Wood Types

Cherry

Cherry is a hard durable wood that has a reddish-brown tone with a tight, straight grain that becomes darker and richer as it ages. This is preferred by folks that want a slight but elegant grain.

Mahogany

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Maple

Maple is the hardest domestic wood that we have here in the US. It is used extensively in furniture making because of its fine texture and durability. Maple is basically cream or ivory in color with minimal grain. This wood captures light and brightens space.

Red Oak

Red Oak is an extremely strong, tough wood that has a pronounced open grain. Red Oak has a slight orange or reddish hue. This is the wood you want if you love a warm look.

Walnut

Walnut is a rich chocolate or purplish brown in color with hints of grey, black and even dark blue. It has a beautiful grain pattern and is the only dark brown domestic hardwood. Over time is will take on a bit of a golden brown color, but it is very slight and mostly unnoticeable. Walnut isn’t as hard red oak or maple but it is harder than cherry.

Quarter Sawn Oak

Quarter-sawn means cutting into the log at a 90-degree angle to the growth rings which gives it a special grain pattern. If you love a lot of grain in your table quarter sawn is for you. The White Oak has a cooler white to sage undertone.

Brown Maple

Brown Maple combines the browns, tans, whites and creams to give a rustic feel. Because it is a softer hardwood staining it a light color, makes the stain appear blotchy. This wood is great for staining medium to dark colors or painting.

Our Most Popular Stains

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NOTE: We can custom match a particular color of stain as long as it is applied to the proper choice of wood. Custom matches may cost extra. If a specialist is needed to match your sample they charge up to $295 to do so depending on the complexity of the match. If we have to create a dye (for very dark colors) in addition to your stain that also costs an additional $100. We usually can come very close to what you have with our large selection of stain colors. However, some customers send us stain colors from other furniture manufacturers who have created proprietary colors that are very difficult to match. This is when it can cost $200 to $300 extra. 

Our Most Popular Leathers

"Top grain" leathers are characterized by a variety of natural markings such as veins, wrinkles and small scars. Such markings on select top grain hides in no way diminish the attractiveness of the leather desk top.

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