Method of processing and varieties of solid oak
The color palette of oak wood is extremely diverse. Due to various processing techniques and pigment compositions used, oak colors vary from milky white to charcoal black shades. Each representative of the “oak” palette can find an optimal place in the design; the main thing is to take into account the characteristics of a particular color, as well as combine it with suitable companions.
Option for using different shades:
- Bleached oak and light shades are universal for any interior. Such solid wood furniture will decorate a child’s room or bedroom, will look good in the living room, and will visually enlarge a small corridor.
- Gray oak tones have a noble appearance and provide a popular vintage style effect. Such colors look advantageous for the manufacture of kitchen sets, bedroom sets, and living room furnishings.
- Dark tones are particularly noble and add sophistication to the interior. It is advisable to combine such furniture with overall chic and stylish surroundings. This is an excellent idea for arranging a study, and a similar idea for a bedroom will appeal to extraordinary people who love exquisite things.
- Artificial aging of the surface or brushing is a popular decorative effect. The wood acquires a unique texture, and the object itself looks expensive and pretentious. Aged solid oak furniture looks great in the living room and bedroom. At the same time, it is important to carefully select accompanying accessories and not to disturb the harmony of colors with too bright a palette.
The impressive range of colors of natural oak is not limited to the listed shades. The most expensive and rare natural color is dark purple and streaked with green. This color means that the wood has been stained—long exposure to water. This process is lengthy and has many nuances, which determines the high cost of such material.
Oak furniture in design
The first associations that arise when we mention natural oak wood are luxurious nobility and massive objects. Oak sets are varied, so a suitable option can be selected to suit any interior design.
In which interior is oak furniture appropriate:
- Classic design is simply impossible to imagine without the natural shades of oak furniture. In addition to “woody” colors, light and silver tones would be appropriate; dark colors should be combined very carefully.
- It is appropriate to create a Scandinavian style from light oak furniture with simple geometric configurations and a slightly rough design.
- Cozy Country can be imagined with warm-colored items of almost any style. In this design, a large role is given to additional accessories, so you can choose the simplest furniture.
- Empire, Baroque, Versailles, and other luxurious ornate interiors are simply created for the most advantageous presentation of oak furniture.
- Beloved by many, Provence also involves the use of a large amount of natural wood. Oak in this style is best to choose the lightest possible shades, and the geometry of the products is simple and slightly rough.
- Renaissance, Rococo, Shabby Chic, products with an artificially aged surface look great. Additional gilding, carving, and decorative elements will fit perfectly into the overall idea, and for this you can use the entire rich palette of natural oak.
Solid oak furniture, despite the wide range of successful combinations, will be inappropriate when creating modern minimalist interiors. In particular, the famous High-Tech is difficult to imagine with massive oak furnishings. The inconsistency of such models is also in the increasingly popular Loft, Brutalism, Industrial and other similar trends. The main concept of such trends is the rejection of everything unnecessary, a minimum of decor. Of course, noble oak is very difficult to imagine in such an environment, because among glass and metal it will look very strange.
