Customizing your kitchen begins with choosing not just the style but also the wood used for the construction of your cabinets. The colour and character of the wood sets the tone and mood of your kitchen.

The following quality woods are used by NuWay. The descriptions that follow may help you choose the right wood for your home.

Birch

• Colour: Cream or lightly tinged with red
• Grain: Fine grained (often curly or wavy)
• Characteristics: Heavy, strong, hard and even textured
• Finishing: Birch takes stains and paints well

Red Oak

• Colour: Ranges from nearly white cream colour to a beautiful warm, pale brown heartwood, tinted with red
• Grain: Distinguished by rays, which reflect light and add attractiveness. There are many distinct grains patterns that emerge such as pin stripes, fine lines and leafy grains
• Characteristics: Heavy, very strong and very hard, durable under exposure, great wear resistance

Maple

• Colour: Cream to light reddish brown
• Grain: Usually straight-grained and sometimes found with highly figured bird’s eye or burl grain
• Characteristics: Heavy, hard and strong, close-grained and possesses a uniform texture. Maple has an excellent resistance to abrasion and indentation

Cherry

• Colour: Rich, reddish-brown. Cherry darkens considerably with age and exposure to sunlight
• Grain: Straight-grained and satiny. Small gum pockets produce distinctive markings
• Characteristics: Light and strong, Cherry’s grain is more subdued than some other hardwood species, with very interesting character
• Finishing: Cherry is unsurpassed in its finishing qualities- its uniform texture takes a finish very well

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