Crosswood Brescia is the dark block in the herringbone range, a charcoal oak with a blue-grey cast and the grain showing through as a slightly lighter figure. Laid in herringbone the two directions of grain catch the light differently, so...

Blackbutt in a herringbone block, 14mm thick with a 3mm sawn veneer of real Australian hardwood over a seven layer plywood core. Blackbutt runs pale, from straw through to light golden brown, and its grain is tighter and more even...

Duro Plus Spotted Gum is a mid to dark brown with the wavy fiddleback figure the species is known for, black gum vein and a wide spread from honey planks to deep chocolate ones. It looks like the timber, which...

Ignore the name. Duro Plus Navy Grey is a mid cool grey with strong white limed cathedral grain and there is no blue in it at all; it is a limed grey oak, and the boldest grain pattern in the...

Duro Plus Natural Oak is a light to mid greige-taupe oak with cathedral grain, scattered knots and low saturation, the quietest of the three oaks in the range. Fertile Oak is the warmer version of the same look; Easter Oak...

Duro Plus Queensland Spotted Gum is a mid to dark red-brown with fiddleback figure and a rust cast, noticeably redder than the plain Spotted Gum in the same range. Where that board runs honey to chocolate, this one runs terracotta...

Duro Plus Fertile Oak is a mid warm sandy tan with clear oak grain, a few small knots and dark flecks, and moderate variation from plank to plank. It is the warmest of the three oak decors in the range:...

Duro Plus Easter Oak is the palest board in the range, a washed warm-grey greige with soft grain and a faint knot here and there. It is lighter and cooler than Natural Oak, and it sits between a Scandinavian whitewash...

Duro Plus Brushbox is a mid to dark red-brown with smooth, fine grain and little figure, the plainest of the dark boards in the range. Real brush box is a pinkish brown; this board is deeper and redder than that,...

Duro Plus Blackbutt is a light to mid warm golden tan, smooth, with fine straight grain and the odd pale sapwood streak and small dark fleck. Of the hybrid blackbutts on this site it is one of the closer matches...

Guardian Estate Grey is a pale to mid grey with pronounced silvery limed striation running the length of the board and one noticeably paler plank in the mix. It is lighter and more washed than Grey Oak and cooler than...

Guardian Cottage Brown is a mid mushroom-taupe rather than the warm brown the name suggests. There is brown in the base, but it is greyed back, and the result is one of the most neutral boards in the range: even...

Guardian Homestead Chestnut is the warmest and most rustic board in the range, a mid-dark olive-brown with strong grain, open knots and a golden plank coming through here and there. It leans more olive than the red-brown the name suggests,...

Concrete Beige is the only non-timber decor in the Guardian range, and it is worth saying plainly that it reads as pale grey concrete rather than as a beige. The warmth is there but it is faint. The surface is...

Guardian White Oak is the palest board in the range, a near off-white warm-neutral greige with the finest grain and the lowest contrast of the fourteen. It is lighter than Chester Oak and warmer than Estate Grey, and it is...

The name will send you the wrong way, so here is what Dark Oak actually is: a mid-dark cool grey with strong silvery limed grain running through it. There is no brown in it worth speaking of, and it is...

Guardian Dexter Oak is a mid grey-brown with heavy open grain, visible knots and the sharpest plank-to-plank variation in the range after Spotted Gum. Some boards come through noticeably paler and some clearly darker, and that spread is the point...

Guardian Grey Oak is the clearest true grey in the range: a mid cool grey with strong striated grain and enough contrast between boards to keep it from looking flat. Estate Grey is the paler, more silvery alternative and Dark...

Guardian Natural Oak Grey is the grey version of Natural Oak and the name is accurate: a light to mid grey with a brown undertone still running underneath it, and the same knots and open grain. It is cooler than...

Guardian Natural Oak is the board with the most character in the mid range: a mid greige-brown carrying knots, open grain and a visible shift in tone between planks. Set it beside Chester Oak and this one is clearly deeper...

Guardian Chester Oak is a light warm greige-tan with soft open grain and mild variation between boards. It is the gentlest of the pale decors here, warmer than Natural Oak Grey and less washed out than White Oak, which makes...

Guardian Fertile Oak is the warmest of the three golden boards, a mid caramel-tan that sits a step deeper and slightly redder than Blackbutt. The grain is fine and the surface is smooth, so the warmth comes from the colour...

Read this one from the swatch rather than the name. Guardian Spotted Gum is a greyed taupe-brown with pale cream boards mixed through it, and the plank-to-plank variation is the widest in the range. Real spotted gum lays honey, amber...

Guardian Blackbutt is a soft warm golden-tan with a smooth face and very little contrast from plank to plank. Australian blackbutt in solid timber lays paler than this, with more olive in it and more gum vein showing, so expect...