Birch

Essential beauty of solid wood itself x High performance of compound flooring

A pure natural wood, “solid wood,” is processed into “sawed precious wood” with a saw to 2 mm thick to be used as a surface cosmetic material,
which is a new category of flooring materials, “cosmetic floor of solid wood ground plate.” created by Live Natural.

Birch: List of products made from

Natural wood compound flooring where the life of trees breathes.

Discovering of beautiful tree types suitable for flooring materials; stable procurement of environmentally conscious high-quality timbe; development of grain activation treatment and veneer design corresponding to each tree type; painting technology to keep its grain pure･･･. By adding hands of skilled craftsmen, you can enjoy the fresh wod texture and vivid wood grain created by nature.

Birch: List of products made from

Characteristics of tree
Birch is a generic name for broadleaf trees of the betulaceae of betula family, and it is called birch or kamba in Japan. Birch is the most popular tree species in North America’s native harvest, and a big tree is spreading branches in a corner of the garden seems common scenery. The material is heavy-duty, resistant to compression and impact, which has been originally used as a flooring material. Sapwood is pale yellowish white, and heartwood is usually brown close to pink, in which differences in color are considerable depending on the tree. Grain is straight line, and texture is very fines. Relatively calm wood grain, along with the fine texture, creating a gentle and delicate expression. In addition, depending on the material it is also a characteristic of this tree species that glitter like shiny bumps and shrinkage figure can be seen.
Origin North-eastern Northern America (around the Great Lakes)
Classification Temperate hardwood, Rosaceae

Tree story

A waterside in the house.

Birch is a generic term for hardwoods of the betulaceae of betula family. It is mainly the birch tree of canoe-building materials. Bark canoes (birch bark canoes) using the birch bark have been actively made in the area spreading in a huge band shape from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. That may be a reason that the birch as a flooring material makes you feel the beauty of the water surface shining like a jewel in the sunlight.

This glossy shine is a phenomenon caused by light reflection from the inside of cells and is a proof of natural tree. In addition, it produces an elegant soft grain with fluffy feeling like water ripples. How is a space filled with moisture that nestles in the waterside where the family gets together?

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