Canterbury Painted Twin Pedestal Dressing Table

Pine furniture care: here are some tips from rightpricefurniture.  Firstly, place your newly bought pine furniture in the right location: away from direct heat sources (e.g. radiators) or unusually humid locations.

Our second pine furniture care tip is to always lift your furniture if you want to move it, rather than dragging furniture across the floor. Pine is a soft wood and so lifting your furniture to move it will ensure you don’t damage the plinth structure.

Thirdly, don’t place hot or wet objects directly onto pine furniture, especially if it is waxed pine furniture.  If you accidentally cause any marks on your pine furniture in this way, try rubbing your pine furniture along the grain with some wax furniture polish applied to some very fine (0000 grade) wire wool.

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Chests of drawers from rightpricefurniture are of the highest quality and are made from solid wood.   Wooden furniture will expand and contract within its environment, and as back and chest of drawer bases are made from interlocking wooden boards, these may show some shrinkage as the wooden furniture ages.  This is quite normal, particularly in centrally heated homes.  You can care for your chest of drawers by ensuring it’s placed away from direct heat sources (such as radiators).

To combat this contraction and expansion some of the higher end furniture manufactures offer tongue and groove bases, examples include Devonshire Tarka Pine Furniture and the Badger Pine Collections.