|
|
 |
|
 About
Bamboo
 |
Tell someone you're planning to decorate with bamboo
and they may wonder if you have taken too many trips to the islands
or had one too many drinks with the little umbrellas.
Bamboo is emerging as an attractive alternative for cabinet, floor
and furniture construction. Areas once dominated by the more traditional
hardwoods, Oak, Maple and Poplar. Flooring is still the most likely
use for bamboo in the home, but designers today are using this strong,
versatile grass all over the house, for everything from kitchen cabinets
to countertops, cutting boards to serving bowls, shower curtains to
dining room chairs.
The appeal of bamboo is often its clean, airy look and perhaps its
association with warmer climes, but there's more to it than that. It
has greater tensile strength than steel; it's a sustainable, environmentally
friendly material (it grows fast enough to be harvested within three
to five years without depleting natural resources, and it regenerates
quickly); and it can cost less and last longer than red oak, the wood
most commonly used for flooring.
|
|
|
|
|
Bamboo Facts
|
• Bamboo ia actually a grass and grows at phenomenal rates, up to
a foot in a single day.
• Bamboo can be harvested for use on 5 yr. growth cycles, unlike
tradition hardwoods which have cycles 10 to 15 times longer.
• Certain timber bamboos have better tensile strengths than iron or
steel on a strength per weight basis.
• Bamboo has over a thousand household and industrial uses including
high quality paper.
• Bamboo is at the center of a sustainable eco-ethical industry worldwide
and that new industrial applications are being developed every year. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
 More
About Bamboo
Bamboo is a grass, and like other grasses it has a short
growth cycle of approximately five years, depending on the variety
of bamboo. Unlike hardwood, with a growth cycle 3 or 4 times longer,
bamboo is truly nature's renewable resource.
The rich, warm tones of the carbonized caramel color
or the light, natural hues of neutral blond color, with nature's
beautiful growth patterns, grains, and growth joints inherent only
in bamboo, make it truly a product that enriches the environment and
value of any commercial, residential, or product application.
For links to more information about Bamboo click
here. |
|
LIke traditional hardwoods Bamboo can be stained to any desired look.
Click sample to enlarge. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
All Content © 2005 Grasswood Cabinets |
|
)
)
)
)
