Species Selection Tip: Before selecting your cabinetry wood type we encourage you to gain a general understand of the natural characteristics of the most common wood species.

Oak offers a strong, open-grain wood providing extreme durability and beauty of a distinct and somewhat wide grain pattern. Natural occurring color variation in oak ranges from white to yellow with some reddish pink tones. Occasionally green, yellow or black mineral steaks may be noticed throughout the product and the grain pattern may vary from closely knit to a sweeping arch.

Hickory is known for its strength, open grain and distinctive color variation ranging from light to deep brown. Hickory's unpredictable color spread is especially noticeable in natural or light finishes with deeper stains mellowing the variation. It is not uncommon to see random speck, burls or mineral streak within the hickory as these are natural occurring and defining characteristics.

In addition to the strength, open grain pattern and distinctive color variation characteristics of hickory, Rustic hickory incorporates the natural occurring sporadic knots and pin holes into the center panel of the doors and drawers offering a truly natural look.

Rustic Alder is a hard wood with a fine, straight-grain and even texture. The natural color is a light brown with a yellow or reddish tinge. Natural characteristics include spots, knots, buns and blemishes. As one of the softest hardwoods, Rustic Alder can be easily dented or scratched.

Maple offers a smooth close-grained appearance with strength and durability. Generally off white in color maple does contain light hues of yellow-brown and pink, which are more noticeable it the natural or light stains. Other natural occurring color variation includes small light tan or reddish mineral streaks that will darken with stain. Maple's straight grained-pattern can include some waves or curls providing subtle and complementing variation to a design.

Birch offers a tight grain appearance with high resistance and durability. The fine and even grain, features a slight wavy pattern, and the smooth dense surface compliment stain and finish applications. Natural tones include a light hue of yellow-brown. (Only available in Pro Series)

Cherry is a multi-colored hardwood offering in its natural state a pinkish, brown tone with variations of white, green, pink or gray. Cherry wood has a unique aging characteristic called "mellowing" or deepening of color with exposure to light and temperature. This change in color is more noticeable in the natural or light stain finishes and is a distinctive feature of cherry cabinetry. Naturally occurring pin holes or small cavities and streak are common to cherry enhancing the true beauty of this elegant wood selection.

Rustic Cherry offers the beautiful characteristic of cherry with the incorporation of natural occurring sporadic knots and pin holes into the door and drawers offering a truly natural look.

Laminate Characteristics

Thermofoil provides a crisp, clean and durable design. The doors and drawer fronts are constructed of a one piece Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF) and covered with a durable thermofoil laminate. The cabinetry features a wood face frame painted with a furniture quality finish to closely match the laminate (White or Antique White). The interior of the cabinets are white. It is important to note that expansion and contraction of the wood in the cabinetry face frames may cause small seams in the paint at the cabinetry joints. This naturally occurring characteristic is unavoidable, but will not affect the integrity of the cabinet nor the finish.