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| Old Growth Redwood | Bull Pine | Nutmeg |
| Black Walnut | Cypress | White Oak |
| Doug Fir | White Fir | California
Black Oak |
| Madrone |
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Old Growth Redwood The everything wood, used for flooring, countertops, walls, ceilings, furniture, moldings, paneling, trim, window and door casements, doors. Absolutely the best there is. Redwood's natural resistance to insect damage and rot has long been one of its most marketable characteristics. Lumber from reclaimed logs tends to be denser than the typical second growth lumber currently available on the market because old growth trees reached a later point in the maturation process where the annular rings are more densely packed. Although all redwood trees could theoretically yield such wood, the second-growth trees currently harvested are fallen before such characteristic wood develops. In terms of both hue and shade, reclaimed redwood material offers an incredible variety. Hues vary from the typical reddish brown and oranges, to crimsons and purple. We also offer a redwood wormwood. The holes 1/4" to 5/8" in diameter are caused by the Teredo worm (shipworm). This is a salt water mollusk responsible for having sunk many a ship. The sinker logs, from having lain in estuaries sometimes bear the marks of this wood eater. Many people find the wood especially attractive for paneling and wainscoting. |
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This is a very tight and hard grained wood. The mature heartwood is dark and the sapwood is white. The grain often shows lots of burl. This wood is used in furniture, bowls, gunstocks, cabinets, countertops, flooring, and paneling. Often used as veneer. Some of our Black Walnut is from the "graft" area adding to the character, pattern and color of this beautiful wood. |
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Northern California Coastal Doug Fir is the best in the country. Used in all structural applications from beams and cabinetry to flooring, stairways and rails, and decking. Doug Fir is a fairly stable white wood. |
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Historically considered a junk wood, but in reality a wood as good if not better than Knotty Pine. Used in paneling, wainscoting, and open beam ceilings. This wood is in a gray area in most counties as far as structural uses. It is a white wood, susceptible to stain, which is often why this wood is used. |
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A hard wood with a tight grain that is stable and very rot resistant. Cypress is used in beam ceilings and paneling. It is light colored with streaks of orange and has lots of character. Pictures |
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This is a white wood with a tight grain that is very stable. It is used for molding, furniture, cabinets and decking. |
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NUTMEG This wood is considered sacred in the Far East. It is very easily carved, a soft, decay resistant, very stable wood, with a fine texture. This wood is used for trim in oriental post and beam construction. Also used in cabinets and guitars. An extremely tight grained wood. |
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Traditionally used for furniture, flooring, wine barrels, cabinets, and veneers. White Oak is rare, but a resource of Northern California. It is a hard, tight, light and stable wood. |
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California Black Oak (Quercus kelloggii.) also known as Western Red Oak exceeds all other California
oaks in volume, distribution, and altitudinal range. Yet this deciduous
hardwood has had little sustained commercial use and almost no management,
even though its wood closely resembles that of its valuable, managed, and
heavily used counterpart-northern red oak (Quercus rubra)-in the Eastern
United States.
It has an attractive grain and figure for
paneling and furniture, hardness and finishing qualities for flooring, and
strength properties for pallets, industrial flooring, and other uses.
Although not presently utilized, black oak acorns, high in edible oils,
are a potential source for thousands of tons of human food. |
