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7 Genius Plank Ceiling & Wall Ideas!

Today I’ve scoured the internet for you while analyzing whether to do white wood paneling—from plank ceilings and wall planks!—for our beach house design! As always, I’m analyzing the smartest way to go about this! I’ve narrowed it down to 7 ceiling & wall examples to show you!

With all the client project work lately, it’s a treat to work on my own personal design project. As much as I enjoy helping other people design their homes, I’m by far my easiest client.🤣 (I also make myself laugh, so that’s a double bonus.)

Why? Because (besides chuckling at myself multiple times per hour), I “get” what’s in my head already and don’t have to spend time convincing myself that my vision is The One to trust! 😆

And saved time = gold!

Wood wall paneling painted white—do I want to add this?

Wood ceilings painted white—what do I think about this?

TBD, my friend. TBD. My mind is a whirlwind trying to come up with the best solution for the future beach house, so I’ll walk you through where I’m at with this and see where the wisest conclusion leads us! 😉

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3 Reasons I’m Considering White Wood Wall Paneling.

First, here are the 3 reasons I’m considering white wood wall paneling:

  1. The basic white wall textures that happen in standard homes are not my favorite. They’re fine, they’re fine…but if we could do something different (and better) on our walls, why not?
  2. I don’t want whatever we do to be “precious”; I want something that will hold up well with kids. (Therefore I don’t want to pay for expensive plastering or other texturing you see out there. Beautiful, yes. Functional, not so much.)
  3. I want low maintenance + classic. I don’t want to pick some trendy new wall texture that immediately dates the house.

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3 Reasons I’m Considering White Wood Ceilings.

And then here are the reasons I’m considering white wood ceiling planks or paneling:

  1. They look lovely. Plain and simple. Especially on pitched ceilings. (Many older homes already have this, like the below photo, unpainted.)
  2. They give the ceiling more interest and personality…
  3. …especially when you need to draw the eye up, as many of these beach house ceilings are lower, or only slightly raised.

However, I don’t think I want to do BOTH. So which will win? Or neither?!

Let’s find out together today, shall we? Come along with me—we’ll pretend you’re sitting right next to me at my desk as we peruse El Interneto together in search of whether ANYONE on God’s green earth has done these things in a way that is acceptable to Jess.

I am hopeful as always, but deep down I expect that in the end I will probably have to make something up myself. Which is where all good ideas are born from, right? No one else having done what you want, which is where I pretty much live and thrive! 😂🤣 bahahaha

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Let’s Start! The Best 7 Designs for Our Design Discussion!

Let’s start out with looking at the best ceiling and wall designs I do like. These range from modern and clean to rustic, from low paneled ceilings to soaring vaulted wood ceilings!

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#1: White Wood Ceiling Planks.

I like that this is clearly an older home with real wood painted white. Low ceilings. Realistic. Still simple. Warmed up with the woods. Love it.

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#2: Vaulted White Plank Ceiling with Skylights!

I adore skylights, such as here, breaking up all the wood and providing extra light (provided they’re facing in the right direction, that is!).

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#3: Wood Ceiling Planks Left Natural?

Now, a beach house is definitely not a mountain house, but I did like how the warmth of the ceilings and the floors worked with white walls for a warm minimalist vibe here. I could Jess-i-fy a few elements and BAM! Beach house loveliness!

So, the wood planks on the ceiling wouldn’t necessarily need to be painted…they could be left natural! Just something to keep in mind…

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#4: Remember, When Going White, Don’t Leave Out the Warmth!

This photo example is okay…it’s minimal and has black accents, both things I like, but it’s missing warmth.

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#5: Watch Out for Too Much White!

Here, having the white wood on BOTH the ceiling and the walls is just too much for me—but is that because they put white couches and an ottoman on top of light colored floors and a rug? Probably!

Imagine some darker furniture in here, and the look is completely changed!

So ask yourself before pulling the trigger on your white wood paneling on the ceiling (or walls): What color furniture do you have?

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#6: What to Avoid! (Look at What You DON’T Like!)

Honestly, sometimes the best way to figure out what you DO like and want is to nail down what you DON’T like!

This combination of white wood paneling on the ceiling and the walls, for example, is far too “farmhouse-y” for me and 100% what I have never, ever wanted.

Thus, I would not choose this combo if I had the choice.

However, if I bought a house that already had wood plank walls as well as the wood ceiling planks, I’d find a way to work with it! (The chances of this happening in this area of California are rare, however. )

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#7: Avoid White Wood Paneling Altogether?

