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It would seem that it is difficult, having a decent amount of money, to buy high-quality, reliable wooden furniture that will serve the owner first, and then will be inherited and will delight descendants? It turns out that this task is not as easy to solve as it might seem at first glance. I want to discuss expensive wooden furniture, since the situation is predictable with cheaper ones — it is obvious that they save on something so that it is affordable or, as they say now, budget-friendly. And with expensive wooden furniture, everything is more difficult. A person is willing to pay good money, but what will he get in return? Is it really 100% quality and reliability, or are there nuances? It turns out there is!

In search of good wooden furniture, someone immediately goes to an antique salon and buys antique furniture - that's the quality, that's the reliability. The main thing is to go to trusted places so as not to buy a fake or poorly restored thing.
But someone does not like the old forms at all, or, for example, wants to own only a new thing. Such a person goes to the salon of luxury furniture (as a rule, they prefer Italian) and chooses a modern example of the furniture industry. There are people who like to order furniture in carpentry workshops so that all their wishes are taken into account. But this is rather an exception to the rule, since most people want to immediately see a finished piece of furniture made of wood. The reasons for this are very different, but this is not what our conversation is about, so I will not delve further into the topic of custom furniture. Let's talk about finished wooden furniture, as about the furniture that most often gets into the house.

Modern manufacturers offer beautiful models in any style. If you want classics that repeat the best examples of palace furniture, please. If you want minimalism or eclecticism, there is a huge choice. Elite, expensive, beautiful.

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What's wrong, you ask? Of course, nothing if you know exactly what you are buying, that is, what you are paying a lot of money for. And it is even more correct to say that you understand exactly what and how this furniture is made of, and what reliability and service life it has.

I'll give you an example. If you decide to buy an expensive car, you will probably, in addition to the color of the car and the type of body, study the crash tests of specific models, ask about the presence of airbags for passengers in the back seat and clarify whether the car has the passability you need, that is, you will approach the issue responsibly enough.

With furniture, it is often quite the opposite. The most important thing is the appearance and the brand. If it is beautifully done and the manufacturer is famous, then you can not be interested in anything else. The buyer has the right not to wait for a trick if he goes to a well-known salon and carries a decent amount of money with him. After all, furniture is not a car, and in our subconscious we have the confidence that such things, which have been in use for centuries, can certainly be done perfectly. You just have to pay a large amount and everything is OK. Unfortunately, this approach currently results in the fact that for a lot of money, a person buys a pig in a poke. For example, he is sure that the furniture is wooden (it looks like that!), and this is not quite true, or rather not at all. He is sure that it is made reliably, because it looks solid externally (for example, it resembles an antique in shape — the same solidity, massiveness). It is also not a fact, reliability is not determined by appearance. He is sure that the furniture is eco-friendly (because the advertisement clearly says so!) — it's not necessary either. It would seem, what's the catch? How do you understand that furniture is reliable, made with high quality and for a long time, environmentally friendly and will not harm your health? Let's figure it out in order. Let's start with the history of furniture production, so that it is clear how furniture should be made, and then move on to modern furniture and compare.

Noble furniture

It is known that more than 100 years ago, furniture was invented by architects (less often artists). That is, a person did not only design a house, manor or palace. Immediately in each room, he thought over the entire situation — which sofas, cabinets, tables, chairs, etc. should be made specifically for this room. Then the drawings were given to the carpentry workshop. The photo shows the interior, the work of architect Carl Rossi. You can see how organically the furniture is woven into the interior — this is the work of a real professional.