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Cherry Kitchen Cabinets

Glazed cherry kitchen cabinets are always in high demand in new homes and in renovations and kitchen remodels. Cherry is both expensive and highly cherished in crafting fine furniture. Most furniture and cabinetmakers consider cherry the top of the line wood choice for their best work.

Cherry trees grow throughout the eastern U.S. and Canada, often reaching 100 feet tall. The wood is hard, durable and beautiful, in both color and grain. The heartwood is red to a deep reddish-brown, with a fine closed grain, perfect for building prized glazed cherry kitchen cabinets.

The color of the wood might be light when first used to build furniture or cabinets. It may be stained a darker shade or simply allowed to darken as it ages. The wood readily accepts a finish. It typically has lovely markings that are unique and recognizable, whether gum streaks or the occasional pin knot.

Cherry wood used to make fine furniture and glazed cherry kitchen cabinets, paneling, musical instruments and flooring might come from any of the following popular tree names, including:

American Black Cherry
Choke Cherry
Rum Cherry
Whiskey Cherry
Wild Cherry

However, another variety known as Curly Cherry or Flame Cherry has a slightly different grain of wavy patterns that run across the usual grain direction. Both, by any name, make beautiful and durable furniture and cabinetry.

Solid cherry kitchen cabinets are among the most expensive of all kitchen cabinet wood choices. If we begin, for example, with the price of birch, oak will cost about $50 more for a standard wall-mounted cabinet; maple will cost an additional $20. Cherry will cost about $12 per cabinet more than maple. Here’s how to put the cost in perspective for a complete set of kitchen cabinets. Here at Kitchen Cabinet Value, we charge 12 ½% more for solid cherry cabinetry. Big box stores rarely carry solid cherry cabinets so you would need to have the cabinets constructed by a custom cabinet builder. The cost is typically 20-25% more. For many homeowners, the cost of solid cherry cabinetry is prohibitive.

There is, however, another way to remodel your kitchen with the elegance and beauty of cherry without the higher cost. The secret to affordable glazed cherry kitchen cabinets is to buy quality cabinets and stain them cherry. Finally, the stain can be deepened and smoothed by glazing the cabinets.

Affordable cabinets that have the look and feel of the higher-priced solid cherry are available to every homeowner who understands the secret of saving money while creating the kitchen of your dreams. Even those who can afford solid wood cherry cabinets choose cabinets with a cherry finish. The reason? A cherry finish will retain its beautiful cherry luster while solid cherry cabinets will darken over time. These glazed cherry kitchen cabinets can also be customized to fit your particular needs and the exact space available.

Glazed cherry kitchen cabinets are an obvious choice for most kitchens.

They are the most versatile. They look good in any design style or door style and they work with any kitchen décor choice from colonial to contemporary. They also blend beautifully with all counter top materials, flooring choices, color schemes and kitchen layouts.
Glazed cherry kitchen cabinets never go out of style. Black, ivory and white cabinets are somewhat trendy – they are in and out of fashion. The same is true of some other woods and finishes. Because of their durability and beauty, cherry cabinets and furniture are always chosen for top of the line furniture and cabinets.
Glazed cherry kitchen cabinets also bring to any kitchen the depth and warmth that would otherwise be lacking.

Like all cabinets available from Kitchen Cabinet Value, our glazed cherry kitchen cabinets feature:

Solid wood dovetailed drawer boxes with steel under-mount, full extension and soft-close drawer glides
Five-piece raided panel door and drawer face design
Full overlay door and drawer design
Glazing
Cabinet boxes constructed of plywood and joined with glue and screws
No particle board anywhere in the cabinets

The beauty of glazed cherry kitchen cabinets in your new or remodeled kitchen is not too expensive if you know the secret of how to get customized glazed cherry in cabinets that fit your budget. Your guests will ever know you did not spend a fortune on cabinetry, unless you tell them.

Wood Kitchen Cabinets

The beauty of solid wood kitchen cabinets.

Eight Advantages of Wood Kitchen Cabinets

Most realtors will tell you that nothing is more appealing to potential home buyers than natural wood kitchen cabinets. They bring a sense of elegance and warmth into any kitchen. There are a number of additional advantages of wood kitchen cabinets.

Natural wood cabinets fit any architectural style home and any kitchen style. There are certainly traditions about the woods and finishes most commonly used in different kitchen styles, as well as traditions about cabinet door styles. For example a darker wood like ebony, mahogany or cherry is most appropriate in a traditional, country or eclectic style kitchen. It would rarely be used in contemporary styles.
Wood kitchen cabinets are strong, durable and lasting. Wood base cabinets will easily support any type of countertop material, including stone (granite, slate, marble). It holds up well under heavy use and in steam and heat. Most small dings, dents or scratches can be easily repaired. Over time, wood can be repeatedly refinished, repaired, cleaned and even painted or stained.
Solid wood cabinets are clearly preferable to any material that is laminated, glued, or veneered. Cabinets that are made with glue must be very carefully maintained in a kitchen because the glue will be damaged by the moisture over time and the laminate or veneer will begin to curl or peel. Solid wood will not curl or peel.
Wood kitchen cabinets are available in a wide range of wood choices and grains, allowing a homeowner to select the color and grain that best match the style and décor of their home. Different woods can also be finished in different ways to produce a unique patina that can glow in the warm light of the room.
Wood kitchen cabinets are made with a large number of different door designs. These styles range from perfectly smooth and flat to the ornately carved designs chosen in some country and traditional kitchens.
Metal cabinets – somewhat surprisingly – often cost more than wood kitchen cabinets. Yet most people perceive high-quality wood kitchen cabinets as a costly luxury.
Wood cabinets are safe. Unlike metal cabinets, there is nothing in wood cabinets that can chemically alter the food stored in them. This is particularly important if there are children, elderly persons, or people with illnesses that compromise the immune system.
Wood kitchen cabinets will never go out of style. For this reason, as well as their beauty and warmth, they enhance the appearance and the value of a home when it is time to sell.

The three most commonly used woods for wood kitchen cabinets are hickory, oak and maple. However, in some kitchen styles cherry and mahogany are preferred. They are also more expensive. The least expensive wood is probably birch or pine. You can also choose more uncommon options, such as ebony, butternut, alder, walnut or bamboo (new to cabinetry but popular because it is a rapidly replenishing eco-friendly material).