Types of Wood We Build In
Our Amish furniture makers build in several types of wood:
Barnwood (primarily White Pine)
Black Walnut
Spalted Maple
Quarter-Sawn Oak
Elm
Ash
1800’s Chestnut (when available)
Barnwood (primarily we build in White Pine)
Black Walnut
Spalted Maple
Spalting is the natural process that happens when a small fungus attaches itself to a very young tree in its infancy, and grows throughout the years with the tree and creates beautiful intricate designs of black veining throughout the maple wood.
Quarter-Sawn Oak
Elm
Ash
Chestnut (when available)
Because of a massive US Chestnut blight in the early 20th century, Chestnut wood has become rare, and during certain periods only we have exclusive access to this valued lumber.