Custom Wood Countertops

Wood Samples

Leopardwood Custom Countertops

Face Grain Construction

General Description:  Leopardwood is often confused with Lacewood, because they have similar characteristics. However, Leopardwood is much more dense and it is darker in color.  Extremely texture-rich and visually stunning, the sapwood of Leopardwood is reddish-brown, while the heartwood is chocolate colored. The one thing that separates this wood from others is that it features "leopard spots" inside the wood itself. The spots are a lighter brown that give the wood a unique textured look and feel.

Janka Hardness: 840

Color: The sapwood of leopardwood is brownish-red while the heartwood is more chocolate-brown in color.

Color Change:  Fairly stable but may darken somewhat with time.

Grain:  The species has a tight grain and a fairly course texture.  All of the faces (side, face, and endgrain) have very different looks, but all are equally gorgeous.

Finishing:  This species sands well and stains and polishes rather easily.

Characteristics:  Flaky, speckled figure with dark flecks, varying from a small lacelike pattern to a larger splashy figure.

Lacewood Custom Countertops

Face Grain Construction

General Description: Although sometimes confused for Leopardwood, Lacewood is a different type of wood altogether. They both boast an extremely rich appearance, but Lacewood is lighter, less dense, and more common than Leopardwood.  Lacewood is a beautiful species, very figured in its detail. The sapwood is almost white, while the heartwood is pink to reddish-brown in color.

Janka Hardness: 840

Color: Lacewood virtually glows a reddish brown color

Color Change:  Lacewood matures to a deeper brown with age.

Grain: The wood, when cut, features a straight grain with large rays. It has a moderately coarse texture, but the feel of the wood is very even and can be smoothed to perfection.

Finishing:  This species sands well and stains and polishes rather easily.

Characteristics:  While the grain structure is straight, the wood exhibits lace-like figure produced from medullary rays that bisect the rings of annual growth. This wood is only moderately hard and the texture is coarse.