Maple is a popular material choice for cabinet doors due to it’s durability and versatile, light color.
Hard maple and soft maple are both available as cabinet door material options, and both have beautiful color and grain. See our article on the difference between hard and soft maple cabinet doors for hardness ratings and material differences.
The hard maple kitchen above has a very light, custom, clove-hued stain by the cabinetmaker, which evens out color variations in the material and reduces the appearance of yellowing.
Maple pairs well with painted cabinets in blue, gray, green, brown and black, and provides a perfect contrast to darker colors. Pairing stained maple cabinets with paint maintains the warmth of natural wood while allowing the decorator colors to add personality to the room.
Maple wood can have a variety of density within one piece of wood and this variation in density and porosity can create blotchiness when stained if not prepped properly. End grain is especially porous and will absorb more stain than the material face. To avoid blotchiness in the finished product a bit of extra prep work and education is advisable. We recommend learning about staining maple and testing a sample before staining an entire kitchen worth of cabinet doors if you have not stained maple before.
The kitchen with Shaker cabinet doors below combines maple upper cabinets with a subtle, barely there stain, with medium green painted base cabinets to ground the space.
TaylorCraft cabinet door company offers hard and soft maple and select grade, natural grade and paint grade options. View our Maple material descriptions and photos for more information on the difference between maple material grades and types.
The maple bathroom vanity cabinets with black hardware below provide the perfect warm, neutral pairing with modern black herringbone tiled wall.
Cabinetmakers, contact TaylorCraft today to place an order for your next Maple cabinet door project!
We look forward to serving you.
