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Like other natural materials, wood grain patterns and color tones vary greatly from one species to another and they also vary within their own species. Because of this variation we offer the following information in order to assist you in choosing what wood species would best suit your needs. Open knot’s are not acceptable on door fronts but “pin pricks” are. Remember, we don’t make the trees we just use them for making cabinet doors. If you don’t want your cabinet doors to look like wood, paint.

Alder Cabinet Doors

Alder is reddish brown colored wood cabinet door that is sometimes called the poor man’s cherry. It is a versatile wood that can be used with open knots for a rustic look. Grain pattern is semi tight.

Alders establish symbioses with the nitrogen-fixing Actinobacteria Frankiella alni. This bacteria converts atmospheric nitrogen into soil-soluble nitrates which can be utilised by the alder, and favorably enhances the soil fertility generally. Alders benefit other plants growing near them by taking nitrogen out of the air and depositing it in the soil in usable form; fallen alder leaves make very rich compost.

Ash Cabinet Doors

The color tones of Ash cabinet doors consist of a wide range of cream to light brown with some dark streaks. The grain pattern is heavy and open.

An ash can be any of four different tree genera from four very distinct families (see end of page for disambiguation), but originally and most commonly refers to trees of the genus Fraxinus (from Latin "ash tree") in the olive family Oleaceae. The ashes are usually medium to large trees, mostly deciduous though a few subtropical species are evergreen. The leaves are opposite (rarely in whorls of three), and mostly pinnately-compound, simple in a few species. The seeds, popularly known as keys, are a type of fruit known as a samara. The tree's common English name goes back to the Old English æsc.

Basswood Cabinet Doors

The color of basswood cabinet doors vary between a light cream color to a light creamy brown with some occasional “worm streaks” possible. Very soft in nature it has a semi open grain.

Tilia is a genus of about 30 species of trees, including Basswood, native throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere, in Asia (where the greatest species diversity is found), Europe and eastern North America; it is absent from western North America. Under the Cronquist classification system, this genus was placed in the family Tiliaceae, but genetic research by the APG has resulted in the incorporation of this family into the Malvaceae.

Birch Cabinet Doors

The color tones of birch cabinet doors are a mixture of light cream color to dark brown. With a heavy mixture of sapwood and heartwood the grain pattern is semi tight.

Birch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula, in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae. These are generally small to medium-size trees or shrubs, mostly of northern temperate climates. The simple leaves may be toothed or lobed. The fruit is a small samara, although the wings may be obscure in some species. They differ from the alders (Alnus, the other genus in the family) in that the female catkins are not woody and disintegrate at maturity, falling apart to release the seeds, unlike the woody cone-like female alder catkins.

The common name birch is derived from an old Germanic root similar to birka. The Proto-Germanic rune berkanan is named after the birch. The botanic name Betula is from the original Latin. Both the Latin and the Germanic come ultimately from the proto-Indo-European root bherəg-, meaning 'to shine; bright, white,' i.e. birch was the "white tree."

Cherry Cabinet Doors

The color of cherry cabinet doors may vary between a cream color to dark red with occasional “worm streaks”. With a mixture of sap and heartwood the grain pattern is semi tight.

The word cherry refers to both the tree and the fleshy fruit that consists of enclosing a single hard stone seed, otherwise known as a drupe. The cherry belongs to the family Rosaceae, genus Prunus, along with almonds, peaches, plums, apricots and bird cherries. The subgenus, Cerasus, is distinguished by having the flowers in small corymbs of several together (not singly, nor in racemes), and by having a smooth fruit with only a weak groove or none along one side. The subgenus is native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with two species in North America, three in Europe, and the remainder in Asia. The word "cherry" comes from the French word "cerise," which comes in turn from the Latin words cerasum and Cerasus (the Classical name of the modern city of Giresun in Turkey).

Hard Maple Cabinet Doors

The color of hard maple cabinet doors varies between a creamy light tan to light brown with the occasional “worm streak”. The wood is hard, dense, and the grain pattern is tight.

Hard maple is the wood yielded by Acer saccharum in its wider sense (i.e. Sugar maple & Black maple). It is a favorite for floors, bowling alleys and furniture.

Maples are trees or shrubs in the genus Acer. There are approximately 125 species, most of which are native to Asia, but several species also occur in Europe, northern Africa, and North America. Maples are variously classified in a family of their own, the Aceraceae, or (together with the Hippocastanaceae) included in the family Sapindaceae. Modern classifications, including the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification, favor inclusion in Sapindaceae.

The word Acer is derived from a Greek word meaning "sharp" (referring to the characteristic points on the leaves) and was first applied to the genus by the French botanist Joseph Pitton de Tournefort in 1700.

Hickory Cabinet Doors

Hickory cabinet doors are in their own class. With color varying from light cream to dark brown this species is very dense and has a semi tight grain. No color select is available for this species.

