Once the style is decided, the next step is to choose the materials.

Determining the style is not a simple task, and the same is true for the selection of materials.

Many people say that decoration is actually a bottomless pit, and you can spend as much money as you have...... This is not a lie, because there are really too many cherished materials in this world, and ordinary materials certainly don't cost much, but what if you use those precious and rare materials? Especially those top building materials, which may be a palm-sized piece, is equivalent to the price of 100 square meters of ordinary building materials, which is really unaffordable for ordinary people if it is used in a large area. Not to mention ordinary people, even those famous local tyrants or even super local tyrants, when decorating their own homes, it is impossible to use all rare building materials, at most they are used in a large area in some important places.

Zhou Fangyuan wants to renovate the club, and he also faces such a problem.

The style can't be improved, and when you meet someone who knows how to do it, you can see at a glance that these things are worthless. But what if you want to use a large area? The interior part of such a club may need hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars to fill the holes, to be honest, he is still a little reluctant, so he can only discuss with the designer to use rare building materials in important places, those that are not very important, such as corridors, halls, use some relatively ordinary building materials.

To say that this rare building material, in fact, to put it bluntly, is mainly wood and stone.

These two are the most common and the most important part.

In terms of wood, the designer provided Zhou Fangyuan with a list, which densely recorded many of the world's top woods, each of which is extremely expensive, and it is naturally very precious.

Since ancient times, these rare woods have been used by royalty or wealthy families to make expensive furniture or decoration materials, these furniture or ornaments are intricately made, finely carved, and some have even been handed down to modern times, these woods have been the favorite of dignitaries or royalty since ancient times, and they are also the best materials for making all kinds of exquisite artworks.

For example, East African black sandalwood, also known as ebony, ebony, black rosewood, purple sandalwood, rhinoceros horn rosewood, African ebony, Mozambique ebony, Senegal ebony and so on. The shape of the log is ugly, twisted and hollow, and the processing is also relatively difficult, the yield is low, most of them are straight, the grain is uniform and fine, slightly oily, the sapwood is narrow, white to light yellow, and the heartwood is dark purple-brown with black stripes. Sandalwood is a flowering plant in the legume family, native to the seasonally arid regions of Africa, from eastern Senegal to Eritrea and south to northeastern South Africa, the tree is an important wood species in its native region, used to make musical instruments and fine furniture.

The East African black sandalwood on the market is mostly untreated round wood, with a radius of 20-30 cm, but also 40-50 cm, with a length of 2-3 meters, and the sapwood is very thin, grayish to yellow, and the heartwood is purple-black. The wood is twisted and "S" shaped, and the gray bark is irregularly raised, warped and cracked, so some people call it "hedgehog red sandalwood" because of the shape of the log. East African sandalwood logs are not only ugly in appearance, but also often hollow. The market price is about 7000-80000 yuan/ton. Although the logs of East African black sandalwood are not good-looking, the yield rate is not high, generally less than 20%, and the yield rate of high-end furniture is 6-8%, but the material is more prominent.

Sandalwood, sandalwood is the most common and widely used wood in the world, it is a wood from sandalwood trees, the wood is yellow in color, heavy and has fine particles, wood is popular for its pleasant fragrance, this fragrance can even last for decades, sandalwood is mainly found in Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Indonesia, Hawaii, Australia and other places, wood is widely used in the oil industry, due to its medicinal properties, it is also used in cosmetics, and the fragrance emitted by wood is also a favorite of various religions。

Since ancient times, China has believed that red sandalwood is one of the most precious woods, and it is mostly used as a material for cars, musical instruments, high-end furniture and other delicate utensils. See the records of the Eastern Han Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, due to the love of the royal family and the princes and nobles, the red sandalwood furniture of the Ming Dynasty seemed to be coarse, but it was carved with spirit and high spirits.

The Ming Dynasty court used red sandalwood to purchase in the south of our country at first, and then because of the lack of wood, then sent personnel to Nanyang to purchase regularly, so a lot of red sandalwood was stored, because the red sandalwood grew slowly, not hundreds of years can not be made, the red sandalwood of the South Seas was almost exhausted by the Ming Dynasty, the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, most of the red sandalwood produced in the world are gathered in our country. Inventories from the Ming Dynasty were also used in the early Qing Dynasty. After the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the inventory was used up, and the supply was interrupted for a while, so after the middle of the Qing Dynasty, mahogany was used to replace red sandalwood in the production of furniture.

