What’s New About Solid Wood Frames?

The designing of any wooden frame depends on five critical factors and these are frame orientation, color sample kit, stain colors, type of woods and frame content. The first variety in frame orientation is portrait frame in which the width will be narrower than the height and the other variety of frame has a landscape view. This variety will have a view where the frame is much wider than the height hence the larger number would be at the top as per the design of the frame.

The stain color sample kit, another critical component, has thin and sleek pieces of wood with as many fakes as possible if quarter sawn oak is used to create that kit. The samples in that kit will also be finished the same way as the frame to have an absolute idea of the final color. The same wood species can be used with diverging properties that either will have a light stain or darker than the one that is received as a part of the kit.

A customized kit can be prepared by choosing colors from the latest batch of colors available in the dye kit. The batch is prepared by mixing colors manually with a slight variation from the artwork. The wood species will either be natural or be colorful in a slightly different manner.

In general, Quarter sawn oak is the most preferred type of wood for Solid Wood Frames used to experiment arts and crafts. For using this log can be cut into quarters which are further milled into boards. This will result either in producing beautiful ray flakes and strong furniture building. The simple frames need to be designed such as Mission, Craftsman, Bungalow, and Prairie frames. To stain these frames there are eight standard colors.

The color variation can be brought by colors such as Stickley’s Onondaga, Fayetteville which has golden ray flakes, renaissance brown, and ebony black. For reference of customers small color kits need to get ready to present it on the spot. For a rich look and finish on this oak wood the ray flakes characteristics will be used to enhance the finishing of the wooden surface. The finishing of these products can vary from satin to semi-gloss top coat sheen.

The wood types that are used to design frames are raw lumber that can be hand-picked by the wood supplier on regular basis. The woods are milled and dried in kiln after being procured at a local mill and wood store.