If you’re using wood to build your own furniture, then the needs are slightly different. Fors has three different recommendations based on the type of project you may have in mind: Pinewood ...

Furniture which holds our bodies and our meals and our books and our balsam wood turtles and inexplicable squirt bottles of Holy Water. There are many types of wood used in making furniture.

Lee Wallender is a home improvement writer of nearly 20 years and specializes in home remodeling, repair and maintenance. Sami Allen is the managing editor at Forbes Home, with over seven years of ...