I think rift cut oak is very nice and have it in my office in our showroom. Best of luck with your project and would love to see your after pictures. Please share 😊
I love the natural wood of my kitchen. Built in 1981, and still just beautiful with regular cleaning. My shelves are solid, not that awful material that people are finding is falling apart in their kitchens just after ten years. Even the cabinet door laminate in Lowe’s and Home Depot displays are peeling away from the doors. Sad.
Bought a home that’s a time capsule from the 80s (side note, I’m 55). Personally, I am glad that it wasn’t remodeled. It has top of the line fixtures for that time and golden oak cabinets in the kitchen (there’s also a bar with mirrors and a golden oak cabinet 😂). The cabinets are in v good shape for their age, I will most likely sand and re-stain bc they have aged so well. Maybe cut out a couple of panels and put glass in some. Just the orangey tint that looks dated and hardware is easily replaced or omitted altogether. Great video, the example part went way too fast tho, I had to slow the speed way down to appreciate it.
Hello there! 🙋🏼♀️ I live in Massachusetts too! In fact, when i saw the snow blow out your window i thought it felt like home! When you shared you are in Mass i was delighted you are close and that explained why it somehow felt familiar to me even just from a window view. I replaced my peninsula top and counters, they are so pretty now!!! Total transformation!!! What was wonderful was that the company which was out of Westfield Massachusetts, turned out to be a teaching contractor, so they teach construction at the trade high school and they did an amazing job with shockingly affordable price!!! They can do it all. Now my cabinets, which is why im here. Refacing is too expensive. Even painting costs a small fortune. My peninsula i started painting not knowing any better. I have a sort of plan for that. A professional wallpaper man is going to wallpaper the bar side, and two sides. So ill apply the neutral pale taupe after prepping, or worse comes to worse remove the doors and put curtains. It's a marvelous unit, OLD, on the highest peak bordering VT & NY. It's GLOOMY almost always, it's grey here nearly all the time. Light, bright shine lifts mood and sells!!! It's been proven in studies. My walls are the most beautiful sea salt pale grey, open concept condo, high raised ceilings with exposed beams classical built structure, very old series of homes converted to condominiums. My counters are luna winter, a sparkly cream & peninsula top i chose white barn, a mat white with tiny bits of "grain" mimicing a birch wood, i wanted light coloring to brighten the place and you couldn't have gotten better results than those!!! I've won some & lost some! I'm great with paper projects, Slavic people tend to like wallpaper because i grew up with it and paints weren't available in my mother's country. I'm not good with painting projects! Neither of my paint projects satisfied me fully or just went bad! I wouldn't mind buying new doors for the top front, i have four large top cabinets. But i just don't know what to do with the rest, it's all that orangy-brown (ugly!) outdated cabinets you featured in the video. Straight from 1990! 🫣😦😵 I'm at a loss of what to do with them anymore. They darken an already dark unit. They aren't in bad shape other than my scratches from my light sanding, I'm looking to apply Refinish-a-Surface, or help them since we never went through with painting them. I gave up after the way the peninsula was turning out. I thought your video would be providing tips on how to make the shinier, glossy, deal with scratches, imperfections, how to beautiful them since i don't think any stains lighten or neutralize. I was a little confused by your video. I like the look of wood if it's done right, in a modern way. Such as wood with a light coat of white stain over it, so im not anti-wood and in fact i have turned against the look of completely covered up paint or attempting it. It's very expensive and won't cover the wood which im fine with but why bother with the expense then? I've been told the orangy tone will eventually show through again, which im hoping i won't be here anymore by that point but i think all i wanted to do was neutralize the tone or play down the orange brown, it has an old dark look that doesn't help the giant open gloomy room and the kitchen is the first thing you walk into. I love the look of wood though and wish there was a solution to my dilemma. It was not a good buy and we are very hesitant to blow thousands painting or staining through the pro we contacted. I am thinking at this point to just find ways to help the scratches and clean/gloss it with new hardware. They kind of ruin a modern facelift with modern sink, after what ive been through i think i hate cabinets. They are really not my friend. It's one of many regrets buying this place. It was in our offer to paint the cabinets because the guy who owned it suggested it to us in an excited way. Our request got blown off, my agent never submitted it and i didn't find out until closing. That was just the start of the endless nightmare. I don't want to get too off track, but if you have any advice please let me know? Your kitchen place sounds very familiar! I contacted many places back when we were considering replacing the kitchen. It wouldn't be worth it and I'm saving for a better house!!! I subscribed and liked 💟☺️ Thank you, any suggestions would be grately appreciated!!! 🙏🏻🕊️❄️💖🏡
I'm a cabinetmaker in Minnesota. The trend here for many years has been mission-style cabinets with a painted finish. In the more outlying rural areas, they still want red oak cabinets. I do see customers wanting to mix things up a bit. Did a kitchen with mostly white dove uppers and floor to ceiling cabinets, and the island and base units out of wenge. Starting another project soon, again, uppers will be painted and base cabinets will be rift-sawn white oak. White oak is popular now and getting expensive.