Option #7 is NIX THEM ALL TOGETHER!🤗

Just to throw in a clean, simple option, I give you this one to end with for now.

I’ve loved this space ever since I saw it years ago, and it has simple white walls and ceilings, with only whitewashed beams. (Again, if you have pitched ceilings…)

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WHITE WOOD PLANK WALL VS CEILING

White Wood Plank Wall vs Ceiling: Is One Better Than the Other?

If you want this white wood paneling look somewhere in your home, but you don’t want to do both the walls and the ceilings, how do you choose?

Some things to keep in mind:

WHITE WOOD PLANK WALL VS CEILING

“What Color Should I Paint My Wood Paneling?”

➜ Wondering if white is the right color for you, or which white? Or whether to leave your wood paneled ceilings or walls natural? You’ll want to read my post about 7 Smart Strategies for Choosing Interior Paint Colors!

Time has flown by, so let’s revisit this in future! YES, this is how Jessica starts processing her design decisions, for all of you who have been asking me to walk you through some of my processes. 🤗

PS: If you’re new here, we recently sold our big California “Dream House” to right-size our family to a small beach house steps away from the warm California sand! We’re well-known now for many of the things we did on that house—you can still browse everything we did on that house HERE!

➜ See ALL our California beach house inspiration!

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Hardwood :: "AZL".

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Hardwoods are divided into hardwoods and softwoods. Hardwoods trees are characterized by hardwoods and include: oak, beech, walnut, ash and maple. Among the 90,003 soft-leaved species, 90,004 trees are most commonly used: aspen, alder, birch, willow, linden, poplar. According to the classification adopted in most other countries of the world, all types of birches belong to hardwood tree species, which often leads to incorrect interpretation of Russian forest statistics by foreign experts and vice versa.

Hardwood has practically no smell, and the smell only intensifies when the wood is freshly cut and processed. Hardwood wood is good for lumber, designed for sheathing walls, partitions and ceilings. Internal stairs, joinery, floors - all this looks great and has good performance when made from lumber of such wood.

Wood oak is distinguished by strength, strength, density, hardness and heaviness. Oak is easy to process, quite flexible, has a light or dark brown wood with a pronounced large texture. A feature of this wood is the property of oak to become stronger under water.

Oak wood is an excellent building and ornamental material: it is used for underwater and land buildings, for the construction of underwater and main parts of wooden ships, and as carriage, machine, furniture, parquet and carpentry timber.

Beech has a dense, heavy and moisture resistant wood. The color of beech wood is white with a yellowish-red tint, becoming pinkish-brown over time, well and easily polished. In the open air, wood is short-lived, and therefore it is used only indoors. Beech wood is often used for the manufacture of various products: musical instruments, plywood, parquet, wooden containers, bent furniture, rifle butts, measuring instruments, etc.

Walnut is distinguished by a variety of color shades of wood: from greenish gray to reddish. The intricate texture pattern with large sinuous stripes of different shades is especially appreciated by customers. Wood is resistant to moisture, well processed, painted and polished.

Walnut wood is considered a valuable wood used for the manufacture of high-quality products, in particular for the manufacture of furniture, parquet, as well as interior design of houses and cars. Due to the high cost, veneer is usually used for these purposes. In addition, it is widely known that walnut wood is used to make gun butts.

Ash is a hard, durable and resilient wood with a matt finish. The color of the wood is light yellow with a beautiful texture, which is formed due to the stripes of clear annual layers. Ash is poorly polished; for ash wood, decorative coating with nitro-lacquers or waxing is recommended. Due to frequent outgrowths on the trunk and a pronounced texture, ash wood is widely used in mosaic work.

Flexible and durable wood recommended for sports equipment. Ash is used to make poles for gymnastic bars, racing oars, high-quality skis, billiard cues, and baseball bats.

Maple is a strong, hard, uniform light yellow wood. Wood is well processed by a cutting tool, unstable against dampness, although it warps a little. Maple is perfectly cut and polished, therefore it is used for carving with fine profiling. Wood is often imitated to look like other species with an even structure.

White maple is cultivated for wood, white, with a silky sheen, durable, used for the manufacture of musical instruments, furniture and fittings, flooring, including parquet. Occasionally, wood with a wavy texture increases its value for decorative cladding. This is the traditional material for making the back, neck and scroll of the neck of a violin.

