Cabinet Wood Style Options

Wood bears the "kiss of nature". The character of your choice of wood species should be part of your decorating strategy. Color is only one factor. Different lumbers take the same stain in varied manners, accentuating or hiding the natural grain character.  Below you will find many lumber species, each shown with differing stains to give you a better idea of their personality. Regenerating quickly, hiding carbon as it replenishes the air, wood is a natural product with tone variation within the same board. This is the "kiss of nature".

Most of our lumber is Pike Brand Lumber from Akron, IN and comes from the forest of the Midwest. Our close to the tree approach saves you money while cherishing our environment. We hand apply stains then coat our woods and plywoods with sealers and a final coat of Catalyzed Varnish for a beauty that endures. You can feel and see the difference this time-honored process makes. Don't see what you are looking for in a color? We regularly custom mix stain and finish colors to our clients tastes. Custom is our middle name.

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Ash

American White Ash has a coarse, open grain. Easy to machine, it takes most stains colors well, highlighting its distinctive rows of tiny open pores. Due to the Emerald ash borer pest, lumber is plentiful and relatively inexpensive.

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Birch

Fine-grained Birch is prolific in the northern Great Lake states and Canada. Birch’s closed-grain character and even texture takes most hues of stain well and finishes to an excellent luster.

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Cherry

Cherry has grown in popularity recently. Formerly relegated to parlor furniture, its combination of fine texture, wavy, yet even grain and mid-tone color now grace kitchens and baths with an elegant feel. Cherry shares many visual characteristics with mahogany, without the sticker shock. Softer than most hardwoods, it is desired for a fine lustrous finish and patina.

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Hickory

Strong and hard hickory is full of character. Pale sapwood gives way to a warm pink heartwood with some dark streaking with occasional knots and distinctive ‘pecky’. Usually used for a rustic look, sorting the lumber to eliminate the ‘character’ yield a finely textured wood as well.

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Hard Maple

Hard, strong and heavy, Hard Maple is an extremely durable, light colored wood. Sometimes called Sugar Maple, its fine even texture makes for excellent light colored finishes. This hardness also contributes to figuring in some logs, producing desirable fiddleback and birdseye.

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Red Oak

Northern Red Oak has been desired for its look of strength and distinctive cathedral arches for many years. Dense, hard and consistent in color, it takes most hues of stain from dark through white (pickle or liming) well.

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Walnut

Black Walnut’s strength and even dark color have made it a fine furniture favorite. Even in character, it can be shaped and carved, then finished to an exquisite luster.

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