Wood Talk | Solid Wood Furniture Is Beneficial to Human Health

Wood is a gift from nature—calm, dignified, elegant without being extravagant, and intimately connected with human life throughout its existence. Solid wood furniture is made from natural timber. Compared with other materials such as engineered wood, plastic, or metal, wood possesses numerous natural properties that benefit human health.

1. Natural Grain of Solid Wood Furniture (Visual Comfort)

Wood features beautiful natural grain patterns, fine texture, and soft colors, offering visual comfort and relaxation. Its surface diffuses light from various angles, avoiding the harsh glare caused by materials like steel or glass. Additionally, wood effectively absorbs harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays. As a result, it creates visual harmony and promotes eye comfort and health.

2. Warm and Smooth Texture of Solid Wood Furniture (Eliminates Extreme Temperature Sensations)

Wood is a thermal insulator. When in contact with the human body, it neither feels icy cold nor scorching hot. With moderate density and hardness, wood offers a warm, smooth, and elastic tactile experience, delivering a rich sense of quality upon touch.  

When people come into contact with wood, the temperature feels similar across all seasons. Walking on wooden floors offers a pleasantly balanced firmness and elasticity, providing a comfortable tactile experience.

3. Solid Wood Furniture Features Porous Structure (Sound Absorption and Quietness)

Wood is a naturally porous material with excellent sound absorption and acoustic insulation properties. Therefore, homes decorated with wooden materials produce minimal echo and offer superior sound insulation, creating a comfortably quiet atmosphere.

4. Solid Wood Furniture Emits Natural Wood Aroma (Calming and Soothing)

Wood emits a pleasant natural fragrance that<-box !important;overflow-wrap:break-word !important;">Commonly known as “phytoncides”(phytoncides), experimental studies show that these aromatic compounds have antibacterial effects, can purify the air, reduce pollution, facilitate smooth breathing, boost energy, and promote mental clarity. Their concentration—along with that of negative ions (often called 'air vitamins')—is hundreds of times higher than in reinforced concrete environments.

Phytoncides and negative ions can kill airborne bacteria, suppress human diseases, enhance immunity, and demonstrably help restore mental clarity, improve memory, lower blood pressure, stabilize the autonomic nervous system, and thereby significantly uplift mood.

5. Solid Wood Furniture Absorbs and Releases Moisture (Comfort)

Wood possesses inherent moisture-absorbing and moisture-releasing properties. As a porous material, wood absorbs moisture from the air when ambient humidity is high and releases it when humidity is low, thereby helping regulate indoor humidity and creating a more comfortable living environment. This is why wooden houses feel warm in winter and cool in summer.

6. Health Benefits of Solid Wood Furniture (Health Assurance)

Solid wood furniture offers a natural and harmonious feeling to people,which cannot be replaced by furniture made from any other material.Spaces furnished with natural wooden structures are the most suitable for human habitation.After returning from space missions, astronauts often recuperate in wooden houses or sanatoriums to restore their physical strength.

Wood,canprovide various health benefits for the human body.

Wood possesses a unique natural fragrance that offers multiple health benefits. Radon (a radioactive noble gas that is colorless and odorless) is extremely harmful to humans. Scientists have calculated that spending one day in an indoor environment with a radon concentration of 200 Bq/m³ is equivalent to each family member smoking 15 cigarettes per day. Radon primarily originates from inorganic building materials (such as concrete, bricks, tiles, sand, granite, marble, etc.) and soil beneath buildings. Wood serves as an effective shielding material against radon radiation. In Japan, most elementary and secondary school classrooms use solid wood flooring to protect children's health.

Wood is beneficial for the elderly in physical rehabilitation.

Research shows that wood can give buildings a quiet and homely feeling; wood can assist in treatment and recovery, relieve stress, and improve mood. Indoor use of wood has a positive impact on elderly behavior. Patients requiring long-term hospitalization and rehabilitation need a calm and relaxed environment. Solid wood helps maintain indoor air humidity at optimal levels for patients, especially benefiting those recovering from allergies and asthma. According to research by the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, among four walls—with one containing a window—the room with another wall fully covered in solid wood is the most harmonious ward for patients. Studies have confirmed that people exhibit positive physiological and psychological responses to indoor wood usage, and wood is recognized as a supportive material for health and recovery.

When customizing furniture, solid wood is the preferred choice. For solid wood furniture, choose Paterson’s water-based paint solid wood custom cabinets.

Paterson meticulously studies wood and pioneered the industry’s original water-based paint solid wood custom cabinets. Through rigorous selection, only the finest natural solid wood and wood veneers are chosen. Using water as the base and blending it into paint, water and wood harmonize to restore wood’s natural essence. With unique radial-cutting craftsmanship, the best, most beautiful, and highest-quality grain of the wood is revealed. Combined with our innovatively developed 3-coat base and 2-coat top water-based paint process, Paterson’s water-based solid wood furniture offers a naturally tactile feel, authentic wood grain, visual appeal, and enhanced health benefits.