Mango Wood is an extremely beautiful hardwood and having been used as a sustainable resource for furniture throughout Southeast Asia for decades, is becoming very popular in the West, especially due to it’s far greater sustainability over other popular hardwoods such as oak or teak.
Mango Wood is so sustainable due to it’s primary use as a fruit tree. Mango trees are large trees, growing as tall as 100 feet in height and up to 5 feet in diameter. As the older, larger Mango trees stop producing fruit, the mango farmers cut down these massive trees to plant more fruit-bearing trees. This Mango wood is then sold by the farmers to produce beautiful Mango Furniture.
We’ve worked hard to find you a massive selection of beautiful Mango Wood Furniture, all available to buy online in the UK to be delivered direct to your door.
The fantastic rustically styled Baku Dark range is handmade by skilled Indian craftsmen using dovetail joints, wooden dowelling, and nothing but the finest 100% solid hardwood. This beautiful collection features a dark stained semi-distressed look, complimented by natural rustic forged iron work.
The Baku Range features rustic asian styling that will take pride of place in any style of home.
Baku Light – Charming Rustic Mango Furniture Collection The Baku Light range is a charmingly rustic collection, handmade using dovetail joints and wooden dowelling, in beautiful 100% solid Mango hardwood. This original design will quickly become the central attraction of any household. The charming Baku Light range will compliment and enhance any style of home. [...]
Corsica Brown Teak – Traditional Oriental Rustic Collection. The Corsica Brown Teak range is manufactured from 100% solid mango hardwood. Hand finished in natural teak oil, the range has an attractive burnished brown look and a cross design detail, inspired by traditional Oriental design. Each of the pieces in the Corsica Brown Teak range are [...]
The fabulously modern Cube range is an extensive collection of hardwood furniture, designed to fit in with today’s modern lifestyle. The collection includes a huge number of pieces (28 and counting) of Living Room and Dining Room Furniture including: Rectangular and Corner TV/Media Unit, CD/DVD storage, E-shaped Shelf Units, “Hole” Style Shelf Units, two Coffee Tables, two Dining Tables, Side Tables and more.
Mantis Dark – Contemporary Distressed-Look Mango Furniture Collection. The entire Mantis furniture range is painstakingly handmade by skilled Indian craftsmen from 100% solid Mango hardwood and really shows the natural beauty of this most exquisite wood. With a purely simplistic design and a rich dark finish that compliments this authentic Indian wood to perfection. The [...]
Mantis Light Contemporary Furniture The Mantis Light range will add an individual touch of exotic style to any room in your house. A contemporary design with traditional Indian and far eastern influences, this beautiful mango furniture range has a highly varied grain, meaning each piece has its own individual character. The Mantis Light solid hardwood [...]
The Pablo Dark Mango Furniture range is a delicious fusion of contemporary style and design with traditional handmade Indian craftsmanship. Finished in a deep dark stain with a hand-applied bee’s wax top coat, this stunning collection is built to withstand the rigours of everyday life.
The rustic styled Sumba dining and living room furniture range is made from lightly stained solid mango hard wood and provides a warm, relaxed look in any home. The range features solid tongue and groove tops, panelled doors with flush wood dowel detail and light brass knobs.
The stunning Tangier range is a rustic, classically styled collection of solid, hand-made pieces. The entire collection is packed full of charming rustic features such as carved panel detail and hand forged handles. Finished in a beautiful honey colour, the Tangier range is sure to look at home in any space be it traditional or contemporary styled.
This versatile range contains pieces for the bedroom, living room and dining room, including a stunning solid mango bed, coffee table and dresser, along with some wonderful pieces that will fit into any contemporary styled room.
The attractive Tokyo Dark mango furniture range blends quality Indian mango wood with modern contemporary designs influenced by the Far East, most notably an influence from classical Japanese furniture. The sweeping curves that are a feature of each piece give a distinctively Oriental feel, whilst remaining both modern and stylish. This dark stained range will look fantastic in any modern household.
Combining rustic hand-forged ironwork with solid mango hard wood, the strikingly quirky Valencia Forge range really is something a little bit different. The chunky, modern character of the solid wood contrasts beautifully with the slender elegance of the ironwork lending the collection an air of mystery and a fairytale quality. The range also features a number of more traditionally styled pieces including some lovely modern cube-style items and designer pieces.
