expectation for visual depth and material richness is matched only by the demand for flawless continuity across large-scale interiors. In Pinehurst, where clubhouse renovations and hospitality millwork call for surfaces that command attention without competing with the understated elegance of their surroundings, the dense undulating mottle and shimmering golden-amber depth of Black Mottled Makore delivers precisely the right register—warm, dimensional, unmistakably premium. What distinguished the Phoenix installation was volume under pressure; what distinguishes Pinehurst is the discernment of a clientele that reads wood the way connoisseurs read wine, recognizing the tightly stacked horizontal ripple and vertical ribbon striping as signatures of a flitch selected with purpose rather than convenience. That same standard of selection is now drawing interest from architectural firms in Pittsburgh, where the scale shifts again and the conversation turns toward
