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Prized for its distinctive rich and robust color, black walnut is commonly used in furniture building. It is grown throughout the eastern and central United States.

• Appearance: Light to dark chocolate brown. Often the wood can often has a grey, purple or reddish cast. Creamy yellow sapwood is a common feature as well. Usually has a straight, dense grain, though irregularities are not uncommon.
  
  
• Aging Qualities: Becomes grayer and more yellow with age, but only moderately.
  
  
• Other Qualities: Strong, hard and durable.

Cherry Wood

Cherry is one of the most highly valued furniture building woods due to its strength, beautiful color, easy workability and the incredibly smooth and glossy finish that it displays when properly sanded. It is grown in the eastern United States, mostly in northern and lake states.

• Appearance: Light pink to reddish brown with straight, uniform, fine grain.

• Aging Qualities: Darkens significantly with age.

• Other Qualities: Highly shock resistant.

Maple Wood

Maple is valued by furniture builders for its workability, consistency, hardness, and easy to paint surface. It is grown in all over the United States, but primarily throughout the eastern states.

• Appearance: Almost white to light grey with a faint yellow hue. Sometimes features grey, fine, uniform grain.
  
  
• Aging Qualities: Darkens a little with age. 
  
  
• Other Qualities: Medium shock resistance. 

Sapele Wood

Sapele is a beautiful hardwood that is often compared to (and even marketed as) mahogany due to its rich reddish brown color and denseness. It is grown in tropical regions of  west Africa.

• Appearance: Textured reddish brown grain with golden hues. Interlocked grain with a fine uniform texture and a nice natural luster.

• Aging Qualities: Color will darken with age.

• Other Qualities: Very dense and rot resistant.​