" Hi, We are planning to move from Sweden to Malaysia in September. We are thinking of bringing some own furniture, but were advised not to do so because of the differnt climatic conditions. Could anybody explain what happens if you move wooden furniture from Europe to Malaysia and the other way around? also tips to avoid possible dammage would be very welcome. best regards, George "

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" wooden furniture Hi, yes we had this problem, only the other way around. We moved from Malaysia to Poland and took along our furniture. Due to the heating at home the air was dry and deviod of any moisture, so the furniture developed cracks. Now we are back in Malaysia with some cracked furniture. You will have this problem, the air here is very heavy with moisture. Unless you consider buying a few de-humidifiers (key is DE). It also depends on what kind of wood you are thinking of bringing. My suggestion is that if it is the expensive kind of furniture you are advised to leave it behind, if that will not cost you to much. You get very good furniture here and can treat the wood with oils over the time you stay so that you can take them back. Another solution is to treat your furniture, since you have a few months b4 you move. You should use wood preservation oils, speak to an expert at a DIY store and they should be able to advise you. Regards, Sid I can be contacted at sidrpm@hotmail.com if you need any further help "

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" Hi Sid! Well, I am not exactly sure of the scientific explanations, but in plain words here is why you might not want to bring your wooden furniture here to Malaysia- IT WILL CRACK! The fibres or cells or something in the wood slowly expand and contract in response to different levels of HUMIDITY, and this is a very humid country. If your country is fairly dry, then the wood will be used to that. If you suddenly plop your wooden furniture down into a very humid place, the change will cause the wood to swell (I think). Upon then moving back to a dry place it will crack (I think that''s right). You could check this out by looking for wood/furniture wepages and maybe try to verify this. A guy I know here told me that not long ago he bought an antique guitar from someone who had kept it in an un-air-conditioned (read: humid!) house for years. It played fine. It looked fine. He took it to his place and put it into an air-conditioned room, and he actually HEARD the wood as it cracked, and could see the fine crack that went right up the center, thus ruining the guitar. It nows hangs on a wall as an expensive decoration! If you are going to be in good financial shape while over here you could BUY furniture here. But then if you are planning to take it back you run the same risk with it cracking once you get it back home. There''s also the possibility that if you are coming to work and the company is offering to set you up in a house or condo there might already be some basic furniture for you to use included in the deal, so you won''t have to bother with it all. Hope this helps! Tina Koyama tinaweener81@hotmail.com "

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