How Cedar Closets Can Protect Your Valuable Items Of Clothing
Cedar Closets
Cedar closets have been used for many decades to house clothing, and many claims have been made for cedar’s ability to repel clothes moths and other expensive and inconvenient nuisances. Often, this has been dismissed as old wives’ tales, after all why should any one type of wood be any more effective than another at seeing off pests? Nevertheless, we are now seeing science prove the value of cedar as a material to protect your valuable items of clothing. If you want to cut the risk of having damaged and ruined clothes, it is time to think about returning to cedar.
There are other benefits of a cedar closet. This hard wearing wood is easy to clean and maintain, and it can withstand many years of use. If you are in the process of redecorating your bedroom, think about having cedar furniture installed. If you are not thinking of a full redecorating, there are still steps you can take to give your existing furniture some of the appearance, and even some of the attributes, of a cedar paneled range.
The easiest and cheapest option is to use what are known as wafer board panels. These are just extremely thin pieces of wood which you can attach to your existing furniture. It is possible to give your furniture a totally new appearance for a fraction of the expense of buying completely new furniture. While this will give you some of the benefits of cedar, it is not as effective as having a full set of cedar furniture. It will also not look as aesthetic as a full cedar solution.
Plywood panels are a step up from wafer board panels. They basically do exactly the same job, but the plywood is thicker, more durable, and the overall effect is far more aesthetic and convincing than the very thin panels would be. It is another cheap solution, but far more expensive than the thin panels. Choose this option if you want something slightly more like a real cedar closet, but don’t want to go the significantly higher expense of installing the real thing. The panels can be installed by nailing them on, which will leave an unsightly mark, or by using a wood adhesive.
A set of solid wood cedar planks will create the most aesthetic solution, but this will also be the most expensive way to bring cedar in to your home. This will also be the most effective solution in getting the cedar to do its job of protecting your clothes. If you can afford to pay for this option, it is definitely the right one to choose. You will notice the benefit in the room immediately, even if it is impossible to measure the protection you are getting from moths and other pests. You will still notice the fine quality of good cedar closets.