Ideal Wood Species for RTA Kitchen Cabinets

Ideal Wood Species for RTA Kitchen Cabinets
The unique atmosphere of your home is essentially your signature. It is important to understand how the wood species, cabinet style , color and finish of your RTA kitchen cabinets will influence the look and feel of your home. Our RTA kitchen cabinets utilizes the most ideal wood species for cabinet construction to deliver to our customers the perfect balance of quality and affordability.

Maple Wood Cabinets
Maple is recognized as one of the best hardwoods found in North America, with a light color, fine texture, straight grain, and a subdued attractive uniform grain. This wood species has been treasured by furniture and cabinet makers for centuries. Maple is abundant in North America, making it a valuable comodity for furniture and cabinet makers. Maple has natural strength and stability. The mild texture of maple lends itself well to both contemporary or traditional cabinet styles. An occasionally curly or wavy variations in the grain pattern may appear. The colors of maple wood range from light tan or cream to yellow to light reddish-brown. The sapwood is creamy white with a slight reddish brown tinge and the heartwood varies from light to dark reddish brown. The amount of darker brown heartwood can vary significantly according to growing region and will darken with age upon exposure to natural light. myCabinetPlace.com carries several cabinet styles featuring maple wood including Wheaton, Georgetown, Rockport, Lexington, and Colonial Maple.

Oak Wood Cabinets
Oak is a very strong, open-grained hardwood that ranges in color from salmon-pink to almost white. The wood posses a straight-grained, with a coarse texture. Oak may have dramatic variations in color, knots and grain pattern. Oak wood provides the cabinets a rich look and feel enhanced by its natural characteristics of pin knots and flecks, and ocassionally streaks of green, gold and black mineral deposits. The prominent open grain pattern and textured surface of oak RTA kitchen cabinets make it a natural choice for those interested in a more traditional or casual country look. Finished natural oak is a durable wood, and is the most popular wood species for kitchen cabinetry. Due to the abundance of supply, Oak is our most affordable line of cabinetry. myCabinetPlace.com carries a high quality line of RTA kitchen cabinets made from this durable wood species. Take a look at Oak Island kitchen cabinets by JSI Cabinetry.

Birch Wood Cabinets
Birch is a close-grained hardwood, whose colors go from cream to reddish-brown. Its texture is fine and even, and the grain is often straight but can also come in wavy or curly patterns. This diffuse-porous wood is hard and strong. The texture is fine and uniform. Birch has a smooth surface, that takes a stain very well. Birch can be stained to resemble mahogany or walnut, or sealed with a clear coating to display its natural beauty. Birch is a hard and strong wood that is easy to work with making it an ideal wood species for intricate furniture and cabinet design. myCabinetPlace.com carries a high quality line of RTA kitchen cabinets made from red birch. Take a look at our Sturbridge kitchen cabinets by JSI Cabinetry.


Alder Wood Cabinets
Alder is a close or fine-grained hardwood similar to Cherry, Birch, and Maple. This medium density wood dries rapidly and has relatively low shrinkage and is easily worked making it an ideal wood species for cabinet makers. Other qualities of Alder that makes it an ideal wood species for cabinets is that it is moderately light in weight and posesses good strength properties with no visible boundary between heartwood and sapwood. Alder wood is extremely uniform in its light tan or honey color, and there is no color difference between heartwood and sap wood. This makes Alder much easier to match and finish, even with clear "fruitwood" finishes that require no stain. myCabinetPlace.com carries a high quality line of RTA kitchen cabinets made from light stained alder wood. Take a look at our Jamestown kitchen cabinets by JSI Cabinetry.


Basswood Cabinets
Basswood is soft and light but is quite tough and possesses a fine and even tight grain and non distinctive texture. Basswood working properties are excellent and is a premium carving wood. Basswood, also known as Tilia, is a great wood for cabinet doors. Basswood is native throughout most of the Northern hemisphere, including North America. Basswood cabinet doors have little grain and are durable. The wood’s nature is softer and easily worked. The color of Basswood is creamy to light brown with some dark streaks. Basswood cabinet doors are attractive, durable and easily finished. Basswood takes stains easily making it a great candidate for dark stained furniture and cabinets. myCabinetPlace.com carries a high quality line of RTA kitchen cabinets made from Basswood. Take a look at our Hampton kitchen cabinets by JSI Cabinetry.