6 Wooden TV Stands With Natural Grain You’ll Love

The wooden TV stands with the most beautiful natural grain tend to fall into six families: oak with its arching cathedral figure, walnut with its deep flowing patterns, mango wood with its warm spalted streaks, acacia with bold contrasting stripes, reclaimed pine full of knots and history, and pale ash or elm with an open, lively grain. Each has a distinct personality, and each suits a slightly different room. In this article we look at all six in turn, describing what the grain looks like, how it feels in a real living room, which interiors it complements and what to bear in mind about colour, weight and care. We then explain how to choose between them based on your flooring and light, how to style the top of the stand so the timber remains the star, and how to look after a natural finish so the grain keeps its depth over the years....