Wood Furniture Store | Champaign IL
A Brazilian Walnut Wood Furniture Store.
American Furniture used to mostly be hand built out of trees that grew nearby, but the best furniture was made out of American Walnut (or American Cherry) for Beauty, or American Oak for Durability. Today, most furniture manufacturers use even less expensive and lower quality materials in a never ending race to have the lowest price. A small group of manufacturers still use American Walnut & Oak, but one company uses Brazilian Walnut which is vastly superior to both.
Brazilian Walnut is a rare and fairly expensive material, but it’s properties are almost Magical. It has the beauty of American Walnut, but Almost 3X the Hardness / Durability of American Oak. For Building the Very Best Furniture, This is the Material you Want.
Softwoods are used a lot in modern furniture because of their abundance and lower cost, but in general The Harder The Better. For example, American Pine has a “Janka Hardness” of only 380, American Walnut weighs in at 1010, American Oak is 1290, and Brazilian Walnut is a whopping 3490.
Our “JENSEN” is the Absolute Best Wood Furniture. Brazilian Walnut Frames. Commercial Grade Sunbrella & Ultra-Leather Fabrics. Fast Dry Reticulated Foam Cushions. Award Winning Designs. CNC Machining. Our Wood Furniture Store probably now has a Better Selection of Jensen Deep Seating and Dining sets than even Chicago, Indianapolis, and Saint Louis! A Big Selection of the Very Best Wood in Little Champaign Illinois is a Big Deal for Discerning Midwestern Homeowners that want to enjoy the Best Wood Furniture on the Planet!
Sustainable Wood Furniture Store?
Cardinal Patio has been selling High End Furniture for Decades, and we recently noticed our Very Best Brands are actually made more and more from Sustainable Materials. We didn’t set out to create a sustainable furniture store, but that’s kind of where we’re heading mostly by accident.
Our New Indoor Furniture Line uses Brazilian Walnut (from Bulgaria), which is a Simply Incredible Organic Material. A lot of beautiful higher end wood furniture uses American Walnut because it’s maybe the prettiest wood in America, but Brazilian Walnut has the same Beauty and is Over 3X Harder and more Durable than it’s American counterpart! So for Heirloom Quality Wood Furniture that gets passed on from Generation to Generation, you really can’t find a Better Furniture Material.
Luckily, Brazilian Walnut is considered a National Treasure, so the Bulgarian people have been very careful to Harvest Sustainably. As part of the FSC Program, they Replant harvested trees and only yearly take a maximum of 1% of Trees Over 100 Years Old. By thinking Long Term, Locals can not only continue to Enjoy Their Forests, but they can also Benefit Economically, and the Whole World Can Enjoy Their Unique Resource.
Cardinal’s not planning on calling ourselves a sustainable wood furniture store just yet, but we do think it’s very interesting that some of our best furniture brands are becoming more and more sustainable in measurable ways.