Aspen has a soft wood with few knots. Aspen is easy to process, but because of its porous structure, small parts can break almost during their manufacture.

Aspen is used to build houses, used as roofing material, used in the production of plywood, pulp, matches, wooden containers and other products. In Russian wooden architecture, domes of churches were covered with aspen planks.

Alder wood is soft, light, has a fairly uniform structure, slightly warps when dried, which is a valuable quality for the manufacture of components for wicker furniture. Alder is well processed, it is cleanly planed in all directions, it is well cut, polished, holds glue, and is easily painted to look like valuable breeds.

Alder wood has a beautiful reddish color, therefore, more even and thicker trunks are used for handicrafts, for carpentry and turning, but the bulk of alder wood is used for firewood, which is usually valued 10-30% cheaper than birch wood. Alder wood is preserved under water for a long time and therefore is used for small underwater structures.

Birch is characterized by high strength, uniform structure and color, medium density and hardness. The wood is white with a yellowish or pinkish tinge. Birch wood is unstable against decay.

Birch is mainly used for the manufacture of high-quality plywood, skis, small carved toys, butts of firearms, used in furniture production and in carpentry.

Wood willow light, soft, slightly drying out, fragile and unstable against decay, well stained. Willow is difficult to process, as with the slightest negligence, scratches and dents form on its surface.

Willow in basketry is the main raw material. Willow bark and twigs from some shrub willows are used to make wickerwork, basket weaving, furniture, and more. Willow wood is also used to make tennis rackets and many crafts.

Linden belongs to species that almost do not crack and shrink little. Linden wood is soft, does not warp, and is easy to process. Due to its uniform texture and pure white wood, basswood is the best material for carving.

Linden wood is highly valued for various crafts and buildings that do not require high strength. Linden wood is often used in the manufacture of musical instruments, in particular, on the soundboards of electric guitars. In addition, linden is used to make plywood, furniture, drawing boards, shoe lasts, barrel containers, dugouts.

The wood of poplars is light, white, soft, well processed. Poplar is used very widely for technical purposes, as a raw material for the paper industry, for the production of artificial silk, for the manufacture of match straws, plywood, simple furniture, lumber, wooden containers, boats, troughs, shovels and many other household items. Poplar wood is also used for low quality firewood and charcoal.

Precious wood species -

Before proceeding to the consideration of specific species of wood, valuable and exotic, we will reveal these concepts.

Precious woods are distinguished from other common woods by their high performance characteristics, such as expressiveness of texture, hardness, shape stability, degree of shrinkage, resistance to stress, degree of oxidation, and others.

Rare and unusual species are commonly referred to as exotic woods; exotic wood is often, but not always, distinguished primarily by its unusual appearance for the layman's eye, which can create non-standard aesthetics and give the interior in which it is involved a unique atmosphere.

Not every valuable breed is exotic, and vice versa, but often these concepts intersect, even more often they are simply equated with each other. Now a few words about the qualities of wood we mentioned above. Among them, durability is not mentioned - one of the most important criteria when choosing wood products.

The fact is that durability is a derivative of many other performance characteristics at once; how long a product made of a particular type of wood will last you directly depends on how much and quickly the useful wood layer wears out, that is, on hardness, but the ability of wood to keep its shape unchanged also cannot but affect the “life span » products made from this wood; about the ability to transfer moisture, temperature and other loads and is completely clearer than clear - the higher this indicator, the more durable the wood and, as a result, products made from it.

It is important, however, to understand that another, sometimes the most important indicator, on which the durability of furniture and other wooden products depends, has nothing to do with the wood itself - we are talking about care.

Of course, it can be assumed that, for example, an oak wooden tabletop, which no one takes care of, ceteris paribus, will “stretch” longer than a pine tabletop, which a diligent owner cherishes like the apple of an eye, but this does not mean at all that cleaning , wood treatment with protective compounds, varnish renewal - unnecessary worries.

There is the same difference between the wear and tear of wood as between the growing up of a person and his aging.

Finally, let's move on to valuable and exotic woods in the format of a concise "dossier".

In order not to rack our brains over the order in which these breeds should be placed in our review, we decided not to give preference to any particular operational quality or, moreover, to our tastes, and choose the good old alphabetical sorting. So let's go.