We have wonderful oak floors and oak doors in natural stain in our kitchen and dining area This oak adds a nice touch to the white/blue cabinets we have.
We have always loved oak for our cabinets and trim. Our last home had oak cabinets, oak floors with granite in the bathrooms & laundry room and granite for the basement floors, mahogany doors, granite countertops and oak trim. We had so many compliments on our home. We didn't do the honey color - more reds and naturals. We are currently building another home and it will have oak cabinets, ceramic tile that looks like marble on all flooring, mahogany doors, granite countertops and of course, oak trim once more. I think that oak and granite are very timeless finishes. 🙂
Thank you for this video! We recently bought a beautiful home with 90s custom built oak cabinets in the kitchen. The cabinets are gorgeous, but scream the 1990s. I am planning to try to tone down the yellow-orange tone with white wash stain and add some new hardware, lighting fixtures and a new faucet instead of painting the cabinets, and your video helped me to make this decision.
Hi! I’m here because I want to strip the paint from some of my oak cabinets and I’m deciding if I want to keep the top oak and paint the bottom a beige, or the other way around! Any tips for me from you and your community?
My husband will be very happy to hear this news. My best friend keeps trying to tell us that we need to paint our oak kitchen cabinets to update it. We want to sell in a few years. He is against painting natural materials such as wood cabinets and brick. The only thing I really dislike is the "picture of wood" side panels on the cabinets and the back and sides of the kitchen island. I don't know what to do about that. I have Bruce hardwood floors in gunstock on the entire first floor. My kitchen table is also oak.
We won’t recommend painting oak as the grain is very strong and it shows through the paint. There isn’t much that can be done about the sides of the cabinets unless you replace them. I would say leave them alone and when you go to sell refresh the paint and declutter as much as possible to freshen things up. See if you like some of the color combinations in my other videos featuring oak cabinets, they can be really pretty.
We are planning to update our kitchen and would consider using our existing custom honey oak cabinets if they could be stained to a different oak tone. Is this possible? The cabinetry is 35 years old and most cabinets are in good condition. Thank you for your video!
Love the whitewash oak. I believe that a more neutral backsplash will be great like two finish or two tones white cream tile. I saw a lot of photos of kitchen where the backsplash tiles itself is stunning but add on a big wall, it become very busy. Not that pleasant especially if you have a colored cabinets.
I sure hope so! I love oak cabinets. All white cabinets make me feel like I’m in a hospital or asylum and it’s just feels bland and sad honestly. Oak cabinets feels homey and nostalgic and makes me wanna bake or cook a good meal with family and friends.
Hi Sally! I will post another video with a slower look at the color combinations. I keep thinking I need to be fast as if I am on social media. I will keep that in mind next time.
I agree with you. Most of the kitchens we remodel are with the 90s oak cabinets and arched doors. There is a revival of oak movement that is helping to bring it back to life, but wicked slow here in Massachusetts.
My wife and I have actually been looking at Riff Cut White Oak for our upcoming kitchen renovation in the spring.
I think rift cut oak is very nice and have it in my office in our showroom. Best of luck with your project and would love to see your after pictures. Please share 😊
I love oak! I must be the only person that refused to get rid of all the gorgeous wood in my home. Natural is always gorgeous.
Ur not the only person! I held off painting mine bc I knew they would make a come back and i honestly just love the natural look
@@SheFelonLove same!
I love the natural wood of my kitchen. Built in 1981, and still just beautiful with regular cleaning. My shelves are solid, not that awful material that people are finding is falling apart in their kitchens just after ten years. Even the cabinet door laminate in Lowe’s and Home Depot displays are peeling away from the doors. Sad.
