Would you mix wood types and stains between overall trim/doors and cabinets in kitchen?
We are building a new home and will have oak trim and doors throughout. I'd like to mix it up with knotty alder cabinets in the kitchen. What do you think about this and would use same stain for cabinets and trim or mix it up?
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I would NOT stay the the "Same Stain Color" because; let’s say the stain color is called "light Tan wood"(made-up name & color) That stain is going to take differently on Oak& on Alder. (different shades & hue)
What I suggested to my customer in the past is is how your trim color is going to work in the different rooms & what else in those room would be stain, now do you what that color in that room? If so for all or most of the rooms, make that color your trim & door stain color, now if you are set on your wood all being close the same color, change the stain color on the alder to get as close as you can to your oak color, but they will be different color but will stain up color to each other then dried.
I would make my cabinets lighter or darker so they don’t look like the "near miss" also, not sure if your using wood floors in the kitchen everyone wants to use the same stain color, problem when your done, look like it was carved out of one big log, not depth to the kitchen & the floors. Also you use different type of stain for a floor then your cabinets.
I hope this raises some thought to your finishes in the house. Good Luck & their is no right or wrong, it’s your house
I would keep the same trim around doors & windows, & do whatever you like for the cabinets. As far as stain is concerned, it will look and age differently on different woods so I wouldn’t try to match it. If your cabinets will be near the other trim, get samples and look at them together to see if YOU like how they look. Try to look at the samples in the same light they’ll be in. If you can wait for the room to be built to select your cabinet wood, look at the samples there. A builder may try to get you to make a selection sooner but the cabinets won’t be ordered until the framed space is measured anyway. Many builders give the blueprints to kitchen designers who throw out what’s on the plans and start from scratch. If that’s the case, ask if you can meet with the designer. Even if the builder thinks this will cause delays, be persistent! You are the one who will live there, not your builder. Designers want the end users to be happy and most will be more than happy to meet with you directly. Best of luck!
I personally would stay with the same color stain for all of the wood in the kitchen for both the cabinets and doors etc. Many people have different wood for their kitchen cabinets from that of the other trim in their house.
The thing about pine is that it absolutely does NOT take stain well. It varnishes great, but if it’s stained it can end up with dark and light spots that are hidden until the stain is applied. These spots cannot be gotten rid of. If you use pine I would advise NOT staining it. Pine looks great with a clear poly finish, but not stain.
Mixing up trims and finishes in one room could end up being a bad idea. If you want pine cabinets in the kitchen, then I would suggest going with pine trim and baseboards in the kitchen as well. Mixing pine and oak in one room will look very odd. If you have a clear stop\start point where your trimwork changes from the rest of the house it won’t be a big deal.
Another thing about pine is that it’s a softwood, whereas oak is hardwood. Pine will dent and mar easily, while the oak will take much more abuse. You can clearly make a dent in pine just by pressing your fingernail into it.