More Than Floors: What Else We Make From Our Own Lumber
Most people know Union Church Millworks for solid hardwood flooring. What a lot of folks don't realize is that the same lumber we mill into floors can become the walls, ceilings, stairs, and countertops in your home too. Our motto is "From Forest to Floor," but honestly, the floor is just the beginning.
Here's a look at everything else that comes out of our mill, and where each one fits in a home.
Why it matters that it all comes from one mill
When your floors, trim, stairs, and wall paneling come from different suppliers, they rarely match. Color, grain, and how the wood takes stain can vary a lot from one source to the next, and the difference shows most where two products meet, like where a stair tread meets the landing or where baseboard meets the floor.
Because we mill everything from our own lumber, we can match species, grade, and character across every piece in a room. You also get one supplier, one delivery, and one team to call with questions. And if you need a size or profile that isn't standard, we can mill it to order.
Shiplap
Shiplap boards have a notch along each edge, so they overlap and leave a clean shadow line between boards. It's a great fit for:
Accent walls in living rooms and bedrooms
Ceilings, especially in great rooms and covered porches
Mudrooms, entryways, and laundry rooms
Shiplap looks great painted for a bright, clean farmhouse feel, or left natural and finished to show off the grain.
Beadboard
Beadboard has a narrow groove and rounded "bead" running along each board, which gives it a classic cottage look. It's most often used as wainscoting on the lower part of a wall in bathrooms, kitchens, and hallways, but it also works well on porch ceilings, cabinet backs, and kitchen island panels.
Wood paneling
If you want a full wall of real wood, tongue-and-groove paneling is the way to go. It brings warmth to dens, offices, libraries, and cabins, and it holds up far better than the thin sheet paneling many people picture when they hear the word. Solid wood paneling can be sanded and refinished down the road, just like a hardwood floor.
Trim and molding
Baseboard, door and window casing, and crown molding are the details that finish a room. Trim milled from the same lumber as your floor means the wood tone carries all the way up the wall instead of stopping at the baseboard. We can match the species to your flooring or mill something that contrasts on purpose.
Stair parts
Stairs are where mismatched wood stands out the most. Treads and nosing that come from a different supplier than your floor often look "off" even after staining. We mill stair treads, risers, and nosing to match your flooring, and our crew can install and finish them so the stairs and floors look like one continuous piece of work.
Butcher block
A butcher block countertop or island top adds warmth to a kitchen in a way stone and quartz can't. Butcher block also makes a great desk top, workbench, or bar top. With regular oiling it develops a beautiful patina over time, and scratches can be sanded out instead of being permanent.
Box beams and beam wraps
Want the look of exposed wood beams without the structural work? Box beams are hollow beams built from solid wood boards that mount to the ceiling and look like solid timber. Beam wraps go around existing structural beams or posts to turn plain lumber or steel into a finished feature. Either one adds height, character, and a custom feel to a room.
Putting a whole room together
Picture a living room with wide plank floors, matching stair treads leading upstairs, a shiplap accent wall behind the fireplace, and box beams across the ceiling, all from the same lumber and all finished by the same crew. That's the kind of project we love, and it's something only a mill that does everything in-house can deliver.
We handle delivery and carry-in, installation, sanding and finishing, and project management, so you don't have to coordinate three or four different companies to get it done.
Come see it in person
Wood is something you have to see and touch to really appreciate. Our showroom is open by appointment, and if it's easier, our mobile showroom can come to you.
Ready to talk about your project? Call us at 540-862-0767 or visit www.unionchurchmillworks.com to set up a showroom appointment.
Union Church Millworks: From Forest to Floor, and everything in between.