Featuring consistent color and grain, Alder Select presents the least amount of natural characteristics, making it a great option for many applications. Its color can vary from a pale yellow to reddish brown, and has a soft, straight grained, even texture, making it a great choice for staining.

Featuring rich red tones, Cherry Select has a minimized amount of color variation along with reduced allowance for pin knots and other natural characteristics. Cherry Select may still display small amounts of pitch pockets on the face, as this naturally occurs in Cherry.

Rift Cut
Usually referring to veneers, but can be applied to solid lumber (usually as Rift Sawn), this method is similar to Quarter Slicing, but accentuates the vertical grain and minimizes the "flake" of the finished material. Veneer produced by cutting at a slight right angle to the radial to produce a quartered appearance.

General Description
The sapwood is light-colored and the heartwood is light to dark brown. White oak is mostly straight-grained with a medium to coarse texture, with longer rays than red oak. White oak therefore has more figure.

Known for its light gray to purple-brown color tone, Walnut Select will not display sapwood on the face, although some may be seen on the back. Its grain pattern can contain both straight and wavy sections as well, and has a reduced allowance for small knots and pin knots