Abachi

Opening our parade is abachi, a soft wood of a noble cream or yellowish hue with low thermal conductivity and high moisture resistance, practically without knots, obtained from a huge, up to forty meters high, deciduous tree called Triplochiton hard-resin, which grows only in tropical forests western part of Africa, and apart from the rest of the trees, as if realizing its exclusivity.

The almost complete absence of knots is due to the fact that abash has a crown only at the very top - accordingly, almost the entire tree consists of a smooth trunk without branches.

Abachi wood has a density of 400 kilograms per cubic metre. Abashi is excellently tinted, easily processed - both manual and machine. From hammering in nails, screwing in screws, Abachi wood does not crack, different parts from Abashi easily and tightly stick together with each other.

Abachi has been nicknamed African Oak for such excellent performance. By the way, we will soon get to the real oak.

Abashi has many uses. Of course, both in Russia and abroad, abachi is mainly used for arranging steam rooms in baths, but ship and aircraft builders, manufacturers of stringed musical instruments, furniture makers and many other specialists also practice the use of abachi wood in their business.

The assortment of "Russian Master" has a lot of products made from this wood: abachi lining for baths and saunas, boards and other structural elements of shelves, corners and other moldings, a lot of bath accessories - from walkways and headrests to lampshades.

The next valuable species of wood - abashi alpine - is obtained from the same deciduous tree, Triplochin hard-resinous, only growing in the African highlands, hence, as you might guess, the name.

High mountain abash wood is denser, its density is 560 kilograms per cubic meter. The color of the texture is also cream, but closer to grayish, less often yellowish brown, and sometimes - in aquifers - even gray-brown.

Like regular abachi, alpine is most used for steam rooms in particular and baths as such, it is also often used for the manufacture of flooring and sports equipment.

The Russian Master's catalog contains the following products made from high-altitude abashi: a board for shelves, structural elements of shelves for finishing a sauna.

Acajou

The next valuable tree species, aromatic cedar, or acaju (more rarely, red cacajou), is often referred to differently, depending on the country of origin: for example, Spanish cedar, Trinidadian cedar, and so on.

In English-speaking countries, this breed is known as "cigar box cedar", while the main trade, nomenclature name in international markets is Central American cedar. It is a soft wood of medium grain with low thermal conductivity and a density of 480 kilograms per cubic meter.

Scented cedar is famous for its special resin, which not only smells good, but also repels insects and other pests. I will say the darker the older the tree from which it is obtained.

Easy to work, cajou wood can pose some problems due to the presence of rare rough areas that need additional, finer sanding.

Veneer, furniture, interior trim, plywood, musical instruments (particularly guitars, both classical and Spanish), even small private boats and building cladding, all of which are not made with aromatic cedar.

Specifically, in our assortment, kajou wood is represented by the following product categories: lining for saunas and baths, bath accessories (fences for lamps).

Balau

The next valuable and very rare acquaintance that needs to be introduced is red balau. Heavy and dense (860 kilograms per cubic meter), very hard wood of red-purple or red-brown hues with a large, uniform structure and high resistance to abrasion.

The trees from which red balau is obtained grow only on the island of Borneo. The surfaces of red balau parts are remarkably processed.

Red balau products are unusually bio-persistent, which means that unfavorable conditions, which are “too tough” for almost all other types of wood, do not pose a particular danger to furniture or other products made from red balau.

Sleepers, furniture, sports equipment, ship equipment, elements of exterior and interior decoration, terraces, poles, beams - these are the main areas of application of red balau, requiring wear resistance from wood raw materials, coupled with the ability to endure huge loads, that is, the very qualities that red balau are presented in abundance.

The assortment of Russian Master includes a lot of products made of red balau: glued beams, plankens, stair and regular poles, glued beams, columns, decking boards and terrace railings, decking and cladding panels.

Prices for various products, in particular the price of glued beams, you can find in our shop.

Bangkirai

Bangkirai is a very hard and very durable wood with a density of 980 kilograms per cubic meter, obtained from a tree called Shoreya smoothleaf, which grows in Southeast Asia, mainly in Kalimantan.

Light brown, rarely reddish brown; texture - from medium to small sizes. The sapwood and heartwood of the bangkirai almost do not differ in color and texture.

Bangkirai timber is mainly used in offshore construction; all kinds of piles and barriers, sluice gates and fender structures, as well as decking and footbridges, walkway elements and floor coverings for both residential and industrial premises - these are the main types of products produced using Shoreya smooth-leaved wood.

