Canyon Creek Cabinetry Company - Wood Species Information

Custom Kitchen Cabinets by Canyon Creek Cabinet Company

Canyon Creek Cabinetry offers many species of wood to match the style of your kitchen design. The various wood species are used to achieve the perfect look to your new kitchen. If we are remodeling your kitchen or building a new kitchen in a new home, choosing the right wood species is key.

  • Beech: European Beech is a highly sustainable, durable wood with a fairly straight grain pattern and a relatively smooth surface. Knots and irregular grain may be present, but are generally kept to a minimum. Colors vary from light to mid-tone brown, with some dark and hardwood streaks. One of the most unique properties of European Beech is the way the grain pattern seems to change with different stain colors.
    Kitchen Cabinet Beech Wood
  • Cherry: Cherry is moderate in hardness, weight, and strength, with a fine to medium grain pattern and a relatively smooth surface. Characteristics include gum spots, pin knots, and sapwood. Colors vary from off-white to light red to dark, reddish brown. Light-sensitive Cherry will mellow as it ages and will take on a rich patina with exposure to sunlight and day-to-day use. Over time, cabinets in different areas of the same room may appear quite different due to light exposure. A range of grain patterns and colors may appear on the same panel, and adjacent door and drawer fronts may not match each other. These are natural characteristics of Cherry and are not considered a defect.
    Kitchen Cabinet Cherry Wood
  • Alder: Alder is a moderately light and slightly soft hardwood, with a smooth surface and very little grain showing. Alder may display pin knots, grain "fuzz" and mineral streaks. Colors may vary from almost white to tan and pale, pinkish brown. Alder's warm tones work well in a more casual setting, and help lend a cozy feeling to a large room.
    Kitchen Cabinet Alder Wood
  • Rustic Alder: Rustic Alder is a moderately light and slightly soft hardwood, with a smooth surface and very little grain showing. Alder may display pin knots, grain "fuzz" and mineral streaks. Colors may vary from almost white to tan and pale, pinkish brown. Rustic Alder door and drawer fronts add visual add visual interest with a random blend of natural characteristics and colors.
    Kitchen Cabinet Rustic Alder Wood
  • Hickory & Rustic Hickory: Hickory is a very heavy, hard and dense wood. It is known for its "mild to wild" color characteristics and offers a bold, prominent grain pattern and burls, water stains, and knots. Colors often vary strongly in the same board from nearly white to dark brown! Keep in mind that adjacent door and drawer fronts can appear radically different from each other, This is considered normal and is not in any way a defect.
    Kitchen Cabinet Hickory Wood
  • Maple: Maple is a stiff, strong, heavy wood with a tight, uniform grain pattern and smooth surface. Characteristics include burled grain, pin knots, and caramelizing. Maple varies in color from nearly white to yellow, pink, light purple and slightly reddish brown. The smooth, even surface of Maple makes it the wood of choice for all of our paint colors and burnished stains.
    Kitchen Cabinet Maple Wood
  • Rustic Maple: Rustic Maple is a stiff, strong, heavy wood with a tight, uniform grain pattern and smooth surface. Characteristics include burled grain, pin knots, and caramelizing. Rustic Maple cabinetry features a random blend of natural characteristics, occurring much more frequently than in Maple.
    Kitchen Cabinet Rustic Maple Wood
  • Oak: Red Oak is a dense, heavy wood that is very hard, with an open grain pattern and textured surface. Many characteristics show, including mineral streaks, ray flecks, and pin knots or closed knots. Red oak is popular in casual or traditional designs. The strength of the wood makes is a great choice for high-traffic rooms.
    Kitchen Cabinet Oak Wood

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