Wood Cuts Guide

Plank Flooring - Imagine your rooms finished in your favorite wood in extra long, distinctive wide plank floors once found only in historic period homes. The wider plank flooring, in longer lengths portend quality that stands out as a cut above the rest. Hardwood plank floors elevate ordinary rooms to the spectacular. The genial warmth and lustrous personality of wood plank flooring distinguish your home, making it memorable.

Paneling - Nothing compares to the unique experience of walking into a room with wood paneling. The captivating patina and texture of wooden paneled walls envelopes those who enter with a sensual warmth unachievable with any other treatment. Interior paneled walls have nearly always been decorated. Originally, hardwood paneling was used as a means to seal a room from cold drafts, but almost immediately became showcase for craftsmanship, with artistic expression reaching its peak in the 18th century.

Custom Doors - Customers often tell us that, of all of the fine architectural elements in their home, they are the most proud of their custom doors. We are confident that your family will be proud of how our custom doors compliment your home. We know of no finer hardwood door available at any price.

Wood Cuts - Some of the wood species that we offer, are available in various cuts. For some species, the way in which the wood is positioned relative to its growth rings as its cut from the log, changes the appearance. Oak and ash, for example, have a noticeably different grain pattern--typically finer and more linier grained looking. Quartering oak also brings out the rays in certain species of hardwood--oak, cherry, etc. Rays were the horizontal transports of tree nutrient across the grain. They have an almost holographic appearance in the wood.

Quarter Sawn Lumber is cut perpendicular to the growth rings in such a way to produce less pronounced finer looking edge grain, almost a pinstriped effect in some species. The grain is vertical to the faces. The wood is far more stable than plan sawn, especially over radiant heat.

Please Note: We utilize only the highest-grade solid wood raw materials. Wood is a natural product, and as such, has natural variations in appearance, graining, coloration, knots, mineral streaks, etc. The natural beauty of wood lies in the inherent characteristic that no two boards are alike. Mineral streaks may be visible, where the tree has absorbed mineral deposits into the wood. Graining and apparent texture will vary. These natural variations will be present throughout. Variation should be expected. We call your attention to these characteristics of wood because the finished product may vary from pictures, wood samples and showroom displays. The variations are broad, but they constitute the beauty of wood.