Wood


Wood, nobody thinks much what wood is. We can see them everywhere, along the street, in the yard, on mountainside, along the river edge. Almost all plants have their body. That is wood. However, some have no wood such as banana, peanut, even papaya.

There are many kinds of wood, pine, mahogany, teak, and so on. They absolutely keep their own beneficial for our life. We take roof so strong with coconut wood. We make strong building with wood.

Each of wood has differences in color, line of wood, level of strength concerning weather and insect, and other aspects. Teak is a highest quality that is used to make furniture. To make furniture we can divide teak into recycled teak and new teak. Recycled teak is stronger than new teak. Recycled teak looks brown with little black. It usually has a good line’s wood. It’s great if recycled teak furniture we touch with natural finishing. That product is especially to serve high market.

Mahogany has little red with straight line. It’s good to make furniture but not strong enough for insect. Most of company use mahogany in making furniture to be sent in many containers or big order because price of mahogany is cheaper than teak. It’s usually to serve middle market. Pine is also used in making furniture especially for modern furniture. It has white color with little yellow color, but it has bad appearance because of many black points. We can also make furniture from coconut wood, but it is usually for handicraft. It has big straight line and strong.

We use teakwood for the pillars, doors, window’s frame, benches, tables, chairs, and so on. We can make floor with teakwood. We also take another kind of wood to floor our house such as bangkirai, kamper from Borneo Island. It will look nice. It’s also cool and even warm. People put pine, mahogany and teak in developing furniture.

It is amazing that we have a unique plant named bamboo. We can’t say it is wood or not wood. But they are really useful for us. It is not impossible to have a set of dining table complete with dining chairs made of bamboo. With bamboo slices we can make wall, garbage basket, tray roof, plant stand, gate and many others.

People make many kinds of handicraft such as picture frames, traditional fans, vases, pencil boxes and sell them in good price. This time many foreigners take interest and pay attention to have them and sell those attractive things in their countries.

Nowadays, people take a lot of interest in wood. They built up big business and get advances in making furniture. Exporting these through the world reach progress tremendously. They live better and wealthier.

We take everything we get but never think of effect. People cut down all trees in Borneo forest for instance. They ship it through the sea just to have much money. Unfortunately, they take it illegally. Moreover they refuse to be responsible for planting, avoiding flood and erosion. Finally, people living in the surrounding must get the negative effect. They lose their house, clothes, family and anything. Then, it goes to government to explore more funds for recovering any disasters.

Well, we know all negative sides because of careless actions. We just close our eyes and ears, only thinking of our need as the first priority. It seems we never take care of the environment. Meanwhile, this world may not have wood anymore. And it is very dangerous. Plants need long time to grow and come to reach the standard to prepare for their use. On the other hand, we have to take care of plant to keep our air circulation well. Now, what do you think when there is no wood in the world?


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