People talk about soft and hard woods - they ask the question 'Where do Basswood and Western Red Cedar fall?"

When spending your money on window furnishings you need to understand the difference in the product and its practicality in your home before you can really decide if the quote you have received is value for money.

Woods fall into both soft and hard wood categories.  Both have distinct benefits depending on what it is you are wanting to use them for, and where in the home they are to be placed.

Basswood is a ‘hard wood’ timber. The benefits of hardwoods are that they are extremely tough and hard wearing, making them ideal for areas where children and animals play or high traffic areas as they are fairly resistant to marking or dinting.  Hardwoods can be both stained and painted.

Western Red Cedar  is a ‘soft wood’ timber and is perfect for rooms that have both direct sunlight and high moisture areas. The wood density allows it to swell and contract according to the temperature without damaging the wood. Like Basswood, Cedar can also be stained or painted to suit your interior décor. Whilst not as resilient as hardwoods to the rough and scruff of children and animals, treated correctly and looked after, softwoods such as Western Red Cedars add a certain style and class to a home where the warmth and depth of the wood is to be viewed as a feature and not just a practicality.