TV Stand Material Guide

When it comes to buying a TV stand for your living room, or any other room of your home, you must consider a series of criteria to ensure it is the perfect choice. You must consider the budget you have for such a purchase and the time line you are buying for. If you are planning on redecorating in only a few years and aesthetic is everything, you can skip the durability of the TV stand and only consider the design elements, like shape, texture and colour combination. If quality is most important it is essential to take into account the material of the TV stand.

Wood is one of the most common material used for TV stands. A classic, heavy TV stand is generally made from natural wood of different essences: beech, oak, fir, maple, pine, etc. Depending on the finishes desired you can choose one of the wood essences. Hard wood TV stands are the most qualitative and are the most durable.

MDF is a very resistant wood material, of superior quality, used most often for modern TV stands. In more modern times MDF has become a much sought after material due to its look and durable qualities. Venereed, lacqured or painted in different colours, MDF TV stands can have a unique design of very good quality.

Chipboards – a very common material used in the furniture industry. Being cheaper then hard wood or MDF, chipboards allow TV stands to be made and sold at low prices. If it is produced well, chipboard TV stand can be aesthetic though not so qualitative or durable like the wood or MDF ones.

The main advantage of glass is the infinite possibility to shape it into spectacular geometries. The curve surfaces conquer the modern design and the result is fine simplicity that tends to perfection. Glass TV stands give free hand to the imagination that result in unique designs, with spectacular combinations of shapes and colours. The closely controlled transparency creates the effect of delicate immateriality that nicely contrasts with glass' resistance. Frosted glass is frequently used in modern furniture, which varies from fine sanding, that partially filters the light, to full opacity.

The design of TV stands can go beyond the limits of a single material and combine two or more in order to create the perfect esthetic mixture. An interesting association can be realised between clear or frosted glass and hard wood, with a massive aspect to it. The woods joints and cracks have a natural aesthetic to it that contrasts with the perfection of glass tops.