Wood Species:

• Brown Maple: The sapwood is creamy white with a slight reddish brown tinge and the heartwood varies from light to dark reddish brown. It is hard, strong, close-grained and maintains a uniform texture. Maple has a high resistance to abrasion and indentation.
• Grain: Usually straight-grained,sometimes found with highly figured bird's-eye grain.
• Finishes: Takes stain satisfactorily and polishes well.

• Ash: Like most other hardwoods the timber of the ash is heavy, hard, strong and durable. What sets ash apart and makes it valuable for many special uses is its exceptional flexibility. The color of ash ranges from nearly pure white to very light brown.
• Grain: It has an attractive, straight, moderately open, pronounced grain.
• Finishes: Because of its large pores it is seldom painted but takes all other finishes very well.

• Oak: It would be difficult to name a wood with a longer and more illustrious history in furnishings and interior design. It is characterized by being heavy, very strong and hard, durable under exposure as well as having great wear-resistance. Oak has a color range from nearly white sapwood to darker gray brown heartwood.
• Grain: The grain is distinguished by rays.
• Finishes: Oak can be stained with a wide range of finish tones.

• Alder: Alder lumber is an important fast growing renewable resource used in a wide range of applications. The sapwood is creamy white with a slight reddish brown tinge, while the heartwood varies from light to dark reddish brown. Alder has a fine close-grained structure and is easily stained and finished.
• Grain: Close-grained with no distinct grain pattern.
• Finishes: Finishes smoothly and takes stain well.

• Quarter-sawn White Oak: White oak is mostly straight-grained with a medium to coarse texture, with longer rays than red oak. The grain in quarter-sawn wood is relatively consistent. The end product is stable and often preferred by woodworkers and furniture-makers.
• Grain: Relatively consistent grain with rays and wavy patterns.
• Finishes: Takes a wide range of finishes consistently.

• Maple: Maple has been a favorite of American furniture makers since early Colonial days. The sapwood is creamy white with a slight reddish brown tinge and the heartwood varies from light to dark reddish brown. Maple has a high resistance to abrasion and indentation.
• Grain:Usually straight-grained and sometimes found with highly figured bird's-eye or burl grain.
• Finishes: Finishes and polishes well.

• Birch: Birch is a deciduous hardwood, which grows principally in the upland, hilly terrain of the Northeastern and Lake States forests. Birch has a creamy white sapwood and light reddish brown heartwood. The wood is generally straight-grained with a fine uniform texture. This strong, heavy hardwood is characterized by a plain and wavy pattern.
• Grain: Fine grained and often curly or wavy.
• Finishes: Birch takes paints and stains well.

• Hickory: Hickory is the hardest, heaviest and strongest American wood. The sapwood of hickory is white, tinged with inconspicuous fine brown lines while the heartwood is pale to reddish brown. Both are coarse-textured and the grain is fine, usually straight but can be wavy or irregular.
• Grain: Usually straight but can be wavy or irregular
• Finishes: Has a fine grain.

• Cherry: The heartwood of cherry varies from rich red to reddish brown and will darken with age and on exposure to light. In contrast, the sapwood is creamy white. The wood has a fine uniform, straight grain, satiny, smooth texture, and may naturally contain brown pith flecks.
• Grain: Straight-grained and satiny. Small gum pockets produce distinctive markings.
• Finishes: Its uniform texture takes finish very well.