Are all of your items made of solid oak?

This is a great question and we get asked it quite often, so here's the scoop:

Some items are solid oak while many others use oak veneer over plywood or oak veneer over MDF (medium density fiberboard). We offer dining chairs in solid oak as well as certain dining tables. Most desks, entertainment centers, hutches and buffets, and bookcases will have solid oak doors, drawer-fronts, and trim, but the large, flat areas of the top and sides will be real oak veneer over a substrate, such as plywood or occasionally, MDF. We also offer a budget-friendly variety of items with solid oak doors, drawer-fronts, and trim over a substrate of particleboard. Substrates vary by manufacturer, and are often used to provide stability where a single solid piece of wood may have a tendency to warp or split. In addition to oak, we also offer items made in alder, walnut, and Asian hardwoods such as rubberwood (funny as it sounds, rubberwood is in fact a hardwood).

If you're not sure, never be afraid to ask. At our stores, we're happy to answer any questions you may have about the quality and construction of our furniture.

Next, I'll explain about using solid wood vs. veneers...

Welcome!

Hello and welcome to our blog for Oak For Less furniture! Blogging is a new thing for us and we hope to provide you with some interesting topics regarding wood furniture and anything related to the furniture industry.

A little background... Serving the valley for the past 17 years, Oak For Less is a small family business that does its best to provide quality wood furniture at discounted prices. Currently, we have 2 locations - both in the lovely Valley of the Sun in Arizona. One in the city of Mesa and the other in the town of Gilbert.

Our furniture includes a wide variety: entertainment (wall units and tv consoles), bedroom (headboards, dressers, chests of drawers, and nightstands), dining (tables, chairs, and hutch/buffets), home office (desks, writing tables, and files), bookcases, and curios.

Currently, we are only able to ship within the Phoenix metro area, in Arizona, but due to numerous requests, we are working on methods of shipping out of state. If you would like to check out our website, please do: www.oakforless.com.

That's it for now. Please check back soon for our next post!