Cerused Oak Kitchen Cabinets

Cerusing is a time honored french finish technique in which the open grain of oak is filled with a contrasting white pigment.

Cerused oak kitchen cabinets.

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. Quarter sawn white oak with a cerused technique is making a comeback. But you can ceruse any open grained hardwood i e those with large pores such as mahogany. Kitchen renovation kitchen projects before after kitchen sweet home oak cabinets home remodeling cerused oak quarter sawn white oak walker woodworking.

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. 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. The regal oak collection introduces elegance to economy in kitchen cabinets and the result is striking. A lovely rustic modern kitchen in cerused rift sawn oak cabinetry by studio dearborn.

After you brush one to two. Once cerused such wood quickly becomes a dramatic conversation piece in any room. 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. 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.

Oak s highly visible grain makes it one of the surfaces for the finish. All our kitchen cabinets are fully assembled and in stock ready for shipping to your home. Garrison pendant lights by arteriors. White macauba quartzite countertops and backsplash by marble america.

The cerused oak island and dry bar complement the white cabinets in this kitchen. Dating way back to the 1500s ceruse white lead was originally used in cosmetics until furniture makers discovered that it worked beautifully as an overlay on porous woods. What i love the most is the texture that you can see and touch. South barry avenue mamaroneck.

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