TL;DR Pine furniture is revolting

Pine wood makes by far and away the worst furniture. Specifically, that orange-yellow variety. Setting aside arguments of sustainability- which can be complex when discussing pine(1)- it is aesthetically the most hideous wood out there. This is an opinion formed largely by association: its strong association with the rustic (kitchen) look both dates it and damns your interiors to look anything other than a bad job at a rustic style.(2)

The most potent downside is the way it interacts with light. If you were to have a white painted room absolutely full to the brim of this orangey pine, it would cast a faint yellow wash over the whole room. It’s dim, dank and dull. By far the worst offender is the bedroom set, beloved by landlords up and down the country(3). Enormous wardrobes; robust dressers and dressing tables (for the more moneyed tenant). Always, always with plywood backing that gives out after a few years and traps your knickers in the small gap made between the base and the back. Its only competitor for the title of most egregious material is the sort of laminated beech affair that makes you feel as if you are living in an office. If you’d like to feel particularly like you’re living in a student dive you should pair it with a cream popcorn wall.

Caveat to all of the above- extended griping about your furniture is something not everyone is able to do. Sometimes it is perhaps best to stop and think whether it’s really; truly that much of a problem that you have a bedroom set to complain about (even though it is objectively foul). Perhaps limit your griping to your private thoughts- or entitled posts online. Any of the above.

1. https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/the-good-wood-guide-ecofriendly-options-for-furnishing-your-home-5333472.html
2. https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/80s-kitchens-style-251988
3. https://www.landlord-furniture.com/pine-bedroom-set.html

TL;DR Pine furniture may be revolting, but there is nothing worse than mirrored furniture.

I believe that floor-to-ceiling wardrobe doors, cabinets and bedside drawers, should not be mirrored. Despite their supposed ability of creating the illusion of increase space and light, mirrored furniture is unappealing, boring and a lazy addition to interior design. This isn’t just a personal preference either, in a study conducted by mattress online blog site, they found that ‘glam furniture’, including mirrored pieces, is the second most hated interior items in the bedroom, with 26% of men and 18% of women voting such, with only ‘sports memorabilia’ being more hated and even then there was a considerable female bias.

https://www.mattressonline.co.uk/blog/sleep-news/interior-design-deal-breakers/

Pine can make good furniture.

Firstly, pine is a stiff wood so is durable and strong. It is also light in weight in comparison to other woods resulting in it being easy to move around. Furthering this pine as a wood is also significantly cheaper than oak for example. Therefore, if you are on more of a budget pine might be a good option for you.

Additionally, pine itself comes in different shade, some yellowish but some relatively light. This means that depending on your space, you can choose a different shade of pine showing versatility. Additionally, pine is easy to stain or paint. As pine is cheaper than a wood like oak, it means that there is more money in the budget to stain it to the colour you would prefer rather than spending lots of money on another wood only to paint over it.

Resources:
https://www.houseofoak.co.uk/blog/post/oak-vs-pine#:~:text=Due%20to%20the%20time%20it,for%20furniture%20compared%20to%20pine.&text=Pine%20is%20extremely%20sturdy%2C%20but,of%20time%20compared%20to%20pine.

https://medium.com/@annuwebphantoms/is-pinewood-good-for-furniture-their-pros-and-cons-b14b39e61253