This is created where a branch extended from the tree trunk.
This is typically darker than the surrounding wood.
You learn to tie this in the Boy Scouts
What is a knot?
Inspired by Japanese design, this collection has elegant details you'll enjoy every day like a flush frame and panel construction, a unique base, and distinctive slab pulls.
What is Berkeley?
This is a premium hardwood, known for its resistance to decay and wear, ensuring long-lasting furniture that complements both modern and traditional design styles.
This wood tends to lighten overtime with exposure to light.
What is Walnut?
This is a technique used to soften edges, usually for aesthetic purposes.
The term indicates something is curved or arched over another object.
Examples: Hensley, Graft
What is Round Over?
This is a material manufactured from thin layers or “plies” of wood veneer that are glued together with adjacent layers having their wood grain rotated 90 degrees to one another.
It offers better resistance to cracking, warping, and splitting due to its layered construction.
What is Plywood?
A term that can be used to describe many of our drawer boxes
What is a Dovetail?
Crafted by Pennsylvania woodworkers, this collection features an oil-and-wax finish that enhances the natural grain pattern of every panel of its solid wood construction.
The Mid-century collection has details like turned and tapered legs and chamfered edges.
What is Grove?
This is a strong and dense wood, making it durable and resistant to wear and tear. It is considered a more sustainable option due to its faster growth rate and adaptability, but its closed pore grain can make stain uneven or blotchy.
What is Maple?
These thin slices of wood are applied to edges for a clean look. Often used to conceal engineered wood substrates like plywood, particle board, or MDF.
Examples: Copenhagen, Adrian
What is Veneer Edge?
Sourcing wood responsibly is a key to designing more sustainable furniture. R&B has a goal to use 100% sustainably sourced wood by the end of 2025. What percent are we at now?
This number is the same as the "hot" boyband from the late 90's.
What is 98%?
With solid wood, timbers are cut into dimensional lumber, and dried this way to remove moisture and increase stability, then processed into furniture.
What is kiln?
Made in New York by a family-owned woodworking company, this collection has clean lines and uses integrated finger pulls.
The drawer construction on this is a solid wood front, plywood sides & plywood bottom.
What is Arro?
Its dense grain allows for strong, tight joints, making it ideal for traditional joinery techniques while being relatively stable and resistant to warping and cracking
This oak can be susceptible to certain diseases and pests, especially in areas where they are not native; however, this oak experiences very little color change over time. It's golden tones only grow slightly richer.
What is White Oak?
It is essentially the space or gap between the edge of the cabinet door or drawer and the cabinet frame or box.
It's the exposed portion of the cabinet frame or box when the doors and drawers are closed.
Some people will have this to tell you the gender of their baby before it's born.
What is the Reveal? This gap can be seen along the edges where they meet.
This is an engineered wood made from wood fiber, resin and wax.
This material is heavier than other composites and is easily affected by moisture.
What is MDF?
The Capri and Isley are made of this.
Highly valued for its exceptional durability, strength, and resistance to weather, rot, and pests this is a premium choice for outdoor furniture. Its natural oils provide a protective barrier against water damage and decay.
What is Teak?
Inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement, this collection has a refined yet durable design featuring details like dovetail joinery and an oil and wax finish.
This collection made by Shell Lake uses solid wood for all furniture tops, drawer fronts and end panels.
What is Linear?
This oak has many major benefits to its use in furniture, including its rapid growth, strength, and aesthetic appeal. Its open pores allow successful stain absorption.
What is Red Oak?
A step-shaped recess cut along the edge or in the face of a piece of wood, typically forming a match to the edge of another piece.
Examples: Hudson front cabinet edges (gives edges thinner appearance), Kenwood top of side panels (gives the top a floating appearance)
What is a Rabbet?
A narrow strip of (wood or metal) used across a wood panel to prevent warping or cupping, and to maintain its flatness, especially in larger panels or those exposed to fluctuating humidity.
Examples: Hudson doors and shelves, Linear doors, Chilton Dining Table (metal)
What is a Batten?
Most common in oak.
Parallel to each other, the rays look like “stretch marks” on the wood.
This characteristic was showcased by mission-style antique oak furniture.
What is (Medullary) Rays?
Made in Vermont, This dining table features curved sides on Walcott’s top create variance in the overhang, lending an organic, modern appeal that coordinates with the rounded legs and apron. This table’s broad-reaching simplicity lets it work in traditional or modern dining rooms depending on your chair choice.
What is Walcott?
Also referred to as Fraxinus Americana, this is a strong and dense hardwood, making it resistant to wear and tear, ideal for furniture that will endure daily use. It has a distinctive light color and a pronounced grain pattern, adding visual interest to furniture pieces, and can be stained to various colors and finishes, allowing for a wide range of design styles.
A common wood used for making baseball bats.
What is Ash?
A flat, sloping edge created on a corner where two surfaces meet. It's often used in manufacturing and design to soften sharp corners and improve aesthetics.
It is very similar to a bevel.
What is Chamfer?
It is an opposite of the fillet. Instead of having a curved shape, a chamfer is straight and has a sharp angle
As trees grow, they have variations that occur and make each one unique. The environment in which the tree grows, the way minerals are deposited throughout the tree, and where branches were connected all contribute to the color and patterns found within the wood. What do we call these differences?
What are Natural Characteristics?