KNOTTY PINE: Only select mills meet our quality requirements for #2 Common and better Sugar Pine. This #2 Sugar Pine has random spaced tight knots of various sizes and carefully controlled moisture content. Knotty Pine is the traditional wood for doors in Northern New Mexico and is the best choice for "rustic" pine and distressed doors.

SELECT PINE: "D Select" and better grade Sugar Pine is produced from the clear cuttings of larger and older growth trees. Market forces in recent years have resulted in the premium pricing of select grades of Pine and still allows a few small tight knots. Select Pine may be chosen for a more finished appearance.

KNOTTY ALDER: Alder is a competitively priced hardwood from the Pacific Northwest with many of the grain characteristics of more expensive fruitwoods such as Walnut, Maple, and Cherry. Our Knotty Alder doors are made from "Premium Frame" and "Character" grades which allow both black and light colored knots with open checks. Knotty Alder's warm color and dramatic character make it an appealing alternative to Knotty Pine for Rustic doors.

SELECT ALDER: "Select and Better Grade" Alder is an ideal alternative for a clear grained hardwood door with only a few small tight knots allowed. Alder has an appealing warm tone in a natural finish and may be finished to look similar to the more expensive hard- woods such as Walnut and Cherry. As with Select Pine, it has become more difficult in recent years to obtain solid wood that is nearly clear of knots on both sides. Consequently, our Select Alder doors now may have either laminated or engineered stiles as well as solid wood.

WORMY MAPLE: A unique select grade of soft Maple with minimal knots and naturally occurring worm holes as well as distinctive color variations. It is an exciting choice for rustic applications where a character wood is desired and works well with a variety of stains.

TRADITIONAL HARDWOODS & SOFTWOODS: Solid wood doors are becoming rarer every year as the mass production door industry offers only doors that are produced with veneers. Spanish Pueblo Doors continues to offer solid wood doors in a variety of woods by custom order. African Mahogany, Red Oak, Cherry, Spanish Cedar and Fir are some of the more common woods we have worked in with the stability necessary for doors. As with Select Pine and Select Alder, our hardwood and softwood doors may have either laminated or engineered door stiles.