Furniture is basically a container that is an integral part of the furnishings of a home or any other place used for human activities. With these words, furniture would seem to be a simple piece of furniture, cold and inanimate; nothing could be more wrong. Furniture are our containers where we store food, clothing, valuables and even our most cherished memories. This is why we cannot simply define furniture as an object in itself, just think of all the artistic decorations already present during the Renaissance and the evolution it has undergone to become true design objects. The most famous designers are constantly looking for new ideas, discovery of even previously unused materials and great attention to sustainability. Thus, it is not surprising to learn how wood is the great protagonist material, for example, of the two major reference events for the furniture sector in Milan, namely Design Week and theUniversal Exposition. From the tables put on display during the days of the Salone del Mobile to the materials used to cover and furnish many of the pavilions at the Rho exhibition site. Warm wood, which envelops and reassures, harks back to the past, but lends itself to all possible interpretations and designs on the future.

The Salone del Mobile abroad is as famous as pizza. It glues together the creativity of designers and craftsmanship and can count on record numbers.

Wood is that material whose inherent qualities include strength, sturdiness and pliability of use. Wood is a natural, noble, strong material and reconnects us directly with the earth. Keeping it in the home, in furniture and structures, allows us to savor the warmth and admire the colors and grain of our origins. That is why it continues to this day to be present in the home as a choice of style and character, taste and aesthetics, as well as functionality and above all durability.

In furniture, wood triumphs in all its processes and essences; it is used for all types of furniture and furniture structures, for floors (the famous parquet and its variants), sometimes even for accessories. Only furniture made entirely of steel or synthetic materials has no wood components.

Main uses of various types of wood for furniture purposes

• Kitchens, with finished structures, doors, tops, shelves, which, however, can be combined with other elements in different materials, including artificial and more “modern.”
• Bookcases, shelves, etc.
• Structures covered in laminate, glass, or other materials.Furniture accessories, such as TV stand furniture, display cabinets.
• Executive and operational desks.
• Tables and chairs.
• Storage cabinets, wardrobe cabinets.
• Beds and mattress bases.
• Flooring (the classic parquet floors).
• Armchairs and sofas.
• Storage cabinets and archive furniture.
• Interior doors and front doors.
• Window frames.
• Dressers and nightstands.
• Equipped walls.
• Reception desks or meeting rooms.

Advantages of wood

Wood undoubtedly offers an extensive list of advantages, although these can vary considerably among different types of wood for furniture, not only in terms of wood species, but especially in the type of processing they undergo. In general, the advantages of furniture or flooring made from this material are:

• Cozy and “natural” warm aesthetics.
• Strength; structures made of wood are capable of supporting great weights and also withstanding shocks.
• Durability.
• Prestige in decor, especially if you like a classically styled aesthetic.

There would be a lot to be said about the design and the immense possibilities and features of furniture, but what we want to focus on is the locking system that characterizes some of our furniture, whether office furniture or dedicated to any other nature that requires the application of a lock on the furniture.
It is precisely in this context that our furniture locks find their place, which on the one hand keep the contents of the furniture safe and on the other hand also wink at the world of furniture design.

Wood essences – lock essences

The various types of wood for furniture can be classified according to the tree from which they come and are called “essences.” First of all, it can be divided into two broad categories when analyzed from this point of view, grouping it according to mechanical strength. Thus we have woods:

• hard
  such as pear, oak, walnut, boxwood, cherry;
• tender
  such as fir, linden, poplar, stone pine.

As mentioned, different woods and types of furniture wood can take on different aspects and characteristics depending on how they are processed. Thanks to special materials and great attention to detail, it is possible to integrate the locks with the different colors of the furniture, picking up on their hues or creating pleasant contrasts that blend perfectly with the style of the furniture.

Is a sliding or hinged door closet better?

Sliding Doors

Best choice if you have limited space. Check that they turn out to be light to use and quiet, if they are coplanar, and if they line up perfectly when closed.
If you choose wide, full-height doors, prefer those with a damper, which slows down the end stop and keeps them in register. With sliding sashes, you never have full visibility of the entire interior.

The sliding door closet is often taken into disregard because of the lack of space needed to open the doors. However, it is essential to know that the sliding closet is deeper than the average hinged door closet by 5/6 cm. On average, a sliding closet, has a depth of 67/68 cm. This excess is given by the fact that being sliding, one door will have to obligatorily slide outside the other. Depth does not generally create problems if the closet is intended for the bedroom, while it can be critical if it is to be recessed in a niche or placed in a narrow hallway.

Round hole

For practicality very often one is forced to make a round hole where to install the lock, with the risk of the lock rotating in the housing.

To overcome this issue, we provide our customers with a range of accessories that enable proper installation.