It is said that there is a 15-centimeter-long red sandalwood coffin model in front of Napoleon's tomb, and visitors are all amazed. Later, when Westerners came to the capital and saw all kinds of large-scale utensils, they knew that the elites of red sandalwood were all gathered here. So he bought and transported back to China. The vast majority of the surviving rosewood artifacts in Europe and the United States were transported from the capital, which shows the rarity of rosewood furniture.

Ebony, ebony has many different species, it is a very dense hardwood, it can sink into water, the wood is black, the texture is delicate, it is a precious decorative wood, the surface is smooth after polishing, the use of ebony has a long history, ebony fragments have been found in many tombs in ancient times, in recent years, ebony is mainly used to make small items such as crosses and black pianos, violins, guitars and other musical instruments or parts, in the traditional sense of chess, black chess pieces are also made of ebony.

The price of ebony is 3000-5000 yuan/kg, which has medicinal value and is said to be a very spiritual wood.

Agarwood, agarwood, is a type of wood that is produced by mold infection, before the infection, the wood is odorless, light colored, light weight, after infection, the wood will give off its aroma and become jet black and dense, due to its fragrance makes agarwood important in many cultures, and is used as a perfume and incense, due to over-cutting, this wood has now become very scarce, the best quality agarwood is very expensive, the price can reach $100,000/kg.

Purple ivory, don't get me wrong, this is not really ivory, but a kind of ivory wood. Pink ivory wood, also known as red ivory, purple ivory, etc., is a hardwood from Africa that is used to make different types of products such as knife handles and billiard cues, the tree is mainly found in Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe, in order to protect this wood, it can only be cut with the permission of the African government, the density of the wood is 990g/dm cube, which is very hard.

Iron pear wood, also known as healing wood, is a kind of excellent wood, named because of its "high hardness", has extremely high economic value, medicinal value, 80% is used in shipbuilding, all countries are regarded as rare and important timber resources. The wood is native to tropical Asia and is widely distributed in India, Myanmar, Laos, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Ceylon, Sri Lanka and the Malay Peninsula. In India there are often large areas of natural forests. At present, there is no natural distribution in China, and there are only a large number of small mature forests in southwest China.

The wood is also known as iron power wood, stone salt, iron edge, iron chestnut wood. It is the tallest and less valuable of the hardwood species. The heartwood is bright reddish-brown to light purple-brown, with purple-red stripes, the wood has weak luster, a slightly thin structure, a deep interlaced texture, and a landscape-like pattern on the chord surface, without special smell and taste. Iron power is very similar to the color of wenge. In fact, Tieli wood has rough grains and prominent mane, which is not difficult to distinguish from wenge. The price is about 30-400,000 yuan/ton, and its hardness is very large, and it can even be used to build houses.

Purple heartwood, which grows in the rainforests of South and Central America, mainly from the rainforests of Brazil, Suriname and Guyana, has a medium-sized tree, 30-50 meters high, the wood is very hard and waterproof, this wood is expensive because it turns from light brown to purple when cut. It is suitable for heavy structures, high-end furniture, flooring, interior and exterior decoration, carving, jewelry boxes, rotary products, musical instruments, shipbuilding, acid-resistant barrels, sports equipment, sleepers, mining pillars, electric poles, etc., and the price is also expensive for machines.

Mahogany, originally refers to the red hardwood, there are many varieties; after the eighties of the last century, people's demand for rosewood is increasing, the industry urgently needs to be standardized, the state standardizes the rosewood according to the density and other indicators, and the rosewood is standardized as: two families, five genera, eight categories, and twenty-nine species. Mahogany because of slow growth, hard material, growth period is more than hundreds of years, native to the south of our country a lot of mahogany, as early as the Ming and Qing dynasties were cut down very little, today's mahogany, most of them are produced in Southeast Asia, Africa, the southeast and southern regions of our country have cultivated and introduced cultivation.

Mahogany is widely distributed and grows in the tropical regions of South America, Central America, Madagascar, South Asia and Africa, the wood is strong, tough, durable, and can maintain its shape for a long time, mainly used in high-quality furniture, sporting goods, plywood, railway sleepers, etc. This mahogany, it is too famous, with the economic and social development in recent years, with traditional cultural characteristics of Chinese mahogany furniture has been recognized and loved by more and more people, the rapid growth of mahogany furniture demand directly promoted the rapid expansion of the mahogany market, these factors have prompted mahogany raw material production enterprises to continue to expand the scale of production, unlicensed, unlicensed small enterprises and workshops have also joined the ranks of competition in the mahogany market.