Same! I love my oak.
I knew they would!! Glad I kept mine
Bought a home that’s a time capsule from the 80s (side note, I’m 55). Personally, I am glad that it wasn’t remodeled. It has top of the line fixtures for that time and golden oak cabinets in the kitchen (there’s also a bar with mirrors and a golden oak cabinet 😂). The cabinets are in v good shape for their age, I will most likely sand and re-stain bc they have aged so well. Maybe cut out a couple of panels and put glass in some. Just the orangey tint that looks dated and hardware is easily replaced or omitted altogether.
Great video, the example part went way too fast tho, I had to slow the speed way down to appreciate it.
Wood as a design feature NEVER ages. It's classic and always looks good. If you want a kitchen that will stand the test of time choose wood
Hello there! 🙋🏼♀️ I live in Massachusetts too! In fact, when i saw the snow blow out your window i thought it felt like home! When you shared you are in Mass i was delighted you are close and that explained why it somehow felt familiar to me even just from a window view. I replaced my peninsula top and counters, they are so pretty now!!! Total transformation!!! What was wonderful was that the company which was out of Westfield Massachusetts, turned out to be a teaching contractor, so they teach construction at the trade high school and they did an amazing job with shockingly affordable price!!! They can do it all. Now my cabinets, which is why im here. Refacing is too expensive. Even painting costs a small fortune. My peninsula i started painting not knowing any better. I have a sort of plan for that. A professional wallpaper man is going to wallpaper the bar side, and two sides. So ill apply the neutral pale taupe after prepping, or worse comes to worse remove the doors and put curtains. It's a marvelous unit, OLD, on the highest peak bordering VT & NY. It's GLOOMY almost always, it's grey here nearly all the time. Light, bright shine lifts mood and sells!!! It's been proven in studies. My walls are the most beautiful sea salt pale grey, open concept condo, high raised ceilings with exposed beams classical built structure, very old series of homes converted to condominiums. My counters are luna winter, a sparkly cream & peninsula top i chose white barn, a mat white with tiny bits of "grain" mimicing a birch wood, i wanted light coloring to brighten the place and you couldn't have gotten better results than those!!! I've won some & lost some! I'm great with paper projects, Slavic people tend to like wallpaper because i grew up with it and paints weren't available in my mother's country. I'm not good with painting projects! Neither of my paint projects satisfied me fully or just went bad! I wouldn't mind buying new doors for the top front, i have four large top cabinets. But i just don't know what to do with the rest, it's all that orangy-brown (ugly!) outdated cabinets you featured in the video. Straight from 1990! 🫣😦😵 I'm at a loss of what to do with them anymore. They darken an already dark unit. They aren't in bad shape other than my scratches from my light sanding, I'm looking to apply Refinish-a-Surface, or help them since we never went through with painting them. I gave up after the way the peninsula was turning out. I thought your video would be providing tips on how to make the shinier, glossy, deal with scratches, imperfections, how to beautiful them since i don't think any stains lighten or neutralize. I was a little confused by your video. I like the look of wood if it's done right, in a modern way. Such as wood with a light coat of white stain over it, so im not anti-wood and in fact i have turned against the look of completely covered up paint or attempting it. It's very expensive and won't cover the wood which im fine with but why bother with the expense then? I've been told the orangy tone will eventually show through again, which im hoping i won't be here anymore by that point but i think all i wanted to do was neutralize the tone or play down the orange brown, it has an old dark look that doesn't help the giant open gloomy room and the kitchen is the first thing you walk into. I love the look of wood though and wish there was a solution to my dilemma. It was not a good buy and we are very hesitant to blow thousands painting or staining through the pro we contacted. I am thinking at this point to just find ways to help the scratches and clean/gloss it with new hardware. They kind of ruin a modern facelift with modern sink, after what ive been through i think i hate cabinets. They are really not my friend. It's one of many regrets buying this place. It was in our offer to paint the cabinets because the guy who owned it suggested it to us in an excited way. Our request got blown off, my agent never submitted it and i didn't find out until closing. That was just the start of the endless nightmare. I don't want to get too off track, but if you have any advice please let me know?
