Wood Types and Examples
Black Walnut
A high end wood with a beautiful dark brown grain structure. A great fit for any furniture type with good hardness and durability.
Walnut fits well in most rooms and styles given its timeless high end look.
Cherry
A classic hardwood often used in cabinetry given its excellent orange brown colour and understated beauty.
Roughly as hard as walnut, the durability is standard for hardwoods.
Maple
An incredibly durable hardwood with a modern very light straight grain patter. Maple comes in both hard and soft variants, though we only use hard maple given its durability benefits.
Poplar
One of the softest "hardwoods" poplar is often viewed as a great wood for painting given its relatively low price point when compared to other hardwoods.
Poplar has a wide array of grain types and colours, making it one of the most unique woods for unique projects.
Mahogany
A very high end hardwood with a rich grain and colour that deepens as the wood ages. Mahogany encompasses a wide array of sub-species all with a similar though not identical look leading to lots of minor variety piece to piece.
Sapele
Similar to mahogany with a slightly darker grain, Sapele is incredibly resistant to the elements leading to it being a great fit for high end outdoor furniture.
Jatoba (Brazilian Cherry)
Most often used for flooring given its incredible hardness Jatoba, often called Brazilian Cherry, has a deep red colour and often comes with a premium given its immense hardness and tendency to quickly dull tools used on it.
Cedar
Most often used for planters or fencing cedar is very resistant to the elements, and it is a cost effective wood given its quick growing nature.
Cedar is soft and very knotty, which can add a great "cabin vibe" to a room.
Spruce
Spruce is most often used in construction given its low cost and factory farmed nature. Spruce is a soft wood that is often painted given its fairly bland look and frequent defects.
Charred spruce can have a unique look with very distinctive differences between the grain in the wood.