Naturally, the price of mahogany is also rising with the tide, such as those more famous varieties, and the price is simply breaking through the sky.

Sandalwood red sandalwood, also known as small leaf red sandalwood, Indian small leaf red sandalwood, the price is basically about 2 million / ton. Fragrant sandalwood, commonly known as Hainan Huanghua pear, Hainan incense branch, the price has reached 9 million / ton. Yue incense stick, commonly known as Vietnamese yellow pear, Vietnamese incense stick. The price is 1.5 million/ton. Cochin sandalwood, commonly known as big red sour branch, Cambodian red sour branch, Lao red sour branch, Thai red sour branch, etc. The price is slightly cheaper, but it is also around 250,000 yuan/ton.

Among the varieties of mahogany that can be bought in the current market, red sour branches and old sour branches furniture have the most appreciation potential. Judging the value of mahogany furniture, it depends on its scientific research value and market recognition. Among them, the scientific research value refers to the academic value of furniture in the history of furniture, furniture genre and furniture technology. The higher the scientific research value, the higher the collection value and investment potential.

The material is optimistic about the red acid branch, and now the price is not high, and the price of purple and yellow is at a high level!

In terms of material, the appreciation potential of red sandalwood furniture should be greater, and the slightly inferior red sour branch materials, etc., should also be compared with other red materials according to the annual import volume and inventory of red sandalwood, and find out the reasonable corresponding price comparison relationship between them.

Rare is expensive, mahogany furniture family is huge, if you distinguish from the material, style, can be divided into many types. Among them, the rarer the production and the more precious the material, the more favored the furniture, and the second is retro furniture. The antique mahogany furniture on the current market is dominated by Ming and Qing style furniture, and under the influence of the trend of simplicity, the Ming style mahogany furniture with simple lines in the past two years is obviously more sought after. In addition, there will still be a number of exquisite craftsmanship of the new antique Qing style furniture to the market, this kind of antique Qing style furniture will take a more atmospheric design route, mainly for large areas of villas, luxury house customers; Blindly imitating antique, there is no innovation. Therefore, some new antique mahogany furniture that integrates classical and modern styles is gradually heating up. Such as a well-known mahogany brand and other soft mahogany furniture.

Rosewood, the wood is divided into 16 species, of which 13 are in the tropics, 3 are in South America, the trees are usually 40-50 meters high, the trunk diameter is 1-2 meters, rosewood is one of the best woods, usually used to make pianos and other musical instruments, such as guitars, drums, etc., wood is also used to produce high-quality furniture and high-end interiors of cars, such as knobs, handles, etc.

The grain of rosewood is clear and beautiful, the wood color is yellow and red, thicker than the yellow pear wood, and the grain is straight, slightly worse than the yellow pear, and there is no pleasant fragrance. Sawdust is green when soaked in water, and hand wounds are easy to be infected when wet, and are slightly toxic. There is this tree species in the south of our country, but the number is not much, and a large number of materials are mainly imported. As the finest wood for furniture, rosewood has extraordinary properties. This characteristic is not easy to crack, not easy to deform, easy to process, easy to carve, clear texture and fragrance, etc., coupled with the exquisite skills of the craftsmen, rosewood furniture has become a model of classical furniture. The price per ton is about 18,000 yuan, which is really expensive.

Grown in Central and South America and Mexico, it is expensive due to its scarcity and is used to make doors and furniture, and is the best material for making top-quality musical instruments.

There is actually not much news about this wood, including the designer who proposed to Zhou Fangyuan, because the amount of wood itself is very scarce, and there are not many exports, it is very difficult to start, not that you can't get it, but it is meaningless, just the wood above, if it is used in a large area, it is enough for Zhou Fangyuan to drink a pot, as for the kind of wood that is extremely difficult to get your hands on, it is impossible to put it into the list of choices.

Zhou Fangyuan is not a masochist, and he doesn't like to slap a swollen face and become fat, of course he hopes that the club can be decorated very well, but he also has to do what he can, such expensive wood, to be honest, he really can't afford it. Just take a look, it's not a big problem to use it in a small area, but use it in a large area? Hehe, don't be kidding.