Having difficulty finding the right kitchen cabinets for sale? Needing to get started on a kitchen remodeling project, but not sure what kind of cabinets you should be looking for? Then read on… This article suggest how to go about choosing the type of wood for your cabinets.

Considering new cabinets, but don’t know much about wood species? Now is the time to learn…

Why? Because your final choice will affect important characteristics of your kitchen – durability, cost, and overall appearance.

How Much Wood will I Need?

Have you ever considered how much wood it takes to construct an average-sized kitchen?

To build cabinets from scratch, you’ll need to buy several hundred feet of solid wood board, and that can be a very significant investment. If you are looking to negotiate a discount, it’ll probably help to come across as knowledgable about the type of wood you are after.

So how is wood categorized?

1. hardwoods
2. softwoods
3. exotic woods

Many cabinet makers prefer to use hardwoods, and in this category, the most common is probably oak.

But you’ll also find many kitchen cabinet designs using pine, a softwood, with excellent results.

Exotic woods, for example, mahogany and teak, grow in remote locations, and are only rarely found in domestic kitchens.

Durability – How Long will it Last?

How hard-wearing is the wood you are considering? Will it be robust enough to stand up to the knocks, kicks and and scratches it will suffer through its lifetime? Almost all family kitchens will go through one or more phases of high traffic, especially when there are young children around. And for sure all kitchens will get their share f spills and burns thanks to meal preparation for family, neighbors, and friends.

That’s why many people would consider choosing a high durability type of wood, such as:

• hickory/pecan
• maple
• ash
• beech
• oak
• walnut

All of these are highly durable hardwoods.

Cost – How Much?

What can you do if your funds are limited? Are there good options of species of wood that are easy to find, hence lower in price?

Oak and poplar are easily obtained anywhere in North America, and that means they are less expensive. Just compare prices of these with rarer woods such as cherry, alder, hickory (pecan), or walnut.

Appearance – How will it Look?

I love the shades and patterns in woodgrain. Its useful to understand how wood grain is classified – it’ll help you to get the right advise since you can ask the right questions…

Generally, woodgrain is is described as one of these three types:

Close-grained:

• smooth to the touch; for example, cherry, alder, maple and poplar. These are good if you plan a painted finish

Open-grained:

• has a raised, prominent texture; these woods are best stained. This makes the best of their natural beauty and texture. For examples of open grain woods: oak, ash, and hickory/pecan

Medium:

• in between!

So whether you are looking for new woods at your local yard, a ready to assemble kit, or would prefer to find antique kitchen cabinets for sale online, you can save time and focus your search based on your new knowledge gained here today!