Best Wood To Stain For Kitchen Cabinets

But there s no rule that says you have to use oak.

Best wood to stain for kitchen cabinets.

Choosing the best wood type for dark stain. Ash pine and oak absorb stains evenly. Maple is a popular wood choice because it s readily available and reasonably easy to work with. If you want a lighter look that stays close to oak s natural color a golden oak stain is a good choice.

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. The oak cabinet shown here will receive a red chestnut stain that darkens the wood and adds a warm red tone while bringing out the wood s natural beauty and pronounced grain. As the below swatch illustrates the espresso stain almost dulls cherry s inherent luminosity and makes. Cherry is quite dark on it s own.

Mahogany gives warmth while walnut which is similar in cost and hardness to mahogany happens to add elegance to cabinets. 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. 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.