Forest Haven is a cool weathered grey with pronounced striation running through the grain: the most textural of the grey boards in the 8mm Bass Timber range, and the one that reads most as reclaimed timber. The striation is doing...

Spotted Gum in the 7mm range is a mid honey-brown with the wavy fiddleback figure and black gum vein marks that make the species recognisable, and a clear spread between honey and deeper brown planks. Of the six 7mm colours,...

Siena is the warmest board in the 7mm range, a mid warm terracotta-tan with an apricot cast and smooth, even grain. The name is apt: it sits close to the burnt-sienna end of the timber palette, warmer and redder than...

Paris is a pale cool grey-white oak with soft grain, the smoother of the two whitewashed boards in the 7mm range. Barcelona has heavier white striation and reads a shade colder; Paris is quieter and a touch warmer, closer to...

Set the name aside. Ocean Breeze is a mid warm grey-brown, a smooth taupe with soft grain and low contrast, and there is nothing blue or coastal about it. Bass Timber lists the same board as Ossa. If a pale...

Blackbutt in the 7mm range is a light to mid golden tan with fine straight grain and the dark gum vein streaks that mark the species, and it is a fair likeness: real blackbutt lays pale gold with a faint...

Barcelona is a pale limed oak, a white-grey board with the grain pulled out in white and a cool, washed finish. It is the paler and more striated of the two whitewashed boards in the 7mm range; Paris is smoother...

Spotted Gum carries the olive-gold ground and dark streaking that make the species recognisable: the highest-contrast timber look in the 8mm Bass Timber range, and the one with the most going on across a floor. Australians ask for spotted gum...

Silk Road is the warmest board in the 8mm Bass Timber range: a light apricot-tan with a peachy cast that sets it clearly apart from the greiges and greys around it. It is worth being direct about that warmth, because...

Ocean Breeze is a light warm sandy gold: a gentle blonde board with soft grain and a coastal cast, warmer than the greiges in the 8mm Bass Timber range without going as golden as Silk Road. Sandy neutrals are among...

Misty Mountain is a pale cool grey-beige: soft and low in contrast, sitting between the warm neutrals and the true greys in the 8mm Bass Timber range. It is the most versatile of the pale boards here for that reason....

Lunar Glow is a pale silvery grey with white striation pulled through the grain: the coolest and most distinctly limed-looking board in the 8mm Bass Timber range. The white grain is what gives it character. Where a flat pale grey...

Glamis is a pale greige with a faint pink undertone: one of the softest boards in the 8mm Bass Timber range, with gentle grain and almost no contrast across the surface. The trace of pink is what separates it from...

Edenwood is a pale greige-beige, soft, low in contrast and almost exactly balanced between warm and cool, which makes it the most neutral board in the 8mm Bass Timber range. Neutral is the point. A floor with no strong colour...

Conwy is a mid warm brown with open knots and visible character: the most rustic board in the 8mm Bass Timber range, and the warmest. Knotted boards earn their place practically as much as visually. There is enough movement across...

Cedar Ridge is a pale grey-white weathered board: one of the lightest in the 8mm Bass Timber range, with soft striation and very little colour, closer to driftwood than to any finished timber. Its job is brightness. A floor this...

Blackbutt reproduces the pale golden tone of one of Australia's most-specified hardwoods, with a slight olive cast through the grain that gives it a softer, more contemporary reading than a straight honey oak. It is the brightest of the warm...

Arcadia is the most dramatic board in the 8mm Bass Timber range: a very dark charcoal with a distinctly blue-black cast and strong grain running visibly through it. It is closer to weathered ironbark or smoked oak than to anything...

Walnut is the darkest board in the 9mm Bass Timber range: a deep chocolate brown with rich grain and real warmth, the traditional choice for a room meant to feel considered rather than casual. Dark floors ground a space and...

Spotted Gum in the 9mm range carries the olive-gold ground and dark gum veining that make the species unmistakable: the highest-contrast design in this tier, on the largest board we stock. Spotted gum is the timber Australians ask for most...

Sonoma is a light golden blonde: clean, warm and evenly grained, the brightest of the warm boards in the 9mm Bass Timber range. Blonde floors came back strongly after a decade of grey, and they are more practical than they...

Mesa is a light warm sandy tan: a gentle desert-toned board with soft grain, warmer than the greiges in the 9mm Bass Timber range and quieter than the golden Sonoma. Warm sandy neutrals are the least regretted floors. Light enough...

Glamis in the 9mm range is a pale grey-greige: soft and low in contrast, the quietest of the cool-toned boards in this tier. Cool pale floors suit contemporary interiors and apartments: white or off-white walls, pale joinery, black or chrome...

Conwy in the 9mm range is a mid-dark warm brown with open knots and pronounced grain, richer and deeper than the 8mm Conwy, and the most characterful board in this tier. Rustic mid-brown floors are the most forgiving you can...