Oak TV Cabinets Vs Pine TV cabinets

Ladiiiiiiies and Gentleeeeeeeman welcome to the WoodShop Arena! In the blue corner, we have Oak and in the red corner we have Pine! Today, we will look at the subtle differences between Oak and Pine tv cabinets

Oak is hardwood while pine belongs to the soft wood varieties. This means that oak is naturally heavier and is more wear resistant. Yet on the other hand, pine is reasonably dense but significantly lighter than oak. Pine has superior stiffness which means it is resistant to shock. Oak is used in many ways, including making traditional furniture, such as Solid Oak TV cabinets. The distinct colour and pattern of oak make this wood ideal for traditionally designed TV Cabinets.

Softwoods come from needle-bearing evergreen trees, such as pine, and are preferred for complicated carved furniture. Softwoods are more susceptible to marks and dings, but as we all know this can often result in an appealing distressed quality.

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I personally prefer the durability of Oak, but Pine does have its place in the TV Cabinet world.

Catering for the New TV's Widescreens

Wooden TV Cabinets and their styles have changed a bit recently, we're now at a point where widescreen TV's have overtaken the CRT's TV's.

As a result for the first time sales of widescreen TV's Wooden TV cabinets outsell TV cabinets designed for the old CRT's.

The style of these though hasn't changed a great deal their basically just a little longer to cope with the increased size.

What is different is that traditional materials seem to have become more popular. Over the last few decades the contemporary styles were the most used, as customers bought TV Units that used materials like acrylic and plastic in search of this contemprary style.

As Widescreens TV's seem to have a naturally more modern look then setting this off against a Wooden TV Units seems to be the rage.

So demand for Rustic Pine or even a fully distressed Wooden TV Unit is one of the fastest growing category's of the furniture industry.

Pine is back!

After a few years in the doldrums thanks to a rise in popularity of oak furniture, it seems that pine is beginning to come back into favour. Contacts in the industry tell me that demand for pine furniture is starting to strengthen again, so now might well be the time to buy that pine TV unit before demand starts to push up prices.

There are some remakably good quality pine units on the market at the moment in various styles and finishes. Devonshire Pine is a favoured supplier because the quality of its pine ranges is so good plus it has the added 'bonus' that they are made in the UK. Sussex based CPW furniture is another good manufacturer/supplier of pine furniture and its worth seeking out the independent high street and internet suppliers that carry their ranges.

Shome mishtake shurely?

Well as you might gather from the previous post there is more than one person contributing to this blog. I'm the one that's not married by the way (tried it once and still paying for it! - only joking). Apart from all the typos, I can only marvel at the calm way my fellow bloggers wife would have announced that she knew what pine furniture was...

Now that we've cleared up that potential misunderstanding I guess all you ladies out there can go back to your cooking, cleaning or whatever else it is you find to fill the long hours before we return to you each evening to delight you with news of the challenges we have faced during our day. I trust none of you will be foolish enough to visit this scurrilous web page discussing how to train your husband - especially Mrs Fellow Blogger.

In the meantime, our sponsor does indeed offer some excellent pine TV units, so if you want to compile a selection to show to your husband...

Pine TV Units What style is that

I was chatting with my wife the other day and I was explaining the unusual number of searches for different types of Pine Furniture.

I've found that there seem to be a lot of searchs for Pine Category rather than say Oak Category. Maybe I should explain would I what I consider to be a Category first. This would cover the items of furniture, so Pine Bedside or Oak Dining table as opposed to the broader term of Oak Furniture or Pine Furniture.

I think she hit the nail on the head when she explained that a lot of consumers would have a very clear idea of what Pine Furniture is. On the other hand something like Oak Furniture is not quite so descriptive to the lay person.

Anyway with that in mind we thought we'd feature a classic Pine TV Cabinet from one of our sponsors Right Price Furniture. If you look at their Pine TV Cabinet Page you'll see that their styles are quite broad including Mexican & even some Dark Stained Pine Units.

The one we were attracted to was the Devonshire Pine Old Mill Entertainment Unit.


It comes out at £253 which isn't bad for something that is 100% solid Pine.

If you wanted to go for the other end of the scale you could look at this:-


I'm not really sure why they call it Pine as it looks very much like an MDF / veneer jobby. Anyway it's a £39 job from Agros. The quality is quite low but it's cheap!

Christmas TV? Seen it all before...

I've just discovered another reason why its so important to have a good quality cabinet on which to stand your TV - you'll need something more interesting to stare at instead of the TV screen if you plan on slumping into your favourite chair for some viewing entertainment over the Christams period. Initial reports of the Christmas TV schedules have apparently shown that some 600 hours of the programming on the 4 main terrestrial channels will all be repeats or 'another chance to see' as the announcers put it.

Actually I must confess, that while its sad we seem unable to make new programmes with sufficient appeal these days, I actually ike watching many of the old films and programmes (maybe its an age thing?). I guess they become part of the tradition surrounding Christmas. They remind us of Christmases past, of happy times and of sharing our lives with family or friends that are no longer with us.

OK, its important to look forward and not back, but its also nice to remember the good bits from the past sometimes. Whatever your view, its surprising what a difference a good TV cabinet makes. Its so much neater than a motley collection of receivers, players or whatever surrounded by wires and framed by piles of videos (what?) and DVDs. Because its neater, its actually more enjoyable to watch whats on the screen. For a varied selection of good quality TV cabinets at competitive prices, try our old friends at Right Price Furniture. They offer TV cabinets in a wide choice of styles and finishes, so there should be something to suit most rooms and budgets.