Wood Closet Organizer
Choosing the right wood closet organizer is always an important decision to make for your home. Assuming that you have disregarded the purchasing of metal closet organizers into your home and have decided to go for the durability and quality offered by wood closet organizers, you will have to base you decision on three factors. They are decor, home environment and your lifestyle.
Prior to your purchase of a wood closet organizer, you must also identify the needs of your home - whether to go for a wood closet organizer that is specifically made for shoes or clothes or one that has more "all round" use.
Getting a wood closet organizer will eliminate the need to pick the right color to match your home interior, since wood generally blends in well into any home. Wood closet organizers are available in various styles that range from reach-ins to walk-ins. Some wood closet organizers need to be installed while other are already assembled. Common accessories available in wood closet organizers include poles, hooks, shelves and racks.
Some of types of woods used in wood closet organizers are below.
Particleboard - This is generally considered to be the cheapest type of wood used in the wood closet organizer market. Manufactured using resin with wood chips, scrap wood and sometimes saw dust, it is considered a cheaper option to solid wood. However, if untreated, Particleboard tends to disintegrate in humid or damp environments.
Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF) - MDF is another type of wood used in manufacturing wood closet organizers. It is cheap and readily available and is therefore widely used in wood closet organizer manufacturing.
Melamine - Wood closet organizers manufactured using MDF or Particleboard and laminated with melamine material fall under this category.
Plywood - Plywood, which is made by pasting together various thin layers of wood, is another engineered wood used in wood closet organizers. These wood closet organizers are not as common as Particleboard or MDF and may cost anything from 50% to 80% more than their Particleboard or MDF counterparts.
Solid Wood - Wood closet organizers made from solid wood are strong, stable, durable and widely believed to be more attractive than the engineered wood versions. However, due to the process of producing the solid wood, wood closet organizers made of this type of wood is the most expensive in this category.
You can purchase wood closet organizers in home improvement stores, furniture stores and department stores. Best prices are generally offered by furniture wholesalers.