Your kitchen place sounds very familiar! I contacted many places back when we were considering replacing the kitchen. It wouldn't be worth it and I'm saving for a better house!!! I subscribed and liked 💟☺️
Thank you, any suggestions would be grately appreciated!!! 🙏🏻🕊️❄️💖🏡
Thanks for supporting me
I'm a cabinetmaker in Minnesota. The trend here for many years has been mission-style cabinets with a painted finish. In the more outlying rural areas, they still want red oak cabinets. I do see customers wanting to mix things up a bit. Did a kitchen with mostly white dove uppers and floor to ceiling cabinets, and the island and base units out of wenge. Starting another project soon, again, uppers will be painted and base cabinets will be rift-sawn white oak. White oak is popular now and getting expensive.
I’m glad to connect with you in Minnesota.
We have wonderful oak floors and oak doors in natural stain in our kitchen and dining area This oak adds a nice touch to the white/blue cabinets we have.
We have always loved oak for our cabinets and trim. Our last home had oak cabinets, oak floors with granite in the bathrooms & laundry room and granite for the basement floors, mahogany doors, granite countertops and oak trim. We had so many compliments on our home. We didn't do the honey color - more reds and naturals. We are currently building another home and it will have oak cabinets, ceramic tile that looks like marble on all flooring, mahogany doors, granite countertops and of course, oak trim once more. I think that oak and granite are very timeless finishes. 🙂
Thank you for this video! We recently bought a beautiful home with 90s custom built oak cabinets in the kitchen. The cabinets are gorgeous, but scream the 1990s. I am planning to try to tone down the yellow-orange tone with white wash stain and add some new hardware, lighting fixtures and a new faucet instead of painting the cabinets, and your video helped me to make this decision.
Yeah! This makes my day 😻
Hi! I’m here because I want to strip the paint from some of my oak cabinets and I’m deciding if I want to keep the top oak and paint the bottom a beige, or the other way around!
Any tips for me from you and your community?
My husband will be very happy to hear this news. My best friend keeps trying to tell us that we need to paint our oak kitchen cabinets to update it. We want to sell in a few years. He is against painting natural materials such as wood cabinets and brick. The only thing I really dislike is the "picture of wood" side panels on the cabinets and the back and sides of the kitchen island. I don't know what to do about that. I have Bruce hardwood floors in gunstock on the entire first floor. My kitchen table is also oak.
We won’t recommend painting oak as the grain is very strong and it shows through the paint. There isn’t much that can be done about the sides of the cabinets unless you replace them. I would say leave them alone and when you go to sell refresh the paint and declutter as much as possible to freshen things up. See if you like some of the color combinations in my other videos featuring oak cabinets, they can be really pretty.
@@waysidekitchens thank you! 😊
@@DisMindy5767 we’re happy to help!
Would you know what the green color is at 2:53? thanks Great video and awesome color combos.
We are planning to update our kitchen and would consider using our existing custom honey oak cabinets if they could be stained to a different oak tone. Is this possible? The cabinetry is 35 years old and most cabinets are in good condition. Thank you for your video!
honestly love white and oak combination for cabinets. Thinking backslash with a very subtle green-ish tone would pair nicely
I agree
Love the whitewash oak. I believe that a more neutral backsplash will be great like two finish or two tones white cream tile. I saw a lot of photos of kitchen where the backsplash tiles itself is stunning but add on a big wall, it become very busy. Not that pleasant especially if you have a colored cabinets.
Great idea!
My oak cabinet are to dark for me can I use a lighter gel on top to lighten them? I have the ugly arch cabinets
I sure hope so! I love oak cabinets. All white cabinets make me feel like I’m in a hospital or asylum and it’s just feels bland and sad honestly. Oak cabinets feels homey and nostalgic and makes me wanna bake or cook a good meal with family and friends.
Slides were too fast, couldn’t get a good look at the colors
Hi Sally! I will post another video with a slower look at the color combinations. I keep thinking I need to be fast as if I am on social media. I will keep that in mind next time.
@@waysidekitchens awesome, thank you
cool. I’ll tell my grandma to save that $20K and leave her kitchen alone. 😎
😂 thanks for the chuckle 😂
In my humble opinion oak is an ugly wood. The unbelievable ugly trend of the 1990s was a kitchen tragedy with those oak cabinets.
I agree with you. Most of the kitchens we remodel are with the 90s oak cabinets and arched doors. There is a revival of oak movement that is helping to bring it back to life, but wicked slow here in Massachusetts.