Materials

Specify it once.
Build it in one grain.

We buy rough lumber and veneer by the log, sticker it in our own racks, and mill it once the drawings are approved. Six species, four finishes, no substitutions.

How material goes wrong

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Species swapped at the supply house, so the run no longer matches the sample
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Veneer ordered by the sheet, so grain jumps between doors in the same wall
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Finish specified off a chip, then approved under different light on site
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Moisture content ignored, so panels cup through the first heating season
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Edge treatment left to the shop floor, so reveals read differently room to room

How we hold it

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One log, sequenced and stickered in our racks with your job number on it
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Faces laid out on the bench and numbered before a single sheet is cut
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Samples milled from your own material and approved in the room they live in
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Stock acclimatised to 6–8% and read with a meter before it is machined
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Edges, reveals and end grain drawn at full size and carried across every run

The rack

Six species held in stock or sourced in a week

White oak

White oak

Quercus alba

Straight, quiet grain. Our default for slat walls and stair treads.

Rift sawnHardwax oil, matte
Black walnut

Black walnut

Juglans nigra

Warm and figured. Sequenced by the log so a kitchen reads as one board.

Plain sawnPenetrating oil, satin
Fluted oak

Fluted oak

Quercus alba

Half-round flute at 3/4 in centres, radiused on the shop floor.

Machined fluteHardwax oil
Douglas fir

Douglas fir

Pseudotsuga menziesii

Pacific Northwest stock for panelling and ceilings.

Vertical grainClear lacquer
Hard maple

Hard maple

Acer saccharum

Drawer boxes and interiors. Dovetailed, sanded to 220.

Hard rockUnfinished interior
Blackened ash

Blackened ash

Fraxinus americana

For reveals, plinths and the dark edge against pale stone.

Plain sawnEbonised, matte
Finishes

Chosen for how they age, not how they photograph

Hardwax oil

Matte, repairable in place. Our default on oak.

Penetrating oil

Satin, deepens walnut. Recoat every few years.

Conversion varnish

For commercial tops, wet areas and hard-use fixtures.

Ebonised

Iron-acetate on ash and oak, sealed matte.

Samples milled from your own material in five days

Next step

Send us your drawings

A plan set, a photograph or a sketch. You will have a priced scope in four business days, from a person, with a number attached.

Request an estimate (503) 555 0140