Speaking of industrial premises, it should be clarified that even in chemical industries, bangkirai floors, as they say, “do not let us down”, because their resistance to acids and other “vigorous” compounds is unusually high, for the same reason, tanks are not uncommon in the chemical industry , baths and vats from bangkirai.

Products of the "Russian Master" from bangkirai: decking, decking. A little less rare, but still very, very valuable breed - red bangkirai growing in continental Malaysia, wood with medium hardness, high wear resistance and a density of 800 kilograms per cubic meter.

The structure of the bangkirai red is very uniform, so the texture is almost invisible. Red bangkirai keeps its shape wonderfully, has a pleasant, camphor-like smell, which, as in the case of red cedar, is also a “scarecrow” for insects and other harmful creatures.

Red bangkirai can be left untreated (however, the surface quality is excellent), but experts recommend coating the surface with a special oil to protect the wood fibers from ultraviolet radiation.

Do not be alarmed if minor cracks appear on the surface of Bangkirai red products - this is a natural feature of this type of wood.

Flooring in private homes, terraces, windows and doors, plankens and cladding are the main areas in which Bangkirai red wood is used.

Accordingly, our site presents the following products of the "Russian Master" with the use of red bangkirai: planken and terrace boards, logs and fences for terraces, decking, facing panels.

Bintangor

Bintangor, or capophyllum, is a valuable type of wood from Malaysia, of medium hardness and wear resistance, with a density of 560 to 770 kilograms per cubic meter, almost without knots.

Easy to saw and just as easy to process; when sawing, the cross section is often fluffed with pile; driving a nail or screwing a screw into a piece of bintangor requires pre-drilling.

Capophyllum sapwood is yellowish brown to orange, and the heartwood is pinkish, rarely reddish brown. The texture of the bintangor is large and heterogeneous, the planed surfaces are shiny, there is a striped pattern on the radial cuts, and a zigzag pattern on the tangential cuts.

Bintangor products are used both indoors and outdoors (without direct contact with the ground).

The main uses of bintangor are small private boats, masts, spars and other rigging, flooring, furniture and cabinetry. Also, bintangor is considered all over the world to be the best wood for the manufacture of trampoline boards.

Panels, wooden wallpaper, lining for baths and saunas - these are the products of the Russian Master, which are made using bintangor (capophyllum).

Dahoma

Another valuable hardwood is Dahoma, a hard and durable hardwood with a density of 710 kilograms per cubic meter from African rainforests and, to a lesser extent, mixed plantations.

Dahoma sapwood ranges from whitish to greyish red, with the sapwood clearly demarcated from the golden or light brown heartwood.

Dahoma is distinguished by the presence of light and dark zones, caused by the "banding" of the fibers. Rough and fleecy structure of dahoma is characterized, however, by uniformity.

Dahoma is remarkably machineable, but seriously dulls tool surfaces. As a result of finishing, an excellent surface is obtained in terms of characteristics.

It is recommended that dahoma be planed at a ten degree angle to avoid fiber picking, and to avoid splitting it is recommended to drill before using nails and screws.

The main areas of application of dahoma are the manufacture of beams, floor coverings, exterior and interior cladding, furniture, sleepers; dahoma is widely used in construction and maritime affairs. "Russian Master" brings to your attention logs for the terrace, decking and terrace boards made of dahoma.

Oak

So we got to the promised oak. The density of oak is 760 kilograms per cubic meter; literally every schoolchild knows about the hardness, wear resistance and durability of this valuable wood species.

In general, the Latin name of the oak - "quercus", literally translated as "beautiful tree", is its exhaustive description, but we still allow ourselves to delve a little into the details.

Porous oak wood is highly resistant to decay, fungus and other negative environmental factors. Oak sapwood is light yellow (by the way, this is also why abash is called “African oak”).

In addition to the fact that oak wood itself has a beautiful texture, over the years it darkens, acquiring an even more aesthetic, noble look.

It is not surprising that in the Petrine era, the poaching felling of a single oak tree was punishable by death. What has been done from oak since time immemorial. Currently, the main areas of application of oak wood, due to its elasticity, hardness, strength, impact resistance and other remarkable performance characteristics, are: the production of finishing materials, construction, the manufacture of garden furniture made of wood, doors, flooring, shaft fasteners, underwater structures and much more. much more.

The catalog of the Russian Master is full of oak products - wooden wallpaper, fonts (including heated fonts), ofuro, ceiling board, bath lining, bath accessories (drinking devices, buckets, ladles, bowls, etc.), wooden windows and doors.

