Maple
Soft maple is a dense, generally straight-grained hardwood. The colors vary from a grayish white in the sapwood to a white/reddish brown in the heartwood. Soft maple is a resilient product that will take stain or paint beautifully and stand up to high traffic areas. Soft maple is a moderately priced hardwood, but it also susceptible to large market fluctuations.
Alder
Alder is a rustic, knotty hardwood that incorporates beautiful yellow-reddish brown color. Alder provides a homespun feel to any project as the contrasts between the knots and grain are dazzling. Doors provide cancas to display these natural characteristics of this beautiful hardwood. This hardwood is harvested in the Pacific Northwest. Though referred to as "Poor Man's Cherry" due to the regional challenge and availability, alder is one of our more expensive hardwoods.
Poplar
Poplar is a lightweight, paint grade hardwood that is distinguishable by its classic white-brown color set off with hues of light green and vivid purple. Poplar is a perfect choice for the homey feel of a hardwood product that can take paint exceptionally well. Poplar is not generally considered a good candidate for staining.
Sapele
Sapele is an African hardwood in the mahogany family that has gorgeous dark-brown tight grain patterns. Sapele is dense and can be used to set apart any project. It provides an extremely rich feel when finished. It is generally seen used in more discriminate, higher value applications and the cost is relfective
Cherry
Cherry is a traditional hardwood known for its rich, dark red tones and smooth, sweeping grain patterns. The heartwood is light red while the sapwood is a yellowish white color. Unless it’s stained a dark color, cherry doesnt start out so dark. When exposed to light and air over time, cherry darkens to bring out that beautiful, dark red patina that we traditionally recognize. It is considered one of the finer hardwoods in the furniture making industry and it is also one of the more expensive as well.
Red Oak
Red oak is a coarse, straight-grained hardwood that has a light, white-brown sapwood and and reddish-brown heartwood. Red oak is desirable for a classic American look as a variety of stains being out the beautiful grain patterns. Red oak is in the middle of the pack when it comes to hardwood lumber cost and has proven relatively stable over the recent market swings.
White Pine
Northern white pine is a softwood with whiteish-yellow color. Pine is knotty and provides a perfect canvas for many stain colors to bring out those rustic characteristics. Knotty pine is a very reasonably priced wood, although the softness of the material does present some issues, both in manufacturing as well as once the finished product is installed. It dents very easily, so customers requiring pine must be prepared for the character that their new product will soon display.
