Cedars are used in furniture making and were formerly also a popular wood for shipbuilding. Its characteristics are light reddish wood that exudes a characteristic aromatic smell. Mechanically, cedar can be easily worked by hand and by machine. Planed surfaces have a slight sheen, but the tools quickly become blunt due to the resin content.

Completely healthy, large, and fully-grained trunks are very rare. Often one finds either black knots in the burl eyes or a more cluster-like grain, ie burl fields are distributed over the surface and connected by wild structures.

The heartwood is light reddish when fresh, but darkens quickly to the color of the Scots pine when exposed to light and air. It is characterized by the numerous, firmly grown branches that do not break when cut. This makes this wood extremely decorative for interior design.

Oaks that have developed many pin knots are used, but should still be healthy and closed. Knotty oak veneers are used to a small extent in series furniture production, but mostly in interior design. Otherwise, see European oak. Mechanically, Despite its hardness, oak can be worked well with all tools. Planed surfaces are very smooth. Profiles and turning work can be carried out with good results.

Used as veneer wood, large dimensions compared to other European woods (60 cm diameter and more), furniture and parquet wood, chipboard, excellent bending wood (seating furniture), well suited for workbenches, good construction wood. One of the most common woods in Europe is produced as a veneer in steamed, white, and old white. Since the mid-1990s, beech has been a distinctly fashionable wood in the veneer and solid wood sector.

Laurel burl has a golden-greenish sheen that is exceptionally intense after surface treatment and creates special optical effects. Since the wood is resistant to insect infestation, very well-preserved pieces of furniture can still be found in China today.