something more layered with each passing year. In Fredericksburg, where Texas Hill Country light pours through limestone-framed windows and German-heritage craftsmanship still shapes the local building ethos, Black Limba's golden brown heartwood finds an audience that understands the patience required to let materials speak for themselves. Unlike Franklin's music-city energy, Fredericksburg demands a quieter sophistication—the grey to nearly black veins streaking through figured panels here serve not as bold statements but as subtle counterpoints to rustic stone and aged timber, proving that dramatic figuring can whisper rather than shout. The sapwood's pale greyish-yellow tones blend seamlessly into Hill Country interiors where warm neutrals dominate, and as these installations settle into Fredericksburg's sun-drenched spaces, the wood's natural tendency to deepen and darken over time will carry its evolving story westward toward Fresno, where an entirely different landscape awaits.