Benefits of Hardwoods

Natural Hardwoods can add a list of benefits to your home.

Stress Relieving Effects – Reduced Tension and Fatigue – A Feeling of Relaxation

Including Regulation of Humidity and Air Quality Improvement

List of Benefits:

  • Stress relieving effects – Using wood in the home can have a measurable effect on human well being.
  • Reduced tension and fatigue – Touching and seeing hardwoods provides a reassuring sense of being close to nature.
  • Relaxation – Wood in the home environment lowers blood pressure and pulse rate.
  • More relaxation properties than other materials – wood feels warmer to the touch than other materials, causing the body to relax.
  • Regulating humidity and improving air quality in your home – Using wood in an indoor environment can help regulate humidity and improve air quality because wood absorbs and releases moisture into the air like a sponge.

References

Physiological Effects of Touching Wood

Wood improves the quality of life. Elucidating the relationship between wood and humans scientifically. Japan Forest Products Journal. Mar 7, 2017. p. 4. (In Japanese)

Ikei H., Song C., Miyazaki Y. Physiological effects of wood on humans: A review. J. Wood Sci. 2017;63:1–23. doi: 10.1007/s10086-016-1597-9. 

Morikawa T., Miyazaki Y., Kobayashi S. Time-series variations of blood pressure due to contact with wood. J. Wood Sci. 1998;44:495–497. doi: 10.1007/BF00833417.