| Are you thinking of upgrading to pine bedroom | | | | your local furniture outlets to see what they have in |
| furniture? When you were younger and just starting | | | | stock. |
| your family, you had to make do with cheap | | | | Do not forget to bring along your measuring tape |
| bedroom furniture made from plywood or fiberboard. | | | | when you go to the shops. Many people are too lazy |
| But now that you have worked 5 to 10 years and | | | | or too shy to confirm the real size of the beds and |
| are steadily moving up in your career, you can afford | | | | wardrobes on display by measuring it themselves. |
| something better. | | | | This is not a good idea because your measuring tape |
| The timing is just right, because cheaper furniture | | | | may have errors, or the manufacturer may not have |
| tend to break down and show their age after a | | | | measured the dimensions of their products in the |
| decade or two. Now that you are shopping for | | | | way you expected. |
| replacements, you need to make a choice - brand or | | | | You really do not want to accept final delivery of |
| quality? Branded goods often look more stylish, and it | | | | your new bedroom furniture only to discover that a 1 |
| is certainly gratifying to show off the labels to your | | | | 2-inch difference in height or width means that you |
| visitors. I'm sure I do not need to tell you that a | | | | cannot fit your new wardrobe into its alcove. |
| large chunk of the cash you pay for it goes towards | | | | Mistakes like these have happened before to other |
| the advertising and salary of the manufacturer's CEO. | | | | people, and you almost certainly do not want to |
| That means branded beds and wardrobes are often | | | | repeat these mistakes yourself. |
| made from lower quality materials like MDF. | | | | Before you finalize your purchase, ask to see the |
| In contrast, an unbranded pine bedroom set is made | | | | disassembled furniture and the crates in which they |
| from solid wood that will last you many decades. Real | | | | will be delivered. This is important because you need |
| wood is harder and stronger than fiberboard, and can | | | | to plan how to get your new furniture from your |
| definitely take abuse better than lower quality | | | | porch into your bedroom. You cannot just say, "I'll |
| substitute materials. And while pine is not as hard as | | | | leave it up to the deliverymen," not unless you want |
| oak, it is a lot more environmentally friendly. Because | | | | various important and fragile decor in your home to |
| pine trees grow relatively fast, there are companies | | | | get damaged. You will also need to figure out how to |
| which grow them in plantations. Of course, not all | | | | dispose of your old bed and wardrobe. From |
| furniture is made from pine grown in plantations. You | | | | experience, I can tell you that trying to disassemble |
| will need to check the label to find the source of the | | | | an item of furniture that has stood solidly in place for |
| wood. | | | | the past 10 years is not an easy matter. |
| Before you go shopping for your new pine wood bed | | | | Upgrading to pine bedroom furniture makes sense |
| and wardrobe, get out your measuring tape and find | | | | once you have gotten your career to a solid footing. |
| out how much space you actually have for your new | | | | Once you have some disposable cash in hand, there |
| furniture. Jot the measurements down on a notepad | | | | is no reason to buy cheap fragile MDF furniture when |
| so that you do not forget them. Now you can visit | | | | you can afford real wooden beds and wardrobes. |