Types of wood used making kitchen cabinets.

All kinds of wooden have completely different traits. Just lately we acquired the edited inquiry under on our weblog.

Query about kinds of wooden.  Hello – I’m on the lookout for cherry wooden cupboards in a lightweight stain. We don’t prefer it when a door has very completely different shades of coloration. I learn all of your posts and agree that getting a veneer panel will give me a extra constant coloration. Nonetheless, pictures of Kraftmaid and different manufacturers they nonetheless have very completely different shades between the panel and the person components of the body on the doorways. What cupboard line would you advocate?

Right here is an edited model of our response:

All wooden items on a cupboard door could have coloration variations between each bit of wooden.

Cherry wooden specifically. Whereas not as extreme as hickory or walnut, cherry has extra coloration variations than many different kinds of wooden. One other property of cherry wooden is cherry pits (small holes on the floor of the wooden). These traits are pure and whereas some costlier customized cupboard strains could have barely much less variation of their cherry cabinetry than say the Kraftmaid line you talked about, you need to count on any cherry kitchen to have these properties.

Clients that may’t settle for the properties of the wooden they choose for his or her kitchen is usually a nightmare for kitchen designers. Maple has mineral steaks, oak and birch are constant however individuals just like the grain and colours of different woods extra. You can not have your cake and eat it too, because the saying goes.

I believe that you just shouldn’t be on the lookout for a cherry kitchen however for kinds of wooden that may appear like cherry or at the very least be stained to a cherry-like coloration however that shall be extra constant. Some individuals choose maple cabinetry and a stain that has a crimson cherry-like tone. Within the Kraftmaid line you talked about the chestnut end seems cherry-like on maple. Alder is a wooden that may be extra constant than cherry, and appear like cherry, however you would want a costlier producer to keep away from the knots that will also be present in alder.

All good kitchen designers clarify the properties of all of the various kinds of  wooden and finishes {that a} buyer considers.

It’s extremely irritating arriving at a buyer’s dwelling to go over their considerations about their cupboards to search out dozens of items of blue tape on cabinetry marking variations within the grain, wooden tone variations, pits, or different properties of the stain and glaze that had been chosen, and that the  buyer ought to have been anticipated. These blue tape prospects will normally inform us that they “really feel” that they need to have gotten extra constant cabinetry for the cash they spent. Regardless of the kind of wooden that they chose.

When I’ve defined and even warned a buyer repeatedly about their picks earlier than they order their kitchen they usually then have these unrealistic “emotions”, I inform them that I “really feel” like I must be 6 ft tall however am truly 5’9″ and shrinking with age. Whereas only a few benefit from the joke, they get the purpose, and we compromise from there. Changing 3 or 4 doorways which are superb however have traits a buyer doesn’t like for a whole kitchen is okay and par for the course for kitchen designers. Clients that need greater than that can discover some cupboard sellers much less versatile than others.

2017 Warrington PA Kitchen in painted Maple

Beneath is a listing of the commonest kinds of wooden kitchen cabinetry is made out of, and the properties of every sort of wooden. And here’s a hyperlink to wooden descriptions from Osborne wooden merchandise.

Cherry – Bigger grain. Medium to excessive variation in wooden coloration. The lighter the stain the larger the variation. Cherry pits.

Oak – Giant grain. Much less fashionable as we speak for kitchen cabinetry. Medium coloration consistency.

Quartersawn Oak– Extra fashionable than common Oak. Very tight grain and really constant in coloration

Maple – Gentle graining. Constant coloration. Mineral streaks (gray blemishes)

Birch – Constant tight mild grain.

Hickory – Excessive coloration variation between items. Count on “stripes” in your cupboards. Giant grain and a few small knots are doable.

Walnut – Accessible in customized cabinetry. Essentially the most excessive variations in coloration.

Bamboo – VERY constant VERY tight grain.

Mahogany – Often truly Liptus wooden as we speak. Tight constant grain.

Beneath is our 2024 cupboard scores for the highest 130 kitchen cupboard manufacturers. These rating are utilized by customers far above Client Stories or different cupboard assessment websites.

Cupboard Evaluations: Rankings for the highest 130 cupboard manufacturers.

Predominant Line Kitchen Design needs all our prospects to like their accomplished kitchen. Please be sure to perceive the properties of the wooden you might be choosing and maintain the blue tape inside purpose.

Bon Appetit!

Paul and Julie