What species of wood is this??
seamama75
6 years ago
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Comments (2)If it was a simple, non-architect-designed house, it would be a native softwood, hard georgia pine or cypress. If more upscale, an assortment of hardwoods could have been specified; quartersawn oak was the favorite of arts &crafts decorators. Cherry, gumwood, ash, mahogany (or a variety of woods stained blood-red to emulate it, such as birch, maple, etc). Casey...See MoreHelp me determine this species of wood?
Comments (15)I am sorry, but I agree with the posts that the finishing job on those cabinets is not very good. Josh, when you are ready, go to a cabinetmaker and show him the pics and tell him what you want and he should be able to help. If you are not choosing wood for a specific grain appearance - like zebrawood, woods are chosen for a general level of brightness, and a good finisher can move the color around quite a bit. For example, if you want something light, the cabinetmaker would start with maple, birch, or maybe oak ( though the size of the pores in the oak are what makes the grain so prominent ) and if you wanted something much darker they would start with mahogany or walnut. While you can bleach a dark wood to make it lighter, not much sense in doing that for your situation. Once the wood is selected, a good cabinetmaker can use stains, dyes, and toners to get a good match among the cabinets, in a color you like. If you look at the second photo, lower cabinet on the right hand side, the door right under the drawer, the right hand side of the door near the top, and the frame of the cabinet next to it is very dark - like a walnut with a medium dark stain, and as you move along the door rail to the left, the color changes dramatically, so that by the time you get to the end of that door rail, it is very light, like a pine, just before you get to the left door stile on that door. You can tell it is not just the lighting, because you see similar variation near the top of the left most stile of the door two doors to the left. I only point that out so that when you meet with the cabinetmaker, you point to the exact spot of the photo that you like, since the color varies so dramatically. He should also have samples to show you the general color of the finished cabinet, though recognize that there will be some variation, since you are dealing with a natural product....See MoreHelp identifying type of wood
Comments (21)If you are going to strip and stain you can get stains that have a color other than shades of brown. There is also greys, reds, blues. They are transparent also so the grain shows. If you are concerned about the stain being evenly absorbed there are also wood conditioners that can be used to help that, it's used a lot on pines or other wood that may take stains unevenly. Look to see if you behave a wood workers store that carry those products and have knowledgeable people. I remember your posts about you being concerned about the purpleish color tiles. Did you decide to "love them"?...See MoreAny idea what species of wood these original floors are?
Comments (9)Birch for Northern Michigan too. Could be red, Acacia, no way. I hadn't hear of it being used for flooring until the early part of the 20th century. I don't even think it grows in the USA....See More
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