Golden Cedar

The next valuable tree species that we will consider, in contrast to oak, you hardly heard of is Otie golden cedar, which grows in Nigeria, Kenya and Tanzania.

A soft, moderately resistant wood with low thermal conductivity and a density of 420 kilograms per cubic meter from semi-tropical rainforests and can range from a deep golden brown to yellowish brown with beautiful dark streaks.

Over time, Otie's golden cedar wood products develop a light reddish brown hue with exposure to the environment. The core rays make the pattern mottled on radial cuts.

Otie Golden Cedar fibers are generally straight and medium in texture. The main characteristics of this valuable species of wood are high moisture resistance, coupled with low thermal conductivity, which makes Otie golden cedar wood an ideal material for the manufacture of bath decoration elements.

Lining for baths and saunas, bath accessories (fences for lamps) - these are the products with the use of Otie golden cedar, which are presented in the catalog of the Russian Master. The next valuable tree species that we will pay attention to is coniferous.

Canadian cedar

Red Canadian cedar (more commonly referred to simply as Canadian cedar, although native to both Canada and the United States), is a soft wood with low thermal conductivity, high abrasion resistance and a density of 360 kilograms per cubic meter.

The straight-grain structure of Canadian Red Cedar wood ensures that it does not form irregularities during its processing, and the use of fixing materials does not lead to cracking.

One of the main qualities of the Canadian cedar is its ability to keep its shape even under sharp climatic changes, due to the relatively low compression ratio of wood fibers.

The wood structure of Canadian red cedar is porous, as a result of which Canadian cedar has excellent soundproofing characteristics. It is not surprising that connoisseurs of the construction business prefer exactly the products from the red Canadian sneaker for decorating the walls, floors and ceilings of residential premises.

The advantages of Canadian red cedar do not end there: due to its low density, in addition to the above, it is also an excellent heat-insulating material.

Not cold in winter, not hot in summer - this is about houses finished with Canadian red cedar. Being also not subject to rotting, red cedar is, without exaggeration, one of the most reliable and durable materials; This is confirmed by the fact that most antiques and even some archaeological finds are made from this valuable wood species.

"Russian Master" brings to your attention products made of red Canadian cedar: a board for shelves and structural elements of shelves for finishing a sauna, lining for a bath and a sauna, fonts (including heated ones), ofuro, infrared cabins, saunas; corners, platbands, skirting boards and other moldings, various bath accessories - lamp railings, footbridges, thermohygrometers, headrests, backrests, and so on.

Kasai

Growing in Southeast Asia, as well as in Australia and Oceania, kasai can rightly be called both a valuable and rare tree species. Hard, dense (750 kilograms per cubic metre), and hard wearing, kasai wood can be almost any shade of brown imaginable—typically flecked with purplish red.

Possessing a moderately pronounced, sometimes wavy structure with slight glossy reflections, kasai wood invariably causes enthusiastic sighs even in the most indifferent to luxury people.

Perhaps the only drawback of kasai wood is that sometimes the trees from which it is extracted have twisted trunks and, as a result, an unsuccessful form for processing. However, this makes the kasai even rarer and makes kasai products even more desirable.

Sawable, kasai wood adheres wonderfully and holds fasteners just as wonderfully; craftsmen should keep in mind that kasai dulls tools when cutting - not, of course, as much as dahoma wood does, but still noticeable.

Construction, decoration, repair - these are the main areas of application of kasai.

Furniture, floor coverings, musical instruments, lining of small private vessels, decking of piers, doors and windows, panels - the list can be long, so we will stop listing and focus on those kasai products that are presented directly in the Russian Master catalog : These are terrace boards.


Siberian cedar

The next valuable coniferous species in our list is Siberian cedar, or Siberian cedar pine. Soft, but very resistant to abrasion, light wood with a density of 420 kilograms per cubic meter with a yellowish-white sapwood and a yellow-pink heartwood (and there is no clearly distinguishable border between them, due to the smooth transition from the heartwood to the sapwood, a beautiful pattern is created).

Siberian cedars are famous for their longevity: on average, one forty-forty-five-meter Siberian giant lives from five to eight CENTURIES. Contrary to the name, in addition to Siberia, these cedars also grow in Mongolia and the northern regions of China.

This valuable wood species is not only easy to work with, but also practically does not dull the cutting edges of tools. Knots and cow pockets can sometimes prevent the surface from approaching perfection even after careful processing.

