sustainably sourced timber
Sustainable Timber Furniture
Select your custom table’s wood from three sustainably sourced timber options:
Locally Grown Blackwood – Acacia melanoxylon
The Blackwood I use comes from a farm in Kaitaia, whose owner has won environmental awards for his farm and personally delivers the timber to me. It is excellent Blackwood with a strong connection to the Northland region. Blackwood has more amber tones than both Walnut and Oak, with much more variation in colour, ranging from light straw to dark coffee. Native to Australia, it is an excellent furniture-making timber.
Out of the three timber options, Blackwood is the least dense and most susceptible to dents. That being said, it is a solid timber hardwood and any dents can be steamed out of solid timber and a new layer of oil easily applied.
Locally Grown Walnut – Juglans nigra
Although native to North America, these trees were grown in the Waikato as part of a trial run by the Forest Research Institute (FRI), now called SCION. To come across Walnut that is home grown in New Zealand is really something special. You would struggle to find many homes in New Zealand that feature locally grown Walnut. Walnut has a deep, rich, chocolately tone, with hints of purple hue. New Zealand-grown walnut is slightly lighter in tone than its American counterpart.
American White Oak – Quercus alba
White Oak is a great choice for a customer looking for a fresh, light colour palette. Oak has a distinctive coarse grain with little variance in colour between boards. This makes it an ideal timber choice when a light and homogenous surface is preferred. Out of the three timbers, Oak is by far the most dense and heavy, making it ideal for heavy use surfaces. It is sustainably sourced in the US thanks to new forest management practices. There are three oil options for American White Oak – Clear, White and Smoked.