What wood works for your Kitchen floor?

One of the least frequently remodeled room in a house is the kitchen, people will redo their bedrooms and closets three times over before even thinking about the kitchen because once a kitchen been designed and eaten/ cooked in a few times, it develops a certain feel. You never change things around because a place where you cook or eat needs to feel familiar as opposed to new.

But that doesn’t mean that kitchens are never remodeled, they are and more often the budget for a kitchen remodeling is bigger in proportion to the budget for any other room. Kitchen changes are big like putting in new floors or new cabinets though there are small scale ones involving painting kitchen cabinets a new color or changing the knobs.
Should you decide to put in a new floor or new cabinets for your kitchen, a new wooden floor, here’s a breakdown of which wood works best for what.

Maple wood works best for kitchen cabinets because of it doesn’t stain easy and can hide most stains. You can get a rich range of colors in this wood and depending on the quality, you can several excellent finishes. The wood is durable stuff and works for most cabinet types. The best part is that maple is easy to work with so if you’re looking to fit in some design with your new cabinets, this wood should be your top pick.

Cherry is the wood you prefer if you’re looking for truly elegant and long lasting kitchen design. The wood weathers really well and as time goes by it tends to change hues. This is the wood to use if you’re looking for a nice rustic red color in your kitchen. The wood isn’t cheap though and is generally going to be used in a more upscale kitchen.

Oak is what you should use if you want something sturdy and durable but nice to look at. This wood has a fairly good finish and something close to 200 types of oak exist. This wood doesn’t swell up from moisture or humidity as much as other woods do.

Bamboo is becoming popular because it’s environmentally friendly, people who like to live green find it easier to use this wood because it grows faster than any other kind of wood and can be quickly replenished. Unfortunately the wood isn’t thick enough to be cut into planks and has to be more as a covering over stronger wood types; which makes it expensive to use.

Mahogany is the best wood when it comes to sleek and finish, it’s also expensive and not as strong as most other woods. It’s more suited for decorative purposes.