Paints and varnishes and protective compositions are “assimilated” by Siberian cedar without difficulty. The use of fasteners in relation to parts made of Siberian cedar does not require pre-drilling. The Siberian cedar is not afraid of insects and other pests, it is also not afraid of temperature changes; On top of that, Siberian also has a wonderful and, according to traditional healers, a healthy smell.

Veneer, pencils, art products, pencils - there are many things that are not produced from Siberian cedar wood, but its main areas of application are, perhaps, the production of materials for exterior and interior decoration.

Buckets, buckets, ladles, steamers, pourers, clocks, thermometers and thermohygrometers, timber imitation - these and some other products from Siberian cedar are in the assortment of the Russian Master.

Kekatong

From conifers back to hardwoods: kekatong. Extraordinarily dense - 1200 kilograms per cubic meter - very hard and wear-resistant kekatong wood has a beautiful texture and a clear dark red pattern.

This miracle grows only on the island part of Malaysia. The quality of the surface treatment of the kekatong is such that almost all of the breeds we have listed will “envy”. In order to prevent kekatong products from fading in the sun, it is recommended to treat them with a special protective oil. Flooring, furniture, terraces - whether private or public, kekatong will withstand any wear and tear and any load.

On our website you can get information about the products of the "Russian Master" from kekatong: decking, decking, planken, facing panels. Our list would be incomplete without Siberian larch, another hard and dense (660 kilograms per cubic meter) valuable wood species.


Siberian larch

Siberian larch has medium thermal conductivity and high abrasion resistance. The sapwood of the Siberian larch is white and narrow, and the heartwood is reddish-brown.

Annual rings are clearly visible on the section. After teak, which we will talk about a little lower, Siberian larch is the second most valuable breed in Europe in terms of severity and hardness. In addition to these qualities, Siberian larch wood is strong, hard, resilient, resinous and, as a result, resistant to various pests.

There are also disadvantages, the main of which is the tendency to cracking and cross-layering. The heartwood of Siberian larch is incredibly resistant to any climatic changes and in terms of durability it is able to compete with oak wood, especially when it comes to underwater use.

After drying, the product made of Siberian larch becomes stronger than before - so much so that sometimes it is not even possible to simply hammer in a nail. Of course, pre-drilling is indispensable.

Construction and furniture production, railway and shipbuilding, production of sports equipment, terraces, front gardens and fences, chemical industry - it is easier to list in which areas Siberian larch is NOT used, it is so reliable and durable.

Stairs, doors and windows, gates and facade coverings, walls, roofs and ceilings, balconies - in fact, if desired, the entire country house can be built from Siberian larch, furnished to a heap with furniture from the same valuable wood species.

Quite often wealthy owners, who can afford to buy products from tropical and any other exotic woods, still prefer furniture and other products from Siberian larch.

The Russian Master's catalog contains many products made from Siberian larch: lining, larch decking, timber imitation (block house), wooden wallpaper, false beams, moldings, parquet boards, tongue and groove, decorative columns, planken, composite elements stairs - steps, turntables, bowstring; fonts, ofuro; footbridges for baths and saunas and other bath accessories.

Meranti

Dark red meranti is a hardwood native to Africa, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, India, China and Indonesia; solid wood of dark red meranti is characterized by low thermal conductivity, high wear resistance and a density of 700 kilograms per cubic meter.

Under one common name "meranti", several types of valuable wood species are combined at once. Specifically, dark red meranti is so named because of the corresponding color of the wood; its texture is coarse and uniform. Moisture resistance, lightness and durability - these are the main advantages of dark red meranti; in addition, parts made from this wood are easy to process, glue, paint, polish well and hold fasteners.

Furniture production, construction business - these are the main areas in which dark red meranti wood is used. More often than other products, gazebos, parquet, elements of interior and exterior decoration, doors and windows, as well as ship plating are made from this valuable breed.

The assortment of "Russian Master" includes such products made using dark red meranti wood, such as facade cladding, planken, terrace boards and decking, cladding panels and boards.

Merbau

Merbau is a very hard and very hardwearing valuable hardwood with a density of 980 kilograms per cubic meter, native to Australia and Oceania. The core of the merbau can be brown-orange, brown or red-brown, darkening from weathering.

The appearance of merbau products is much more recognizable and popular than the name of this breed; This is facilitated by the peculiar structure, the noble combination of orange and brown and the characteristic patterns on the tangential sections, formed by lighter parenchymal zones.

