oak vs pine vs maple interior doors
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Comments (8)If you can get it, Ash wood is a cheaper alternative to oak. It is practically identical in appearance to white oak (minus the axial grain rays common in mission style furniture) when stained and it is very hard - that's why it is used for baseball bats. I love alder and have it all over my house, but I also hate oak (IMO overused, bland, little grain character) so you won't see that combination of those two with me. However for your case, IMO they are way to different to try to stain them to look similar. I've said this many times on this forum. Think of wood like fabric. It comes in many different weaves and textures (aka grains) and you can always choose to color different looking pieces the same. The question is whether you want different looking fabrics w/ (nearly) identical colors in your design. My answer is no (I'd choose to highlight the contrasts rather than poorly disguise them), but your answer is your own and it's always the right one for you....See MorePaint vs stain on pine Pella French doors with interior shades
Comments (2)Yea, this is the problem with Pella. They just design stuff the way they want and never consider the finishing process. Whether it is stained or painted, unless you are always very careful (which nobody is) you will eventually scratch up the paint or the stain. Overall I think a properly poly'd surface is more durable than a painted one, but paint is easier to touch up, so I think it's about even which ever way you go. Don't you want that door to match the other trim in the room?...See MoreMarvin Sliding Glass Doors - Pine vs. Fir Interior
Comments (1)Are you going to paint or stain them? We bought fir doors, and ours are stained. I think they look nicer than stained pine would have. Fir is also a denser more stable wood, but I'm not sure if/how that affects their long-term performance....See Morechoosing oak vs maple kitchen cabinets
Comments (29)HI We have 20yr old Kit cabinets --light oak -which have turned very yellow because of the many windows and light we have in the kitchen. They were high end at the time and still are in great shape --BUT I am tired -oh so tired -of the oak. Now before you 'Oak" people gasp at this statement --we do loooove oak--we have very beautiful & classy American & Canadian over 100yr old antiques-fireplace-furniture,etc that are white rift/quartersawn oak -and I swear I will NEVER give them up -until a retirement home is a necessity ! But I am set on Maple cupboards-so I have figured it out this way . Our floors are going to be a darker rift/ quartersawn oak-walnut stain-- (company is www.coswick.com) -and the cabinets will either be a maple white or a maple dark-so there will be no grains showing on the cabinets . I will NOT have the hardwood in the kitchen so I think it should be okay. In the meantime we will remove the older oak-take the doors to a 'stripper" --try to get then back to their original light brown natural color-not yellow. We will put then in our kitchen on the lower level-be a shame not to save them ! I hear that these days a UV 'something' is put in the stain so yellowing slows down ! Am I being realistic thinking that the oak floor and maple cupboards will look okay?? --the family room is just a few feet from the kit cab's . If the cab's are dark we will make sure the shade is something that matches the hardwood . We have yet to decide what kind of flooring will go in the kitchen . I would like to here some different opinions besides my own -this renovating is very frustrating & expensive so we want to make good choices!!! Thanks from Alberta,Canada!...See Moresharon_sd
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