Wood Samples

The only wood I use right now is pine and oak. I recycle old wood that people have thrown away. I don't like using new product's when there is so much available used, and it makes beautiful furniture. It also works better when my furniture is rustic and old looking. I have used some old wood crates/old pine boards and have turned them into beautiful doors and furniture.

Salvaged lumber generally contains varying degrees of "character marks" which result from previous joinery. These include bolt holes, nail holes, mortises, and notches and the seasoning checks which result from being air dried for many years.

Salvaged wood is truly unrivaled in terms of its beauty, density and clarity. Additionally, old lumber is valuable for its historical significance. Reclaimed lumber is generally supplied from buildings built around the turn of the century and, as a consequence, is a reflection on the history of certain regions and industries. Recycled wood is very popular with those of us concerned with the environmental issues surrounding logging of the remaining stands of old growth forest.

Light Woods	Red Woods	Brown Woods	Dark Woods
Ailanthus Anigre Ash Ash, Quilted Aspen Avoidire Birch Birch (Masur) Butternut Elm Elm, Chinese Elm, Grey Holly Kelala Kentucky Coffeetree Maple Maple, Birdseye Maple, Curly Mulberry Pine Ramin Red Oak Pearwood Poplar Poplar Burl Poplar,Spalted Satinwood Sugar pine Willow, Diamond	Birch Bubinga Cedar Cherry Laurel Luaun Makore Mahogany Mahogany-Cuban Mahogany-Fiddleback Mahogany-Striped Narra Red Oak Padauk Red Gum Robusta Rosewood-Honduras	Beech Benin Coconut Elm -Burl Kelobra Koa Lacewood Limba Lignum Vitae Locust Mahogany Mesquite Monkeypod Myrtlewood Burl Nutmeg Oak-White Oak-Red Crotch Oak English Brown Oak-White Rift Oak-W/Quartersawn Ocle Paldao Pecan Persimmon Sapele Sassafras Teak Zebrawood	Benge Cocobolo Mahogany Purpleheart Rosewood, Indian Walnut, Black Walnut, Claro Walnut, French Wenge