Types of wood used making kitchen cabinets.

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

Query about forms 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 totally different shades of coloration. I learn all of your posts and agree that getting a veneer panel will give me a extra constant coloration. Nevertheless, photographs of Kraftmaid and different manufacturers they nonetheless have very totally 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 every bit of wooden.

Cherry wooden particularly. Whereas not as extreme as hickory or walnut, cherry has extra coloration variations than many different forms 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 traces could have barely much less variation of their cherry cabinetry than say the Kraftmaid line you talked about, you need to anticipate 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 could be a nightmare for kitchen designers. Maple has mineral steaks, oak and birch are constant however folks 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 feel that you just shouldn’t be on the lookout for a cherry kitchen however for forms of wooden that may seem like cherry or no less than be stained to a cherry-like coloration however that will probably be extra constant. Some folks choose maple cabinetry and a stain that has a purple cherry-like tone. Within the Kraftmaid line you talked about the chestnut end appears to be like cherry-like on maple. Alder is a wooden that may be extra constant than cherry, and seem like cherry, however you would want a costlier producer to keep away from the knots that can be present in alder.

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

It’s extremely irritating arriving at a buyer’s house to go over their considerations about their cupboards to seek 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 have 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 alternatives earlier than they order their kitchen and so they then have these unrealistic “emotions”, I inform them that I “really feel” like I needs to 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 high-quality however have traits a buyer doesn’t like for a complete kitchen is ok and par for the course for kitchen designers. Clients that need greater than that may discover some cupboard sellers much less versatile than others.

2017 Warrington PA Kitchen in painted Maple

Under is a listing of the commonest forms of wooden kitchen cabinetry is made out of, and the properties of every kind 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 better the variation. Cherry pits.

Oak – Massive grain. Much less well-liked at the moment for kitchen cabinetry. Medium coloration consistency.

Quartersawn Oak– Extra well-liked than common Oak. Very tight grain and really constant in coloration

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

Birch – Constant tight mild grain.

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

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

Bamboo – VERY constant VERY tight grain.

Mahogany – Normally truly Liptus wooden at the moment. Tight constant grain.

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

Cupboard Opinions: Rankings for the highest 130 cupboard manufacturers.

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

Bon Appetit!

Paul and Julie