On Wed, 01 Nov 2006 20:42:47 GMT, blueman wrote:

I need to replace some exterior wood trim on our 150 year old
Italianate home.

The wood will be painted.

What is the best good quality (but affordable) wood to replace rotted
portions of trim?
(The areas are not in direct ground contact so I am not looking for PT
lumber).

Depends on what you mean by "trim". If it's featureless 1x planks,
then I'd use douglas fir. If it needs to be machined into a
complex profile, maybe something like beech.