| Quality Teak Wood Furniture can be found in many | | | | production plantations. The Indonesian Forest |
| countries, such as Thailand, India, Burma (Burmese | | | | Authority regulates and limits the cutback of the |
| teak wood has the highest quality and price) and | | | | teak wood trees. |
| Indonesia (particularly huge plantations can be found | | | | In contrary to most of the local teak furniture |
| in Java). In Burma the law says that a teak wood | | | | manufacturers which produce mainly outdoor |
| tree must be 90 years old before they are permitted | | | | furniture for the masses, some of them in Jepara are |
| to cut it back. That means the teak wood tree is | | | | specializing in the design and export of first class |
| naturally grown and very high, and the stem at the | | | | Indoor Teak Furniture. But the buyers of teak |
| bottom measures several meters. Whole furniture | | | | furniture for the living- dining and sleeping room have |
| pieces can be made then out of one single teak | | | | the difficulty to find high quality compared with |
| wood piece. | | | | acceptable prices, which is not an easy task. One |
| Construction Material Teak Wood | | | | should definitely focus on highest quality and |
| In terms of teak wood history in Indonesia, Teak has | | | | workmanship and concentrate on teak factories using |
| been used for centuries in the shipbuilding industry, | | | | only A Grade teak wood (since there are seven |
| especially by the Dutch, and was a standard material | | | | different quality grades of teak wood), having broad |
| in the construction of the tall ships and clippers that | | | | experience in the field of high class indoor teak |
| sailed the world's oceans. Many benches sitting in | | | | furniture manufacturing. |
| English parks & gardens today were constructed | | | | Quality is the Crucial Competitive Edge |
| of the wood salvaged from these sailing ships when | | | | The reason for being really cautious is the fact that |
| they were dismantled - some are over 100 years old | | | | there are factories in Jepara, luckily not too many, |
| and still holding up very well. | | | | which just lime thin and small teak pieces together, |
| Nowadays teak wood is commonly used Indonesia to | | | | and paint it with thick layers to hide the joints. To |
| make doors, door & window frames, furniture, | | | | avoid these factories of inferior teak wood |
| floors & floor tiles, supporting and decorative | | | | processing and manufacturing, the eyes should be |
| columns, and heavy beams in houses, temples and | | | | kept wide open while examining the teak furniture! |
| bridges. It is claimed that in Southeast Asia you can | | | | This definitely could be a crucial competitive edge |
| find structural beams which are over 1,000 years old | | | | when it comes to market the teak products later. |
| and still functional. Teak is also used extensively in | | | | Unique and quality indoor teak furniture |
| the construction of modern luxury cruisers, yachts | | | | manufacturers, concentrating on the production of |
| and sailboats, and it is prized by boat owners for its | | | | furniture for the living room, dining room and/or |
| beauty and durability. | | | | sleeping rooms, are quite hard to find in Central Java, |
| Java, the heart of Indonesia's teak furniture | | | | considering the huge amount of factories over there |
| production | | | | (more than 20.000). Teak-Rustic definitely found its |
| In Java, mainly in and around the city of Jepara, lies | | | | way, combining unique designs with high end |
| the actual heart of Indonesia's teak furniture | | | | workmanship, producing great indoor teak furniture |
| production. Teak is the most important commercial | | | | pieces in "New Rustic Style". |
| tree species here, and there are 0.6 million ha of | | | | |