White oak or red oak for cabinets?

[Furby]

Soooooooooo.......................
Whatcha get Doug

[DouginUtah]

Here's the update....

What I am ordering is made by a company called Karman. I don't know if they are a national company or just local.

I went to the showroom and was disappointed with their red oak finish. So, with input from my wife and daughter (after an hour in the showroom I just didn't care what we got any more) we decided to up the ante and go with hickory. We were told it was just 5% more.

Harvest Roman style, which is a raised panel with a single curve at the top (no extra charge), and a stain which they call Taupe. (No idea how they come up with the color taupe. I know what color taupe is (chocolate grey) and this is not even close to that--more like clear hichory.

I don't really care for the contrasting colors of hichory which I am sure I will get, nor do I care for the rustic look of knots (I'm hoping they are kept to a minimum) but now I can say, "It's what you wanted."

It will probably be three weeks before they are ready so I will have lots of time to get the drywall primed and painted (8100 square feet @ 25¢ for taping), and the doors hung.

[Tom]

I bet you end up liking the hickory cabinets.  I've sawed for folks who made cabinets out of it.  It reminds me of a Louisville Slugger baseball bat.   

Now, every time you go to the kitchen you will be reminded of the World series.   Or Barefoot baseball.

Or.......

Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright;
The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light,
And somewhere men are laughing, and little children shout;
But there is no joy in Mudville-- great Casey has struck out.

— Ernest L. Thayer

[Furby]

While it is indeed personal preference, I do like a lot of the hickory cabinets I've seen over a lot of the oaks.

[WDH]

Doug,

At least it will be better than an old tent down by the river .  It would be hard to hang cabinets in a tent .

[DouginUtah]

 
Here are some pictures of how my cabinets turned out. I went with hickory instead of oak and I do like them a lot, just as Tom suggested I would. Very few "rustic" features and the sapwood/heartwood contrast is not too distracting.


 
Kitchen cabinets looking east

 
Kitchen cabinets looking south

 
Dining room cabinets

 
Living room cabinets

I decided to add just a couple of pictures of how my tile work turned out.

 
Bathroom tiles with vanity

 
Entry tiles (Note the difference in color between flash and no flash. Same tiles. These are the true color.)

[blaze83]

Nice looking kitchen, did you instal the cabinets yourself?  nice job on the tile also, did you use the 1/4 inch hardibacker board under the tile?  I've done a couple of tile jobs and found out that I like it, not quite as much as working with wood, but I enjoy it.


any way, good job and thanks for the pictures


steve

[DouginUtah]

Thanks, Steve. Let's just say I helped with installing the cabinets. I have a friend who owed me some hours for drywalling his basement. He installs for a living.    $8000 for the cabinets, including two adult-height 42" bath vanities. You can't tell from the pictures but he did an excellent job, especially on the crown molding. The solid-surface cost me $5000 ($30/sf) but that also includes the two vanity tops and window sills in cultured marble--14" wide in four basement windows--ICFs with 3 1/2" (interior) wall.

Yes, I used Hardibacker (1/4") over the 3/4" OSB, screwed every 8".
Tommorrow I start hanging 14 interior doors. 

[Brad_S.]

Or.......

Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright;
The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light,
And somewhere men are laughing, and little children shout;
But there is no joy in Mudville-- great Casey has struck out.

— Ernest L. Thayer

The Mudville Gazette headline this morning announced that "Mighty Casey" has been called before Congress to testify on alleged steriod use charges.

[scsmith42]

Doug -those cabinets look great!  Nice tile work too.  Keep on posting the pix.

Scott