Specialty Woods

When your project calls for specialty or hardwoods not usually found in an outside lumber yard, we stock beautiful boards that will greatly enhance your fine wood working projects.

  • NOT ALL WOODS AND SIZES CAN BE FOUND AT BOTH LOCATIONS.
  • Please call ahead to verify stock, sizes and quantity on hand.
  • Hardwoods are only stocked at Hartnagel Building Supply.

Black Walnut

  • Heartwood can range from a lighter pale brown to a dark chocolate brown with darker brown streaks. Sapwood is pale yellow-gray to nearly white.
  • Used in furniture, cabinetry, gunstocks, interior paneling, veneer, turned items, and novelties.

Eastern Maple

  • Sapwood is most commonly used & ranges from nearly white, to an off-white cream color, sometimes with a reddish or golden hue.
  • Used in flooring, veneer, musical instruments, cutting boards, workbenches, turned objects and specialty wood items.

Purpleheart

  • Freshly cut the heartwood is a dull grayish/purplish brown. Upon exposure the wood becomes a deeper eggplant purple.
  • Used in inlays/accent pieces, flooring, furniture, boatbuilding, heavy construction, and specialty wood items.

Red Alder

  • Tends to be a light tan to reddish brown; color darkens and reddens with age. The grain pattern is like Birch though redder.
  • Used in veneer, plywood, furniture, cabinetry, millwork & musical instruments.

Red Oak

  • Has a light to medium reddish-brown color, though there can be a fair amount of variation in color.
  • Used in cabinetry, furniture, interior trim, flooring, and veneer.