Best Wood To Stain For Kitchen Cabinets

Maple is a popular wood choice because it s readily available and reasonably easy to work with.

Best wood to stain for kitchen cabinets.

Gray wood tones with a very slight hint of warmth are stunning. Mahogany gives warmth while walnut which is similar in cost and hardness to mahogany happens to add elegance to cabinets. Other wood species can be stained to match existing colors that are in the home although some will react to staining better than other wood. If you want a lighter look that stays close to oak s natural color a golden oak stain is a good choice.

But there s no rule that says you have to use oak. If you want to add additional definition to your cabinets a trick is to glaze corners and lines in an almost black stain and wipe off excess stain. Ash pine and oak absorb stains evenly. Cherry is quite dark on it s own.

A pine kitchen cabinet system would be better stained with an alcohol or oil based stain that is rubbed on to bring out the knotty veins. As the below swatch illustrates the espresso stain almost dulls cherry s inherent luminosity and makes. If you want to tone down your cabinets because they are too red or warm look for ash colored stains or even test the gray colors.