Have you ever seen wooden furniture that looks like used wood? usually looks dull gray or look like useless logs. If you have ever seen wooden furniture such as tables, chairs or various wooden decorations that look like used wood, now the wooden furniture is usually finished with driftwood finishing types.

Driftwood described as woods left over from the flow of water or waves on beaches and rivers. So this driftwood looks dull and light. Driftwood is the wood left over from felling trees, the rest of twigs, branches or wood from the remnants of handicrafts that thrown into the sea or river and have been washed by water for certain time. Well, the used wood turns out to be widely used for various crafts or furniture to decorate the house.

Driftwood, often called used wood, gives inspiration for finishing techniques so to make dull used wood finishing or looks wet due to water running for a certain time. Finally, this finishing technique has become very popular because it turns out very nicely applied to various types of wood furniture such as tables, chairs, cabinets, coffee tables and even wall decorations.

The history of driftwood from Europe states that based on Norse mythology, said that the first humans in the world, named Ask and Embla, were formed from two driftwood by the god Odin and his brothers, Vili and Ve. Driftwood was found used for human life the first time as a boat by the Inuit. This wood is down in the arctic river. However, driftwood is mostly used as firewood.

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