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Birch Cabinets

Birch cabinets are a wonderful looking and less expensive alternative to the other types of wood that it looks similar to, including maple. If you are looking to purchase cabinets, these cabinets offer a variety of advantages that other types of wood may not offer. This wood is pleasing to the eye and easy to work with as well as affordable. There are price advantages with birch that are not available with most types of wood as well as supreme usability.

Whether you would like to cut the cabinets yourself, hire a specialized cabinet maker, or just purchase semi custom cabinets, birch cabinets offer amazing flexibility. You can utilize it in your kitchen as cupboards, in your bathroom, and it is cost effective enough to be used in the garage. With birch cabinets you will get the durability you are looking for as well as the desired appearance value of this type of wood.

If, in the future, you decide that you want your refaced cabinets to look different, whether by painting them or staining a different color, this is a wonderful wood that allows you to do just that. Many remodelers use veneer to go over the original wood and there are a lot of veneer choices that are made out of birch. If you just want to sand the wood and start fresh, it is durable and hard enough to withstand this type of use and still look wonderful as a finished product.

Type of Wood

The color of the wood varies between the different species. The most common colors are a creamy off white in the sap wood and the heart stock is usually a golden color of brown. These colors, by themselves are pleasing to the eye, even before staining. Many owners of birch cabinets like the original color of the wood and don't even stain for color effect at all. Yellow birch is more of an overall golden brown color and is also a popular choice of consumers.

This wood is a straight grained and fine grained type of wood that allows for a flow to the surface that is also extremely pleasing to the eye. This type of wood exudes a certain, simple flow to any room you choose to put birch cabinets in.

This wood is considered a hardwood with the flexibility of still being easy to work with. Many hardwoods are used primarily for furniture and housing situations because of difficulty of manipulating while birch has been used for virtually everything wood related. From tooth picks, tongue depressors, and toys, to veneers and plywood, this is the type of adaptable wood that will fit into your house with ease and flow. Many of the items in your house are probably already made of this wood so it would only make sense to put birch cabinets in your home as well.

While this wood is considered a hardwood, it is still easy to manipulate, cut, drill, and stain. This plethora of potential for the woodworker is advantageous and appreciated by all who have worked with difficult types of wood. While it is still suggested that you pre-drill holes for any screws or nails that you may have to put in, the consensus is that it is one of the easiest woods to work with.

Price Advantages

Birch is an extremely common wood, primarily in the Northeastern section of the United States, which has a quick growth rate compared to other woods. This allows for the supply to meet the demand, thereby allowing for a lower price all around on all its products, including birch cabinets. The flexibility that it allows in painting and staining gives the consumer more options when deciding which type of wood to fit which type of color they want.

Since Birch has the capability of looking like other types of woods, it is a cost effective replica, especially when utilizing the proper stains. This fact increases the popularity of Birch cabinets and drives the cost to the consumer down even more.

Due to the closed pore structure of this type of wood it is much easier to stain and finish than most other types of woods are. Since you can stain this wood in a dark color, it allows you to replace those other types of woods that are already dark or that can't handle a dark stain. This allows you to substitute for the more expensive wood that may be out of your desired price range.

The grade consistency of birch cabinets allow you to use them for the duration of your stay in your house. You can sand and repaint or refinish to a different color which saves you a lot of money in the long run since you won't have to buy all new cabinets.