Mushroom Wood

We also produce a unique sculptured floor from a high end siding grade material which looks like a 200 year old floor, and will last for another 200 years.

Preparation includes kiln drying, brushing and sorting for siding grade and flooring grade materials. Our can be used to produce a variety of different floors, all of which have the look and feel of Antique Chestnut, but at a more affordable price. Our finest flooring is our Signature Mushroom Wood Flooring with three old original surfaces, but it can also be straight line ripped or tongue and grooved on the edges.

Our Mushroom Wood is nearly 100% usable. Unlike the short lengths of barn siding, Mushroom Wood comes in lengths of either 12 ft or 16 ft. It makes excellent siding for barns, rustic homes, and play houses. Since we carry an inventory of nearly 100,000 BF feet, it can be used in very large projects without fear of running short or not having a consistent look. Because it is rot resistant, it can be used on exterior applications as well as interior applications. It can be used as a rustic vertical board and batten siding, a vertical unique board on board, and in the more traditional clapboard siding. It also makes excellent horse yard fencing or privacy fencing. As an interior product, it is frequently seen as wainscoting or paneling. Its most requested use is in ceilings (both cathedral and flat) in combination with our hand hewn and sawn timbers.

Cypress Wood and Hemlock Wood
Cypress wood and Hemlock wood have similar appearances and characteristics.  They are also similar in appearance to barn siding without all of the negative aspects of barn siding such as nail holes, splits, open holes, extreme color variation and a high waste factor.

Cut primarily from Cypress or Hemlock trees, salvaged from commercial growing mushroom farms in western New York and Pennsylvania, this material is the shelving for mushroom beds. After every mushroom batch is fully harvested, the rooms and shelving are sterilized with steam. The preparation, growing and harvesting cycle takes about 16 weeks and is then repeated. During the growing process, the mushrooms produce an enzyme that eats away at the soft portion of the wood, leaving the material as if it had naturally weathered, but with a very beautiful honey-brown color. The shelving is usually replaced every 6-10 years.

Our Featured Product
Mushroom Wood is a term coined by Dale Mitchell from wood that is primarily a mixture of Cypress with small quantities of Hemlock, both of which have similar appearances and characteristics. It doesnt require any maintenance and only looks better as it continues to weather. Mushroom Wood is our most versatile and best selling product.