NORTH HEIGHAM SAWMILLS LTD

FINE WOODS FOR

FURNITURE

Sideboard by John Barnard

We specialise in fine woods for furniture

ASH, ENGLISH/EUROPEAN
Colour: cream to pale brown, sometimes dark brown to black ("olive ash")
Working qualities: medium to good

ASH, AMERICAN WHITE
Colour: white
Working qualities: reasonably good

BEECH
Colour: pinkish brown
Working qualities: varies

CEDAR OF LEBANON
Colour: brown
Working qualities: easy

CHERRY, AMERICAN
Colour: pinkish
Working qualities: easy

CHERRY, ENGLISH/EUROPEAN
Colour: oatmeal, sometimes pinkish, with an olive-green fleck
Working qualities: varies

ELM
Colour: brown
Working qualities: not easy

MAHOGANY Swietenia Macrophylla, Central America (certified sustainable)
Colour: Light to dark reddish-brown
Working qualities: easy

MAPLE, ENGLISH
Colour: creamy white to light tan
Working qualities: easy

MAPLE, CANADIAN
Colour: white to cream
Working qualities:

OAK, ENGLISH/ FRENCH/AMERICAN WHITE/BROWN /PIPPY/BURRY
Colour: From white through biscuit to brown according to type
Working qualities: according to type

PAPUA NEW GUINEA ROSEWOOD
Colour: From light yellow through golden brown to red
Working qualities: straightforward

PEAR
Colour: pinkish brown
Working qualities: medium

SWEET CHESTNUT
Colour: pale brown
Working qualities:easy

SYCAMORE
Colour: white
Working qualities: easy

TULIPWOOD (AMERICAN WHITEWOOD)
Colour: creamy with a greenish heart
Working qualities: easy. Particularly suited to painted furniture

WALNUT, ENGLISH/FRENCH
Colour: grey brown with smoky dark brown streaks
Working qualities: easy

WALNUT, AMERICAN BLACK
Colour: rich dark brown to purplish black
Working qualities: easy

YEW
Colour: golden orange-brown with patches of purple, mauve and brown
Working qualities: moderately difficult

We also stock top quality:
PINE, RUSSIAN/SCANDINAVIAN/QUEBEC YELLOW, colours according to species from pale straw through yellow-brown to light reddish brown

Please ring for board sizes:     Tel. 01603 622978     Fax 01603 766323