I bought quarter sawn red oak cabinets for my previous kitchen and although the doors were quartersawn, the interior faces of the cabinets were regular red oak veneer. That's the way they were manufactured. Since the doors were full overlay, the parts of the cabinets that were not quartersawn were never really visible and I had "furniture" sides so those were also quartersawn. However, red oak and white oak are different species, with the white oak tending more towards browner tones. If I were you I would buy a sample door and see how the color match goes with your current boxes. Or you can buy an unfinished door and see if you can play with stain to match the color. You might be able to find a stain close to your current cabinets in tone that will be good with the honey oak. .

Well Folks..more than a year..the table is back to being...ehhh. Recall I had wiped it down with mineral spirits and pretty much left it go. We have not used any polish since either but it was likely polished with pledge at some point...again not for at least a year and never regulary. So, it time to strip or seal. About half the posts mentioned stripping. I have some concerns and my wife does not like the idea for a variety of reasons including the mess and smell and time without the table. So..that not happening. She'd be happy leaving it go but I do not want it getting worse. It was bought at 'Just Cabinets' 10 years ago..From the other posts it seems the consensus is that its likley a was water based poly use by manufacturers of cheaper table because it dries quick. If so, it sounds like I can sand lightly and re poly with another water based poly without worry of peeling. Correct? Is there a huge difference in the MixWax water based Poly and anything else. I am guessing I will have to do this again down the road so unless special ordering something somehow lasts longer, I can get MinWax locally. Thanks!

@Beth, first thanks for all your tips and ideas on the hardware. Good idea to mark them out and good to know that 4" is the min (they sell 3 and 3.5, which are cheaper, so I wondered if that would work. thanks) I know; You had a lot of good ideas on painting. Thank you. I am still waffling on what to do. I guess my concerns w/ the painted floors are the effort to do it and the maintenance (I have wear patterns on my front porch and the kitchen gets more traffic). Plus I want to limit my exposure to chemicals. FWIW, this morning I emailed my house painter to check his schedule if I choose to have him repaint the cabs. (he's a much better painter than I am) Painting would allow me to fix the placement of the holes on some of the cabs (currently, most of the cabs do not have holes). I could also put a cab to the left of the stove. And I made an appt next week with the interior designer who was going to help me pick finish materials etc with the big remodel....to get his opinion of a scaled-down remodel. i.e. how to make this house a better version of what it is without spending a ton of money since I may move in a few years....thanks for all your help! I don't want this to be all about $$$, but everything is so $$$ and I hate the idea of investing a lot of excessive $ that I won't get when I sell. (when my former realtor came over this summer, she kept saying "do what *you* want; do what makes you happy; you don't need to do anything to fix this house to sell it" etc). So I guess my dilemma: what can make it more live-able for me for the next few years. (but possibly longer? who knows?)

I cannot fully explain how truly beautiful the bed is...I love the concept of using the rubber wood and to see the Japanese joinery in action is something else. My husband was very surprised at how easily and quickly this bed was assembled, and the price was much lower than other beds I had considered. As for the storage beds, we bought one for my son and it has almost negated his closet. I considered one for us and actually was pretty set on it until we made some upgrades to our closets and bought a better dresser. In the end, I felt the storage bed would make the room feel "heavier" and I decided against it. I'm glad I did because we love the Thuma bed. Good luck! Your closets are beautiful.