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ARE YOU a
* shopper?
“Do. you know how to judge

quality and value before investing

in wood furniture? Test your fur-
niture 1Q with this quiz from the

Hardwood Manuvfacters Assacia-

tion.

_ 1) What does. “‘solid wood”
mean on a furniture tag, label or
advertisement?
2) What dacs ‘‘all wood’ mean?
3) Does ‘‘oak finish’? mean the
furniture is cak?

_ 4) How can. you tell the dif-
ference between.‘solid wood"’ and
“all wood" furniture?

5) What are hardwoods?
6) What is a dovetail joint?
Here are the answers: *

smart. furniture

“ 1) “Solid wood’ means that: ”

lumber — and no other alternative
‘materials — are used to. make the
furniture. Scratch the surface and
you'll find more solid wood, mak-
_ ing it easy to repair and refinish.

2) “All wood" means that sev-'

eral types of forest products were
used to make that piece of. fur-
_niture.

- An “all wood"? entertainment
. centre, for example, might feature

_a: combination of solid .. wood, ;

_ wood. veneers, plywood or.a com-
posite « material - such. as. par-
ticleboard: . : :

3) Not necessarily. Wood names .

often are used to describe the color

or simulated grain pattern on a
piece of furniture.

Oak finish could refer to the
oak-like appearance of an. imita-
tion material.

4) In solid wood furniture, the
grain flows over the cdge in the
same direction as the grain on top.

‘That's because it’s one picce of

wood. On furniture that isn’t’

solid, the grain on the edge usually
is perpendicular to the grain on
top.

For an easy way to identify solid

rn designer colours

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hardwood furniture, look for the
solid hardwood symbol and hang
tags.

5) Hardwoods are broadieafed
trees that lose their foliage, in con-
trast to evergreens. Some popular
furniture hardwoods are oak, ash,
maple, cherry, aldez, poplar and
walnut.

6) The dovetail joint is one of
the strongest ways to connect two
pieces of wood. It derives its name
from the wedge shape resembling a
dove's tail.

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