There have been many mentions of bad wood, but none of good wood.
Pine.
Best stuff on earth. It is light-weight, strong, durable, and versitile. You can build some amazing pieces of furniature with it. And you can fake the look of a number of other woods with the right combination of stains or paints. Sand it smooth for a faux marble finish or distress it to look like worm-wood.

Pine is a beauty to behold.

14 years of using Pine and loving it.
( flirting with badgers What? It sounded good at the time., Wed 9 Apr 2008, 18:41, 6 replies)

I prefer
morning wood...
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Wed 9 Apr 2008, 19:55, closed)

I bet you do!
I've heard it can be quite stiff if over-worked.

Edit - I've been told it gets softer if over-worked. My mistake. I'm obviously getting it mixed up with another wood.
( girlinthehole, Wed 9 Apr 2008, 20:12, closed)

There are definately uses for Morning Wood
including polishing it........

But I wouldn't want to use it to build a set of shelves.
( flirting with badgers What? It sounded good at the time., Wed 9 Apr 2008, 20:20, closed)

@ The Resident Loon
I took a leaf out of your book the other day by sending a rather naive colleague of mine down to the local store for some "morning wood sauce". I told him it came from the hottest pepper in the world, which was pinkish in colour, about 8-10 inches long, cylindrical, with a purple tip. Yes, I am a git.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Wed 9 Apr 2008, 21:21, closed)

Heh.
And even with that thorough of a hint he fell for it... *laugh*
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Thu 10 Apr 2008, 1:28, closed)

I wouldn't say that pine
Is that durable, it'll mark or gouge if you so much as look at it.

Other than that, it's pretty good.
I'll take my hardwood over your softwood any day though *ahem*
( Cawl, Thu 10 Apr 2008, 10:02, closed)