Knotty Pine Cabinets For Your Kitchen

Knotty Pine kitchen cabinets are beautiful, unique, and affordable and offer a rustic, old world kind of look that offers versatility and charm to many home settings. This is a kind of timber that is often used when the buyer wants to add a country or rustic kind of look to their home. This kind of wood is quite unique because of its large knots; knots that make a creative pattern when used on cabinetry, floors or walls.

In addition, it has a very bold scent, which most customers like. It is a refreshing scent that is lively and timeless. It is sold in many varieties such as groove pieces and pre-finished tongue that is often used for wall paneling to decorative beams and columns.

Knotty pine is a very soft wood and because of that, the knots may sometimes break, bow or split but with tender care produces many beautiful and decorative home projects.

It is important to note that it is soft and therefore not quite as strong as other woods. Therefore, caution is urged if you have small children. Small children can sometimes dislodge small hinges, or hang on to drawers or cause scratches and dents. To ensure that this doesn't happen, you may want to caution small children when they're playing near pine wood furniture or place safety locks on your units.

When thinking about installing these great looking units, there are several creative patterns you can choose from when wanting to achieve a different and unique look to your kitchen. As an example, you can put a clear finish on them to enhance and maintain their natural beauty or you can stain unfinished cabinets but both methods need to be done carefully due to the fact that some sections of the pine are harder to stain and take time and effort when applying.

Such cabinets have increased in popularity throughout the years and that is due to their homey, rustic look, the extreme variations in color, and the size and shape of the knots. There are also variations in the rustic look of the knotty pine kitchen cabinets such as worm-holes, nail holes and distressed wood.

When wanting to add these cabinets to your kitchen, be sure to ask your cabinet maker on what choices are available and what variations might work for your kitchen. Estimates and plans on installing Knotting pine kitchen units can be obtained from your local dealer.

The cost of installing such cabinets vary according to the installation size of the units but the average cost of these units, without installation, costs runs between $3,000 to $5,000 for a 10x12 room. The cost may be a little high for some but for such beauty and warmth; it may be well worth the cost. And most dealers offer payment plans that can help make your dreams come true.