The Advantages of Wood Letters

Wood has always been a popular material for homes and offices. It is used in buildings and is also a prominent material for decorations. The versatility of wood can further be exemplified by decorative wood letters as they are compared to other letter décors made with different materials. Inherently rustic-looking, wood décors or ornaments remain ubiquitous despite the appearance of newer materials.

Letter décors, defined simply, are decorative objects that bear letters. They are available as blocks, tiles, or boards with the letters etched, painted, or engraved on the surface. Some can also appear as the shape of a letter, without backgrounds or borders. Others may be attached to form words, phrases, or even sentences. They are popular home and office decorations placed on tabletops, serving as paperweights, or hung on walls. The letters can serve as decorations and/or as labels. Offices may use them to spell out company names or slogans. In homes, they are represented by those ostentatious “Welcome” or “Home Sweet Home” wall decors.

Some of the common letter décor materials are metals, plastics and foams, stencils, and vinyl. Each has distinguishing features, advantages, and disadvantages. Each also serves different but not mutually exclusive functions.

• The metallic letter decors are heavy, durable, and generally are more expensive compared with wood letters. They can be made of aluminum, brass, copper, bronze, stainless steel, wrought iron, or other more expensive or valuable metals.

• The plastics and high density foam types are characteristically light and are more suitable for decorating children’s rooms or schools. They usually come in attractive, child-friendly colors.

• Stencils are typically intended for creating letter decors on walls. The stencil is not the décor itself but is used to produce or impress the letter décor on the wall. Stencils have the advantage of providing a wider choice of designs.

• The vinyl letter décors are comparable to the stencil. They do not become letter décors unless they are arranged or adhered on the wall or some other flat surface. The vinyl is commonly regarded a cheap and convenient wall letter decorating option.

Compared to metallic letter decors, wood letters are not as durable. However, wood letters are way cheaper and are easier to find. Wooden letters may not be used as a gigantic company name signage on a building’s façade. They can, however, be used indoors to label cubicles or offices.

Plastics and foams make good decorations for nursery rooms and wooden letters can do the same. Wooden decors can be painted and hung on walls as blocks of floating letters. They can also be tiles stuck to walls to spell out words and phrases. Plastics may be light and inexpensive but they are not natural and eco-friendly.

In contrast to the fixed appearance and limitedness of wood, stencils offer a greater array of design choices. They are however permanent and immovable. Once the stenciled designs are posted on the wall, they stay there permanently. Likewise, cleaning them could be quite a chore. Wooden letters can be assembled and moved as so desired. Using wooden letter decors doesn’t involve any painting or any tedious work with stencils and masking. Additionally, wood letters are not limited to adorning walls.

Comparing vinyl letters to wood, on the other hand, can be comparison of costs and convenience of use. Vinyl is cheaper but the designs or patterns are yet to be assembled. In contrast, wooden letters are usable as they come out of their boxes. Vinyl is also practically limited to wall decorating, whereas wooden letters can be displayed as tabletop decorations or used as paperweights.

The aforementioned comparisons may not make for good design and decorating arguments. Nonetheless, they highlight the features that make wood a standard and a favorite décor material that holds its own against the rest. It’s just not easily possible to ignore or forget about wood. Wood’s versatility can be shown in many ways. It can easily hold paint to assume the semblance of metallic luster. It can be painted pastel or bright colors to mimic plastics and foams. Wooden letter decors can also be fastened to walls. Wooden letters may have strings attached to be hung to the ceiling. Moreover, they can be easily moved to and fro — if versatility is ever an issue.

Certainly, other décor materials also have their advantages. Pitting the good points of wood letter against other materials is merely emphasizing that wood is a standard. It definitely would  be a classic choice in choosing wooden decors.