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Hello everyone, I am a wood curator who talks about wood grain professionally and occasionally about design.
When it comes to the best-selling wood on the market, black walnut has to be mentioned. Since the "Walnut Age" in the 16th century, black walnut has been popular for five centuries and is a timeless classic. Using black walnut in your home decoration will never be out of date.
(Black Walnut Tree)
(Black Walnut Logs)
Black walnut can often be seen in furniture, decorative projects, handicrafts and other applications. It is not only a favorite of consumers, but also the favorite wood species of designers.
For example, Shuhei Aoyama, a Japanese designer who is well-known for the variety show "Dream Home Renovation", has applied black walnut elements many times in his design projects, presenting excellent works in different styles.
To achieve the desired effect, designers are obsessed with detail, and master designers are even more particular about the materials they use. So why do discerning designers consistently choose black walnut? And why does it attract so many consumers, who have loved it for centuries?
What is the charm of black walnut? Today, Director Mu will talk to you about it.
Why is black walnut popular?
1. Black is a timeless classic. Among all black woods, black walnut has the best cost performance.
In home decor, black is a timeless classic. It can convey elegance and sophistication, as well as a sense of calm and strength. It can be luxurious or minimalist, and against a black backdrop, any textured piece of furniture stands out. Black is also a versatile color, creating a unique visual experience when paired with different colors.
(Dark Walnut)
Therefore, black walnut is purple-brown to dark brown, with a calm and atmospheric color, delicate wood structure, straight or slightly staggered texture, and fine black stripes. As a black wood, it is deeply loved by designers and consumers.
(Black Walnut Veneer)
Nowadays, light luxury home style is popular. Black, as a neutral color, is the main color for creating light luxury style. Black walnut can perfectly embody the essence of light luxury style - while using black brown wood color to create a low-key atmosphere, the natural grain and texture of the wood are also luxurious and exquisite.
Black woods are not limited to black walnut, but also include ebony. However, compared with ebony, black walnut has a higher cost performance and is more widely used.
2. Black walnut, the "noble of wood", has a historical heritage and a noble temperament
The cultural heritage of black walnut has always attracted people.
Walnut inlaid tables were used in Northern Europe in the Middle Ages; during the European Renaissance, walnut reliefs were widely used and became a favorite of the upper class; in the antique furniture of royal aristocrats preserved to this day in palaces such as the Louvre, Versailles, and Buckingham Palace in Europe, a large number of them used black walnut as the main material; to this day, black walnut is still the first choice for many people when decorating and buying furniture.
Black walnut has been nurtured in the long river of history and the world of aristocracy for hundreds of years. Its calmness comes from history, its luxury comes from the royal family, and its texture and color are full of the aristocratic atmosphere of hundreds of years. It is a symbol of status and the aristocrat among woods.
Newcomers like African sapele and eucalyptus lack the historical heritage of black walnut, the delicate grain cultivated over centuries of growth, or the distinctive quality of black walnut. Black walnut's precious quality is unique.
(The left is black walnut, the right is sapele, you can see that the texture of black walnut is more delicate)
3. Thanks to the vigorous promotion of organizations such as the North American Wood Association
Black walnut has been popular in Europe and the United States for centuries. Later, through the vigorous promotion of organizations such as the North American Wood Association in my country, black walnut has become a prestigious and prestigious wood species. Its widespread application and promotion in furniture and decorative engineering has even made people unfamiliar with the wood industry aware of this precious wood species.
Can't tell the real from the fake? Buy black walnuts with caution!
Take a stroll around the market and you'll find a wide variety of woods marketed as walnut. Walnut belongs to the Juglandaceae family, Juglans L., a genus encompassing approximately 15 species, native to South America, North America, southeastern Europe, and eastern Asia. Examples include European black walnut, American black walnut, West Coast walnut, and English black walnut.
(English walnut on the left, West Coast walnut on the right)
However, the most authentic and expensive ones are only those from Eastern Europe, Western Asia, and the United States. Black walnuts from Africa, Southeast Asia, and other regions are later, and their historical background is far different from that of European and American black walnuts.
(Left: European black walnut, right: American black walnut)
But now black walnut is an endangered species on the market, and its price has been rising year by year. The price of each cubic meter of raw materials has reached tens of thousands.
The high price of black walnut has created a business opportunity for merchants. They often mislabel various woods that do not belong to the Juglans genus as "walnut," thereby confusing consumers. For example, Brazilian walnut, Burmese walnut, and African black walnut are not true walnuts. They are, respectively, Camphorwood, Terminalia terminalia, and Neemwood, but are named so because of their resemblance to walnut.
On the left is Brazilian walnut (green heart camphor wood), on the right is Burmese walnut (Terminalia)
African walnut (African walnut)
Some businesses also imitate ash wood to look like black walnut.
(Left: real black walnut, right: ash (imitation black walnut))
Decorative Applications of Black Walnut