When you are shopping for furniture you may want to remember the following quality checklist items that heirloom-type furniture should meet.
Are all furniture pieces constructed completely of solid wood, including drawer bottoms and backs of cabinets? No veneers, laminates or particle board products should be used.
Do tables have a 1¼˝ thick solid wood?
Do pedestal tables use gear-sliders so that one person can open or close the table?
Do chairs have comfortable dished or upholstered seats and bent back arrows for correct lumbar support?
Are all drawers dove-tailed on all four corners and use heavy-duty full extension ball bearing drawer slides?
Do bedroom cabinets have a cedar panel below the drawers to dust proof the cabinet and give natural fragrance?
Does the furniture have floor levellers on the bottom of the cabinet to prevent rocking on sloped or uneven floors?
Extra-quality options:
hidden, bottom mount full extension drawer slides
solid cedar drawer bottoms
self-storing leaves in dining tables
heirloom furniture begun by nature, and finished by hand