Mango Fruit
Mango wood is the hardwood timber cultivated from the mango fruit tree (Mangifera indica). Native to the Indian subcontinent but also grown the world over in any place where the climate is frost free, notably in India, much of East Asia, Brazil and Mexico, the mango tree is grown primarily as a fruit bearing tree.
The mango tree is an extremely large, long-lived species which can grow as tall as 100 feet in height and 5 feet in diameter. Like most hardwood trees native to tropical climates it is an evergreen tree with leaves which change from red to green and small white flowers. The fruit is consumed all over the world and is a very common ingredient in Indian and East-Asian cuisine.
While mango trees are an extremely long-lived species, as the tree ages it will eventually stop producing fruit. Once a tree reaches this stage, it is cut down and replanted and the trunk is used for beautiful mango wood timber. In its native India, the timber is commonly crafted into furniture, culinary equipment, vases, bowls and decorative carvings and is becoming more and more popular in Western countries.
Mango wood is a hard, dense timber, although is far lighter than most other hardwoods such as teak or oak. Its beautiful grain is often made up of many different colours and tones, ranging from a dark or light green through browns and light tan colours. This stunning grain looks lovely in its natural form but looks even better with a coat or two of beeswax polish and provides a look that betters with age.
The wood, though strong, is easy to cut and shape and as such, it lends itself beautifully to carving or turning as this allows the full range of colours to show through on the surface of the piece. The fantastic grain of the wood also looks beautiful crafted into large flat panels such as those used in more modern cube style furniture, especially larger pieces such as dining tables, bookcases or sideboards.
Mango wood timber products are one of the most sustainable timber products on the planet, being made from what is essentially a waste by-product of the massive mango fruit industry in Asia. As the trees are continually being cut down to create space for younger trees which will produce more fruit, it would be a shame to waste such a valuable and decorative commodity hence the mango farmers sell on the timber to subsidise their livelihood.
The fair-trade mango furniture pieces and decorative items found in much of the western world are mainly produced in India by highly skilled, traditional craftsmen before being exported to other countries. As the cost of living in India is far lower than that of the western world, coupled with the fact that the mango wood is recycled from what is essentially a waste product, means that mango wood furniture is a very affordable alternative to many more common hardwoods and provides a good income for the skilled farmers and craftsmen that create it.
Natural Beeswax Polish
Solid hardwood furniture should receive regular treatment with a quality finishing product at least three to four times a year. We recommend you use a natural creamed beeswax polish to keep your Mango wood looking its best. Not only does beesax produce a deep lustrous shine but it is also a low odour, clean smelling polish so will not fill your home with nasty chemical smells like other products.
Applying beeswax polish is not difficult:
Natural Bees wax polish can be easily obtained from good hardware stores, many large supermarkets or ordered online from Amazon.co.uk.
Before you make the decision to furnish your home with quality hardwood furniture, it is essential to be mindful of the various characteristics of solid hardwood products.
As hardwoods are a natural material, many small defects may be noticeable in your furniture. This only adds to the charm and individuality of the piece, ensuring that no two items are ever identical. Every single piece of solid wood furniture is a unique piece and this is the main reason why many people choose to buy solid wood over veneered man-made boards.
In its natural environment, hardwood trees expand and contract due to changes in moisture levels. This is an inherent characteristic of the living tree as they absorb the water used in photosynthesis to allow the growth of the plant. It may be surprising to discover that even once the tree has been felled, sawn and crafted into a stylish piece of furniture, the process of expansion and contraction continues as the cell structure of the wood adjusts to the variations in moisture.
Before being crafted into the items you will use to furnish your home, the hardwood is usually kiln-dried to a moisture level of around 16%. This level is a good average moisture level to dissuade the wood from further expansion in most homes, however, the moisture level in all but the most climatically-controlled homes can be susceptible to change and therefore the furniture in the home will continue to expand and contract. This is the same process that causes floorboards to creak at night for no apparent reason.
There are many ways furniture manufacturers choose to relieve or fight against this expansion: Regular protection from the elements with a natural product such as Beeswax or Danish Oil helps to prevent the drying and splitting of hardwoods in varying humidity. Solidly constructed joints such as dovetail or mortice and tenon joints not only hold the wood together firmly but also allow for the natural movement of the wood.
No other furniture compares to solid hardwood furniture for its charm, beauty or solidity. Provided your furniture is well looked after, it will in most cases last a lifetime and will even provide joy to future generations as a much loved heirloom.
Well cared-for furniture will last a lifetime and will look fantastic all year round. We recommend the following tips to keep your home furnishings looking at their best:
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