ Natural, gentle, textured, suitable for creating a warm, soothing family atmosphere;

✔️ Most fabric sofas are inexpensive and not as delicate as leather.

👎 Disadvantages of fabric furniture:

Naturally there are, such as stained stains are more difficult to clean up, some cloth late easy to ball, lose colour, and friction with clothes, autumn and winter seasons are prone to static electricity.

2.Classification of fabric

With the same leather sofa, fabric also has a lot of craft categories, simply divided into three categories: technology cloth, cotton and linen, flannel

➡️ technology cloth:

Artificial base cloth + three anti-painting (waterproof, anti-scratch, anti-oil), the surface looks between the feeling of mixing with cloth and leather, generally cheaper, it is easy to attract do not know the line of the small white owners, but at this stage, the durability of the technology cloth is generally not high, most of the use of a year or two of the surface coating began to deteriorate and peeling, peeling, and later on the resistance to dirt will be getting worse and worse.

➡️ Cotton linen:

Cotton and linen texture is very strong, commonly have these kinds:

a, blended: chenille yarn + linen mixed weaving, so that both the texture of linen, but also the softness of chenille, three-dimensional layering is very good. This is a better kind, the touch is very comfortable.

b, cotton and linen (divided into coarse and fine linen).

Coarse hemp: as the name suggests, is the line rough, obvious, hard, stylised more obvious. Coarse hemp in the version, texture is really outstanding, the key is also very durable. Although the lines are thick, but not gross.

➡️ fine linen: relative to coarse linen, fine lines, more delicate, senior sense of the sofa with more, more cotton and less hemp more comfortable, good fine linen sofa is very obvious grade and craftsmanship, the price is on the expensive side, you want to highlight the fine linen sofa sense of seniority, it is best not to be greedy for cheap.

➡️ velvet: velvet should be cloth sofa inside the best contact comfort, plush feeling, very skin-friendly, smooth, high value, more suitable for young groups, or families with pets, good velvet soft and smooth, not easy to fall out.

Want texture, choose cotton and linen, coarse linen natural, hard, fine linen delicate, advanced; velvet is suitable for creating fresh, retro, Scandinavian and other small styles to create comfort; technology cloth carefully selected, really like to spend more money to buy better, more durable!

In modern furniture materials, but also a large number of glass, iron, acrylic, rattan and other materials, these materials have their own advantages, but mostly used to do embellishments, or support structure, basically very little as the above list of 4 categories as extensive, if you feel that the furniture at home is too monotonous, you can use a few kinds of materials to reconcile, it will reap the rewards of a different effect.

Above, is the introduction of common furniture materials at the moment.