Characteristics Of High Quality Hotel Furniture

By Author: Jamie Hanson
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If you are trying to make a very expensive statement with your hotel and you want the best furniture possible, you need to be able to spot high quality furniture and distinguish it from lower quality furniture pieces. I have created sort of a checklist or high point of thoughts to look out for when you are shopping for your hotel furniture to make sure that your vendor is not substituting lower or medium quality hotel furniture and trade it off as the top of the line.

When examining the hotel furniture samples, the first place we look are the joints and how they are connected. High quality furniture is built to last and ultimately your property should be able to resell it to other properties or positively on the secondary market. Superior construction will show you doweling and then the glue application with proper screw. If you observe, mortise and tenon joints, which are the most labor intensive types of joining, that are a bit tip off to overall excellence of the piece. The next best in joining is dovetails or even mitering is better than just shoving two boards together. If the bottom of the drawer is not ...
... properly glued it will tend to "float" according to the change in humidity.

For high quality hotel furniture we like to see kiln dried woods that take away as much of the moisture as possible so later the wood will not split when humidity conditions change. We also like to see some of the more expensive woods like cherry, maple or oak on the outside with visible grain. The pieces will appear like the wood on the outside was specially selected just for that piece rather than just a random grain pattern. The grains should match throughout the piece.

Some of the more vague measures for the hotel furniture are the overall feel. If I put a television on top of the dresser or piece there should be no shifting or creaking. The drawers should glide in and out easily and there should not be any gaps amid drawers if they are not part of the design. If there are doors, they should close smoothly and be perfectly aligned. The drawer pulls and knobs should be the best quality possible. The rear portion of the furniture is equally important to look better and finished properly.

You should know and feel quality when you see it in great hotel furniture. Use my guide for further research on it.

Writer is a freelance writer specializing in wholesale furniture and hotel furniture.