American Oak timber has a coarse, open grain texture and a distinctive figured grain pattern common only to genuine Oak species. Colour ranges from a pale to medium golden brown tone. It stains well to a wide range of colours.

Victorian Ash timber has a straight grain but may also produce fiddleback markings and have visible gum veins. It has a coarse texture. The heartwood ranges from pale pink to yellowish brown.

Blackbutt ranges in colour from golden yellow to pale brown, with soft pink elements. It has an even texture with a straight grain, which makes it a beautiful wood to use in living spaces.

Messmate is a well-known Australian hardwood with timber varying in colour from pale browns through to light yellows with subtle hints of peach. Messmate is a hardwood native to Tasmania and Victoria and the tablelands of New South Wales and southern Queensland.