Oak Kitchen Cabinets

Modernize your kitchen with quality oak kitchen cabinets.

There are several reasons to choose Oak for your kitchen cabinets. Oak is not only beautiful, with its variety of colors and uniform grain patterns, but it's also one of the strongest hardwoods. Oak comes in a wide range of colors from light tan to pink and red to dark brown. Oak also has the greatest variations of light and dark hues in a single panel and dramatic grain patterns, which are either long and straight or curved and pointed. There are many species of oak, including Northern Red, Pin, Black, Scarlet, Cherrybark and Southern Red. Red oak is one of the most commonly used Oaks in kitchen cabinets; it's a stiff, strong, open-grained wood with hues of white, yellow, and pink. You may also find streaks of green, yellow and black mineral deposits, all of which add to its natural beauty. However, if you live in a humid climate, you might want to consider the fact that Red Oak has the capacity to expand in moist environments. Further, Oak-unlike Maple-tends to have open grains which are rough to the touch and can be difficult to clean. Open grains can also cause cracks in paint.