Hickory is a tree of the genus Carya (from Ancient Greek kary "nut") including 17-19 species of deciduous trees with pinnately compound leaves and large nuts.
Carya cordiformis (Bitternut Hickory) foliage
Carya cordiformis (Bitternut Hickory) foliage

Of the 17–19 species, 12–13 are native to North America (11–12 in the United States, 1 in Mexico), and 5–6 species from China and Indochina.

Another Asian species, Beaked Hickory, previously listed as Carya sinensis, is now treated in a separate genus Annamocarya, as Annamocarya sinensis.

Pine Cabinet Doors

Pine cabinet doors are light to semi dark yellow in color and have tight knots throughout. This wood species is very light and very soft with a semi tight grain. No color select available.

A pine is a coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, in the family Pinaceae. There are about 115 species of pine, although different authors accept anything from 105 to 125 species.

Pines are native to most of the Northern Hemisphere. They range from the Arctic south to Nicaragua and Hispaniola, with the highest diversity in Mexico and California. In Eurasia, they range from Portugual and Scotland east to the Russian Far East, and the Philippines, and south to northernmost ]], the Himalaya and Southeast Asia, with one species (Sumatran Pine) just crossing the Equator in Sumatra. Pines are also extensively planted in many parts of the Southern Hemisphere.

Poplar Cabinet Doors

Poplar is a soft hardwood cabinet door and varies in color from creamy white to green with dark brown and purple streaks. This wood is primarily use for paint and is not available in color select.

Populus is a genus of trees which includes the cottonwoods, poplars, and aspens, all of which are sometimes termed poplars (in some areas "popple").

Poplars are deciduous, and turn bright gold to yellow before their leaves fall. The leaves of many poplars, including the cottonwoods and aspens (but not the balsam poplars), have laterally-flattened stems, so that breezes easily cause the leaves to wobble back and forth, giving the whole tree a "twinkling" appearance in a breeze.

Red Oak Cabinet Doors

Red oak cabinet doors vary from a light cream color to a light red color with some light to dark brown streaks. Burl and “pin pricks” are common. The grain pattern is heavy and open.

The red oaks (synonym sect. Erythrobalanus). North, Central & South America. Styles long, acorns mature in 18 months, very bitter, inside of acorn shell woolly.

The term oak can be used as part of the common name of any of several hundred species of trees and shrubs in the genus Quercus (from Latin "oak tree"), and some related genera, notably Cyclobalanopsis and Lithocarpus. The genus is native to the northern hemisphere, and includes deciduous and evergreen species extending from cold latitudes to tropical Asia and the Americas.

Soft Maple Cabinet Doors

Soft maple cabinet doors range in color from pinkish white to creamy white with light and dark brown or gray streaks. The grain pattern is semi tight.

The Soft Maple (Silver Maple - Acer saccharinum) is a species of maple native to the eastern United States and adjacent parts of southeast Canada. It is a relatively fast-growing tree, commonly reaching a height of 20-30 m, exceptionally 35 m. It is often found along waterways and in wetlands, leading to the colloquial name "Water Maple". It is one of the most common trees in the United States. The Soft Maple (Silver Maple) is a highly adaptable tree, although it has higher sunlight requirements than other maples.

Walnut Cabinet Doors

Walnut cabinet doors vary between light creamy colored sapwood to dark rich brown heartwood. The grain pattern is semi open.

The Persian Walnut, and the Black Walnut and its allies, are important for their attractive timber, which (except in young trees) is hard, dense, tight-grained and polishes to a very smooth finish. The color ranges from creamy white in the sapwood to a dark chocolate color in the heartwood. When kiln-dried, walnut wood tends toward a dull brown color, but when air-dried can become a rich purplish-brown. Because of its color, hardness and grain it is a prized furniture and carving wood. Walnut burls (or 'burrs' in Europe) are commonly used to create bowls and other turned pieces. Veneer sliced from walnut burl is one of the most valuable and highly prized by cabinet makers and presitige car manufacturers. Walnut wood has been the timber of choice for gunmakers for centuries, including the Lee Enfield rifle of the First World War. Today it is used for exclusive sporting guns, by makers such as Purdy of London. The wood of the Butternut and related Asian species is of much lower value, softer, coarser, less strong and heavy, and paler in color.

White Oak Cabinet Doors

White oak cabinet doors vary between a light brown to a light grey color. The grain pattern is semi open with burl and “pin pricks” common.
The White Oak (Quercus alba) is a species of oak in the white oak group Quercus sect. Quercus. It is native to eastern North America, from southern Quebec west to eastern Minnesota, and south to northern Florida and eastern Texas.

Normally not a very tall tree, typically 20-25 m tall at maturity, it nonetheless becomes quite massive and its lower branches are apt to reach far out laterally parallel to the ground. The tallest known white oak is 44 m tall. It is not unusual for a white oak tree to be as wide as it is tall. Conversely, specimens at high altitude may only be small shrubs. White oaks been known to live over five hundred years. The bark is a light ash-gray and somewhat peeling, variously from the top, bottom and/or sides.