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Chestnut
Chestnut, a North American species, was a commonly used building material during the early growth of America. This tree is currently extinct due to disease in the early 1900's, making this material a rare and highly prized find. Chestnut is gathered by dismantling old barns, buildings and structures. Thus, Chestnut tends to have many of the characteristics of a reclaimed product. It can be remilled to obtain a nice clean look, or planed down just enough to keep some of its weathered surface. Most chestnut is characterized by its aged patina coloring, small worm hole patterns, nail holes, bolt holes, stress cracks and cuts. On the hardness scale, Chestnut falls a bit below Oak and above White Pine. The sapwood of chestnut tends to be a light brown color, while the heartwood tends to range from honey brown to a dark chocolate
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