Oak Chairs

September 3, 2010
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Golden OakA great feature to your home is oak furniture, in particular oak chairs. Oak has been among the most favorite types of wood because of the warm feeling that it can really provide your home with. This type of wood is rich and has a warm feeling to it with in any shade that is available to you. One of the things that you should take advantage of in at least one room of your house is the comfort and warmth that oak has. The best way to do this is with oak chairs. It really doesn’t matter what kind of chair, it can be: an oak dining chairs, an oak table and chairs, an antique oak chairs, or even an oak rocking chair. You will get the same benefit from this great wood in any use or area in your home decor.

Shades

Now let’s look at some of the shades that you will have no problem finding on your hunt for oak chairs or oak furniture in general. They are also available in unfinished furniture as well if you have the desire to finish your oak chair yourself.

Mission/Dark Oak

This look of oak furniture is a perfect look if you like more of a darker deeper wood. This finish really takes the grain of the oak to a new level and is perfect for an oak chair. One thing recommended for this shade of oak chair is that you at least have one other piece of furniture to match it to so it does not stand out all along. One warning would be to not overdo your home environment with this shade. You can easily swallow up a room and make it way too dark if this is used on too many items in your home environment.

Yellow Oak

This oak shade is pretty self-explanatory. In real life oak chairs in this finish looks like warm honey. This is a great finish that you can never get tiered of or worry about overdoing. However this finish is not right for everyone. It takes a certain place or environment to use this shade on all of your furniture but it does look good in kitchens or small nooks.

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Cherry Oak

Now if you have always loved true cherry furniture you have to check out cherry oak chairs. The grain and quality of the oak really comes to life and shines. For some reason the grain shines and shimmers when used as an oak chair. This kind of wood shade has more of a metallic look than anything on the grain of the wood providing you enough contrast that is not overbearing.

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Natural Oak

This is basically the wood trying to portray a natural and just cut look. This shade is meant to look like the wood is brand spanking new and has just been carved a few hours ago. Many people use this shade for all of their furniture needs and will require practically no maintenance to keep it looking good. If you want an easy oak chair that is easy to keep clean and will work with anything this is the shade of oak for you.

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Styles

Bottom line there are basic styles that so many people have in high demand when it comes to true real wood furniture it is almost that the industry just caters to those wants and demands. This is not necessarily a bad thing just something to look out for when you are shopping for your oak chairs for some of the best uses like: tables, chairs, stools, armoires, benches, desks, bookcases, kitchen islands, living room furniture or dining room sets. The main styles are.

Vintage

Rustic

Country

Modern

Venetian

Maintenance

Oak chairs really do not require much maintenance due to the fact that they are always in use. For other oak furniture applications you mainly need to just dust. Especially, for the darker shades and darker pieces of oak furniture dusting is key to make sure that your furniture is always looking good. The easiest way to do this is by purchasing Murphy’s Oil. This will clean as well as protect your oak chairs. It is really cheap and can be found at any Target, Walmart ,Kmart or even the grocery store. It will cost you about $3.97 a bottle and only needs to be used maybe once a month.

Cost

Here is an average cost list on what you should expect to pay for real oak chairs. Remember this is just a basic list for basic furniture nothing special. No special carvings or detail added just a normal piece of real furniture. A wood chair is something that you can look into and enjoy for your home environment.

Oak Chairs: $100 each, $300 set of 4

Oak Benches: $120-$250

Oak Tables: $150-$200

Oak Armoires: $250-$450

Oak Desks: $500-$600

Oak Bookcases: $550-$900

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