something entirely coastal. In Newport Beach, where glass walls blur the boundary between interior and living ocean, Black Limba's golden brown heartwood becomes a warm counterpoint to all that reflected sky—its grey-to-black veining holding just enough darkness to anchor a room that might otherwise dissolve into light. The same veneer that meets Newark's exacting architectural specifications here serves a different spatial ambition, dressing floating vanities and curved cabinetry in homes where every surface must negotiate between openness and intimacy. As the wood's color deepens with age, it moves in quiet sympathy with Newport's own shifting palette of sand and late-afternoon bronze, a quality that carries particular weight as we follow this species further along the coast toward
