The most popular types of wood for furniture include maple, pine, oak, cedar and cherry wood.
Pine. As a softwood, pine is not appropriate for all DIY wood furniture projects.
Maple. As a common hardwood used for DIY wood furniture, maple is known for its strength and durability.
Oak.
Cedar.
Cherry Wood.
Keeping this in consideration, what are the different types of wood?
Beech. Beech is a hard, strong and heavy wood.
Ash. Ash is a tough hardwood which is known for its excellent bending abilities.
Oak. Oak is a very popular wood, it is very hard wearing and heavy.
Mahogany.
Maple.
Walnut.
Pine.
Fibreboard.
What types of softwood are there?
Araucaria. Hoop pine (Araucaria cunninghamii)
Cedar (Cedrus)
Celery-top pine (Phyllocladus aspleniifolius)
Cypress (Chamaecyparis, Cupressus, Taxodium) Arizona cypress (Cupressus arizonica)
Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
European yew (Taxus baccata)
Fir (Abies)
Hemlock (Tsuga)
