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Furniture Essentials
Solid Wood
Wood Never Rests
Even after it arrives at your home as finished furniture it will continue to expand and contract.
It’s a fact that furniture makers have always had to work around.
To fully understand the basics of solid wood, you should know the following things –
Wood is hygroscopic. That simply means it can absorb and release water. A tree’s cells are like
long tubes that run the length of the trunk. Expansion and contraction occurs as the moisture
content changes in and around these cells. The movement will mostly be perpendicular to the
trunk or in our case the length of a board.
Hygroscopic Cells
MOVEMENT