Redwood: it is Scandinavian, it is not what you are picturing, and it has just landed in a mid-century TV stand we think is worth a proper look. Here is what makes this timber tick, and why it might just beat oak for your next media unit.
What Even Is Scandinavian Redwood?
Despite the name, Scandinavian redwood is not a cousin of California giant sequoias. It is Scots pine, grown slowly in a cold Nordic climate, which gives it a tighter grain and a warmer, honey-gold tone than the fast-grown pine used in flat-pack furniture. It is also one of the more sustainable solid woods you can bring into a living room: Scandinavian forestry famously replants more trees than it fells.
Where oak is dense and forthright, redwood is lighter and takes a hard wax oil stain beautifully. That combination of warmth, lightness and good manners with a finish is exactly why we picked it for our newest piece.
Meet the Solid Wood TV Stand UK Living Rooms Are Switching To
Our Redwood Mid-Century TV Stand is solid Scandinavian redwood from top to bottom, hand-finished in hard wax oil across Dark Oak, Teak or Black. The shelf height adjusts between 35 and 45cm, so it will happily swallow a soundbar and a games console without anyone crouching to find the HDMI ports at 11pm. Widths run from 100cm right up to 300cm, because not every living room wall is a tidy 120cm, and prices start from £295.
Like every Kohba piece, it is delivered fully assembled with free UK mainland delivery, so no wrestling flat-pack panels into place on a Sunday. And because it is a natural hard wax oil finish rather than a sprayed lacquer or a veneer, the wood underneath keeps breathing: scuffs sand out locally instead of needing a full refinish, and the colour only deepens with age.
Redwood Is Not Just for TV Stands
We have used the same timber in our Scandinavian Redwood console table, which comes in Dark Oak, Ebony or a lighter Scandi stain on slim metal hairpin legs. It is proof that one wood species can go properly minimalist or moody depending on the finish you choose, and it is a handy pairing piece if you have gone for the TV stand and want the hallway to match without everything looking identical.
If you would rather stick with something denser underfoot, say for a coffee table taking daily knocks from small humans and coffee mugs, our solid oak coffee tables are the tougher, heavier option. Redwood earns its keep where weight matters more than knock-resistance, like TV stands and consoles; oak earns its keep where things get banged about every day, which is why we still build both.
Quick Care Tips, Whichever Wood You Pick
- Wipe with a barely damp cloth. Standing water is the enemy of any hard wax oil finish, redwood included.
- Reapply hard wax oil once a year on a well-used piece, twice a year if it lives somewhere with direct sun or sits near a radiator.
- Use coasters and mats. Redwood is softer than oak, so heat rings and scratches show a little more readily, though a light sand and re-oil sorts it out in an afternoon.
- Skip silicone-based polishes. They sit on top of the oil rather than feeding the wood, and make re-oiling harder down the line.
- Dust with the grain, not against it, especially on a mid-century piece with visible joinery — it keeps the natural grain lines looking sharp rather than fuzzy.
Whichever timber ends up under your telly, it is solid wood, hand-finished in the UK, and built to outlast whatever streaming service you are subscribed to this year. Have a browse of the TV Stands collection and see which stain wins you over.
