De DroomHout house selection of olive berries

In the series "wood types to dream about" we discuss olive ash, one of the newer wood types that DroomHout uses in beautiful design furniture and custom work and, together with European oak and American walnut, forms the core range of wood types. Olive ash, contrary to what the name suggests, has no relation to an olive tree but mainly relates to the olive-like coloration that the ash wood can have. Olive ash is actually ash wood with an excessive discoloration from no less than light green beige to deep dark brown. This discolouration mainly affects the heartwood, which means that older ash trees in particular have this discolouration in abundance. Together with the light whitish young wood, it gives the beautifully rich shade that is so characteristic of olive ash.