| Besides being a conversation piece, luxury custom | | | | These woods are durable and strong making them |
| cabinetry adds a unique richness and character to a | | | | ideal for kitchen cupboards. To keep down the costs, |
| home. With alder becoming the 'new oak' in | | | | they are often used as veneers or inlays in tiger |
| popularity, those looking for unusual custom cabinets | | | | maple. To get a similar look for less, custom staining |
| are adding doors and frames made from materials | | | | done in suitable colors can be used on tiger maple or |
| such as stainless steel and hardwood. These items | | | | flaming birch. |
| are extremely expensive, but the finished look is well | | | | Teak, Padouk, Rosewood, And Tigerwood |
| worth the effort. | | | | These woods are used in luxury custom cabinetry |
| Stainless Steel Inserts | | | | for their strong, striped colors. Teak is nothing new |
| The newest trend in upper kitchen cupboards or | | | | to custom cabinets, but the way it is being used is |
| custom cabinetry in offices is the addition of stainless | | | | changing. This soft, oily wood was formerly popular |
| steel to wood frames and mullion frames (frames | | | | for outdoor furniture and now it is being used to |
| with bars in the middle) rather than using it on its | | | | create gorgeous countertops and cabinet doors. It |
| own. The frames are coated with black stain or solid | | | | does not mould well, so it is best kept to sharp clean |
| lacquer and often given a grey or metallic glaze. | | | | lines to eliminate flaking. |
| Then, stainless steel mesh woven into intricate | | | | Tulipwood and its close relative Brazilian rosewood, |
| patterns is mounted into the frames instead of | | | | with its perfumed smell, along with another Brazillian |
| traditional glass. | | | | species tigerwood are also stunning additions to |
| Lacewood, Curly Koa, And Peroba Rosa | | | | custom cabinetry. These are some of the most |
| Soft variegated wave patterns in these woods along | | | | expensive woods available and are best saved for |
| with their warm colors add a comforting feeling to | | | | small inlays and ornamentation. These woods are |
| any room. From Australia, Lacewood can have a soft | | | | endangered species, so if you choose to uses these |
| wavy pattern or it can have strong rays woven | | | | woods in kitchen cupboards, you want to be sure |
| throughout if it is quarter-sawn. Curly Koa, from the | | | | that they come from a plantation or other |
| island of Hawaii is traditionally used for the bodies of | | | | eco-friendly source. |
| guitars and ukuleles; however, it is starting to appear | | | | Exotic hardwoods and stainless steel are a stunning |
| more often in custom cabinetry. Peroba rosa, or | | | | addition to luxury custom cabinetry. Use them to |
| amarillo, originates in areas of Brazil and is most | | | | create stunning mitered doors, add beautiful inlays, or |
| notable for its soft, unusual colors of purple, pinks, | | | | as a small border around an island. These materials |
| yellows, and reds. When given a natural finish, the | | | | make it easy to create a dazzling design that will stay |
| colors will deepen are darken with age. | | | | in fashion forever. |