Finishes
Stained Cabinets
Stain is the process of staining wood to achieve a transparent/translucent finish of various colours and tones. We offer a variety of stain options for our wood cabinets so you can find the perfect colour. You can choose from our standard stains, one of our collections or ask one of our designers about our stain match process. Some stains will appear more opaque and will show less wood grain, while other more translucent stains will show more of the wood grain.
Painted Cabinets
Paint is the process of painting HDF doors to achieve an opaque finish where the wood grain will not be visible. Our painted cabinets provide you with many colour options. Choose from one of our 58 standard paint colours or ask your designer about using a custom colour. Explore all our colour options!
Premium: Glaze
Paint Options
Glaze options: Grey or Caramel
Glaze procedures add more depth and character and often changes the overall look of the base colour. It is sprayed on to an entire piece and wiped off. Glaze is then applied with a bottle into all corners and profiles.
- Hang up glaze: Applied to profiles using a bottle, then brushed to achieve the final look. Finished with a clear topcoat.
- Light brush glaze: Sprayed on and wiped off, giving a brush look with no hang up. Finished with a clear topcoat.
- Cornsilk Glaze: Sprayed on and wiped off, giving a brush look with no hang up. Finished with a clear topcoat.
Stain options
Black / Chocolate Glaze
Glaze procedures add more depth and character and often changes the overall look of the base colour. It is sprayed on to an entire piece and wiped off. Glaze is then applied with a bottle into all corners and profiles.
Gloss Finish
Gloss finish upgrades all doors and finished parts to a higher sheen finish for a glossier look.
Premium: Antique Wear
Available only by request on certain opaque stains on alder, it combines the aggressive sanding, rasping and denting of antique distressing with additional wear through the finish on the corners and rasped edges.
Premium: Antique distressing
Presents the appearance of aged wood with aggressive sanding on the corners, rasping and denting. Available on clear alder, knotty alder, and cherry.
Distressing and Sanding Techniques
Light distressing
Visible only when standing close to the cabinets, this procedure involves light dents and small cuts on edges on sharp edges and profiles. Available on clear alder, knotty alder, and cherry.
Heavy distressing
Visible from across the room, this procedure involves heavy cutting and denting, along with simulated cracks and worm holes. Available on clear alder, knotty alder, and mortise and tenon fronts only.
Oversand
Available only on certain opaque stains, it has a light, weather worn look by slightly removing the finish on most sharp edges and profiles.
Rub through
Available only on certain opaque stains on clear alder, it provides a heavy worn look on the color revealing the undercoat on all sharp edges and profiles.