JOURNAL / WOODS
Four questions before choosing
- Where will the piece live? Indoors, outdoors, in the city or on the coast.
- How much use will it get? An entrance door or a restaurant table isn't treated like a bookcase.
- What tone does the project call for? Light and bright, reddish, dark.
- How big is it? Some woods yield wide single-board pieces; others don’t.
Tzalam: for doors and windows
Reddish brown, pronounced grain, stable and medium-high in hardness. It is our usual choice for doors, windows, screens and bars, in the city and on the coast.
Macuil: the bright one
The wood of the rosa morada tree: light, warm tone, fine grain and medium weight. It machines very precisely. We use it for doors and windows, closets and furniture when the project calls for a light wood. In recent years it has been the one we work with most.
Parota: for wide pieces
Huanacaxtle is a huge tree that yields very wide single-board pieces with an expressive grain. It is ideal for slab tables, live-edge bars and carved doors. It is softer than tzalam, so we reserve it for pieces where its beauty matters more than hardness.
And the rest
We also work with mahogany, primavera, cypress and other species as each project requires. Availability and price vary; we confirm them when quoting and send samples for ongoing projects.
- Red cedar: light and aromatic, the classic for closets and drawers.
- Katalox: very dense and almost black, for floors, countertops and contrast details.
- Granadillo: hard and reddish, for floorboards, floors and signature pieces.
- Sapodilla: extraordinarily hard and durable, for beams and structure.
- Oak: straight grain and neutral tone, for doors, floors and furniture.