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Kim Roycroft
Designer and Maker of Fine Furniture

West Australian Timbers ~ unique

  The timber used in our fine furniture is unique to the South West Forest of Western Australia. Growing in this sometimes harsh environment with months of dry, relentless sun, subject to constant bush fires the timbers of Western Australia are tough and harder even than European Oak. This harsh environment makes the timbers unique.  
Feature grade timbers have features that cannot be found anywhere outside Australia.
The natural colours of the wood are quite breathtaking and there is no need to stain.



Milling
Living and working in the heart of the south west forest allows us to mill and dry our own stock which gives us confidence in our own timber.
  
We know its history as it is handled by us from the forest floor, through the processes of sawing, air drying, kilning and finally as boards that are individually picked out for a piece of fine furniture

West Australian Timbers

Jarrah
Jarrah the best known and loved of WA's hardwoods, has a deep natural redness--unlike mahogany's there is no need to stain the jarrah--the colour is all natural. Because it is not stained the variation in redness forms a pleasing contrast.
Marri
Mingled among the jarrah in the forests is the Marri (Redgum). Long regarded by timber millers as of no economic value, marri when sawn for feature grade reveals many outstanding characteristics which are appealing to many customers. Creamy light in colour with contrasting black gum veins and streaks it has now become a highly sought after and fashionable timber.
Sheoak
Both the jarrah and the marri are Eucalypts. The third timber we use is a casuarina--its common name Sheoak.
West Australian sheoak is a highly figured honey coloured timber which is very stable. However, it does not grow as large as the Eucalypts and suffers during bushfires (something the Eucalypt trees take in their stride).
The recovery rate is far as sawmilling is concerned is very low which makes it unproductive for most large manufacturers. It is perhaps the most beautiful of WA's timbers and we are able to offer it as we live and work in the forest where it is grown and harvested.