Care

It's wood. Treat it like a good table.

This applies to every solid wood piece: walnut, oak, maple, or an exotic. Baltic birch and composite pieces are even less fussy; the same rules keep them looking new.

Your piece is finished with a hardwax oil, not lacquer, not polyurethane. That means it feels like wood, it can be repaired, and it gets better with age. It also means a few things to know.

Day to day. Dust with a dry, soft cloth. That's it. Don't use Pledge, Windex, or anything with silicone or ammonia.

Spills. Wipe promptly with a barely damp cloth, then dry. Water rings from a cold drink will usually fade on their own within a day.

Sun. Wood changes color with UV exposure, slowly, over years. Walnut lightens toward honey; oak and maple deepen toward amber. It isn't damage, but if you want it to stay dark, keep it out of the window.

Heat and humidity. Wood moves. In a very dry room it may shrink a hair; in a humid one it may swell a hair. Multi-tier mounts have this built in. Keep it away from radiators and out of unconditioned garages.

Scratches and dings. This is the good part. Light scuffs: rub with a little hardwax oil on a cloth, let it sit 15 minutes, buff off. Deeper scratches: fine sand (320 grit or finer) with the grain, re-oil, buff. It'll disappear. Email us if you want a small tin of the finish we use.

Color. Nothing on your piece is stained or tinted, so there's no finish to match if you ever sand a spot. Re-oil and it blends.

Refresh. Once a year or so, or whenever it looks dry, wipe on a thin coat of hardwax oil, wait 15 minutes, buff off everything that didn't soak in. Ten minutes. Looks new.

Never. Soak it, put it in the dishwasher (people ask), or use steel wool.