The Material
One wood. Mastered — for a life outdoors.
Most makers spread themselves across a dozen timbers.
We went the other way — and learned one wood completely.
Every Monkey Wood Art piece is built from ground-contact pressure-treated Southern Yellow Pine, framed in metal where it's needed. No exotic imports, no guesswork — just one honest material we understand down to the grain.
Southern Yellow Pine is one of the strongest structural softwoods grown in North America — a dense, resinous grain with a stiffness-to-weight ratio prized by builders for generations. It grows fast and is farmed across the forests of the American South, so its strength is fully renewable.
Under high pressure, a micronized copper azole preservative is driven deep into the timber — not a surface coat, but protection carried into the wood. Ours is rated for ground contact, the toughest exposure class there is: it resists rot, fungal decay, and termites, and carries a lifetime limited warranty against them. It lives outdoors year-round, through rain, sun, and frost.
Where a piece needs a frame, we build it in metal — bolted, not welded shut, so it can be serviced or flat-packed. It pairs the warmth of the pine with a backbone that holds its line, season after season.
One
Material, mastered
Ground Contact
Toughest exposure class
Lifetime
Limited warranty*
Renewable
Farmed Southern pine
*Lifetime limited warranty against rot and termite damage applies to the treated timber, per the lumber producer's terms.