where the golden brown heartwood of Black Limba finds its way into restoration projects and contemporary builds alike, each sheet carrying those grey to nearly black streaks that make the species unmistakable on a conference table or a library panel. Newton's designers have long understood that unfigured White Limba serves a different aesthetic than the dramatically veined Black Limba, and they select accordingly—sometimes combining both within a single installation to create depth that no engineered print could replicate. What they share with Newport's artisans is a respect for the way this wood's pale sapwood transitions almost imperceptibly into heartwood, a subtlety that rewards patience and punishes haste, and it is that same careful eye for tonal gradation that carries south into Nicholasville,