Of all the precious and exotic woods we have listed in this overview, merbau boasts some of the best surface finishes and extraordinary form stability. The use of merbau wood outdoors comes with an interesting twist: the first few times it rains, orange-red sap comes out of the wood pores.

These "bleeds" can be easily removed with a damp cloth. You should not be afraid that with the release of these juices, the resistance to the negative effects of insects and other pests will fall, it remains at a consistently high level for merbau wood products. Exterior and interior decoration, furniture production, veneer and flooring are the main areas in which merbau is used.

Especially often merbau is used in the manufacture of constituent elements of terraces. "Russian Master" offers terrace boards and decking, planken, cladding panels and some other products made using merbau wood.

Juniper

Juniper, also known as veres and juniper, is a soft and light coniferous species with good wear resistance and a density of 570 kilograms per cubic meter. Pinkish-white sapwood, yellow-brown or gray-brown heartwood; pleasant smell, simultaneously reminiscent of cedar and cypress.

Juniper wood is easy to cut and pierce. It is generally accepted that the main quality of juniper is its aesthetic appearance, but this does not negate its high performance characteristics, thanks to which juniper is successfully used in medical and perfume industries, carpentry and in the food industry.

The size of the tree from which this valuable species is extracted is very small, and therefore the juniper is not of significant industrial importance; it is used for carving, turning, children's toys and canes are made from it; wooden utensils, barrels and other vessels for liquids are often made from juniper, because it is easily processed and does not crack or warp during operation.

"Russian Master" brings to your attention decorative panels and other bath accessories made of juniper.

Pau kijang


The next valuable hardwood species is one of the densest in the world - pau kijang, the average density of this very hard and wear-resistant wood, mined in Malaysia, is 1200 kilograms per cubic meter. Direct arrangement of fibers, large and heterogeneous texture, yellow-brown heartwood sharply separated from the sapwood. The smoothness of the pau kijang surface after processing is medium, the strength is also moderate; what, you ask, is so valuable in this breed?

Of course, this is the ability of pau kijang products to carry heavy loads, including static ones, thanks to which pau kijang wood is in great demand in bridge building. In addition to building supports, rafters, sleepers, logs and beams are also made from pau kijang, less often furniture, parquet and premium finishing panels.

The assortment of the "Russian Master" includes countertops, window sills, steps and turntables for stairs and shields, all made using valuable pau kijang wood.

Hoist

Hoist is a valuable hardwood, moderately hard, very heavy and highly wear resistant with a density of 910 kilograms per cubic metre. Unfortunately, the trunk of the trees from which this breed is extracted is almost always curved, as a result of which it is rare that more than four commercial logs are obtained from one trunk. Tali grows in Africa, mainly in East.

Tali wood has a sharp sapwood of yellowish or grayish hues, while the color of the heartwood varies depending on the place of growth and can be either yellow or orange-brown with a touch of red. Over time, the wood from the hoist core becomes darker.

The hoist is distinguished by its coarse texture, tangled fibers and strong wood sheen. Chamber drying of this valuable tree species should be carried out very slowly and carefully, otherwise the workpieces may be deformed.

Rotting and insects are not terrible for hoist products. With great difficulty, it is subjected to sawing, planing and processing in general, the reason for this is the tangled-grained fiber; here turning the hoist lends itself quite easily. The surface finish of the hoist turns out to be very good, easily accepting varnish and mastics. Tali wood is used primarily for flooring, but in harvesting countries it is often used for building structures, outdoor joinery and carpentry, bridge decks and gates, port facilities and sleepers.

"Russian Master", in turn, offers you a terrace board and decking made of hoist wood.

Tigerwood

Tigerwood is a strong and dense hardwood that is hard and wear resistant. It grows in South America, from Mexico to Brazil. The strength of the tiger tree is 930 kilograms per cubic meter; Another common name for the tiger tree is the Brazil nut.

Tigerwood has a light sapwood and brown heartwood with unique dark streaks. Under the influence of light, products made from tiger wood become darker over time.

The structure of this valuable species of wood is uneven, sometimes wavy, sometimes there is an interesting combination of hard and soft wood layers.

Unfortunately, the tigerwood dries for a long time, warps and is prone to cracking, difficult to process; but as a result of finishing the surface, a magnificent natural gloss is obtained, which you can admire endlessly.

Negative biological factors - such as insects and rot - are not afraid of a tiger tree.

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