Merits and Demerits of Wooden Beds

Wooden beds are admired for their royal and elegant looks and grace they impart to surroundings. Probably they are the only pieces that both of you and your grandparents share in their houses. Older the wood, more valuable it will be. Some wood turn lighter, some turn darker rest turns their color with age.

Merits of Wooden Beds

• Wooden beds are offered in variety of shades and you can select any of your choice that would match the best with your bedroom furnishings. To create a dramatic effect prefer walnut or cherry having darker shades and if you choose to go soft and romantic choose beech and ash.
• Wooden beds do not require professional maintenance. All they need is routine dust off with a dry cotton cloth. Sometimes they need oiling that is again very easy and quite a few minutes task.
• As a big ticket item they instantly become the central point of everyone’s attention. Intricate carvings in wood impart what leather or other materials cannot.
• Wooden beds are affordable because there is large variety available in market and you can find out one that can fit into your budget.

Demerits of Wooden Beds

• Wood is susceptible to heat, cold and moisture. You cannot put your bed exposed to sharp sunlight. Continuous exposure to any of them would cause decolorization of wood.  
• Consecutively exposing pieces to sunlight, very high or very low temperatures will cause cracking and bending of wood.

I hope it would help you in figuring out the pros and cons of a wooden bed and help you in your upcoming purchase.

Comments

[aleenajoe]

your ideas and images are amazingly wonderful..especially the wooden bed .