Cerused Oak Kitchen Cabinets

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Cerused oak kitchen cabinets.

The stain and colors of the white pigments can be mixed and matched to create unique color combinations. South barry avenue mamaroneck. In addition oak is a less expensive wood than some other types of typical woods used for kitchen cabinetry like cherry or maple and cerusing the oak in gives a stunning custom finish that can be used to create many different types of kitchen aesthetics depending on whether your taste is modern country traditional farmhouse and industrial. Oak is a favorite wood for cerusing because its heavy grain and open cellular structure means that it takes the diluted paint or liming wax easily.

After you brush one to two. Garrison pendant lights by arteriors. Quarter sawn white oak with a cerused technique is making a comeback. The cerused oak island and dry bar complement the white cabinets in this kitchen.

Cerusing is a time honored french finish technique in which the open grain of oak is filled with a contrasting white pigment. What i love the most is the texture that you can see and touch. Description adding the technique known as ceruse refers to applying a white fill material to a natural door and then wiping it off on the open grain of quartersawn oak creating a cabinet finish with an aged look that is on trend for today s design schemes. Kitchen renovation kitchen projects before after kitchen sweet home oak cabinets home remodeling cerused oak quarter sawn white oak walker woodworking.

In addition some oak furniture is made from wood that is cross cut to highlight the grain pattern. All our kitchen cabinets are fully assembled and in stock ready for shipping to your home. These stylish kitchen cabinets feature solid oak face frames finished wood veneered sides all plywood drawer boxes high quality interiors solid oak drawer fronts and door faces and epoxy coated drawer guides. When applied to a wood such as oak the white pigment fills and reveals grain lines without affecting the overall color of the wood s finish.

The face frames stiles and rails of this collection are constructed of solid oak while the raised panels are oak veneered which gives more stability to the door panel making it less likely to warp or crack. The regal oak collection introduces elegance to economy in kitchen cabinets and the result is striking. Stools by emeco 1951 counter stool. Oak s highly visible grain makes it one of the surfaces for the finish.

But you can ceruse any open grained hardwood i e those with large pores such as mahogany.