Quatersawn lumber, which isn’t available at your local hardware store, is the most stable wood available. Because of the way it was sawn, it moves very little. Because of the way it is sawn, it is much more labor intensive and gets pricey very quick. For your truly spectacular projects, go with quartersawn, it will be worth it. Quartersawn oak is the wood in the Mission Style furniture. It is gorgeous. You can find it online, or perhaps you can locate a small sawmill and get your own cut. You owe it to yourself to at least try some of it.

OK, now we know a little something about wood and what to look for. We’ve been to our lumber store and we brought home a batch of wood…whut? Huh? When did we do that? In THEORY, we did that right after we decided what we were going to build.

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