I know that in our wooden “world” all people who loves to make woodworking projects , cannot always buy expensive wood pieces .

To this money mostly problem , the colored wood is a great and way cheaper solution . I know that because you cannot always have the amount of money to do your beloved hobby .

There are many , many different wood varieties belonging to the 3 types of wood in our planet . Being sure 100% for your choice , only by the looks of the wood , is almost impossible .

Create your woodworking projects , with a Variety of wood .

Expensive wood exists , very rare wood exists , exotic wood exists , more “common” and cheaper wood exists , “soft” wood exists , “hard” wood exists , all the varieties of color wood exists and the list is “endless” .

As you may imagine the most beautiful wood pieces and surfaces for your wood furniture , are the most expensive and rare ones , even if i like all kinds of wood .

Ebony , roses tree , pink ivory , the African blackwood , mahogany , walnut , chestnut , are some of the “luxury” wood choices to “imitate” .

Whoever has made his kitchen cabinets or other part of his house from some of the above wood types , knows what i mean .

But who said that to have , use and admire a fine woodworking plan inside your house with a “luxury” wood , is forbitten if you don’t have the money ?

What is a Classic wood color ?

The classic wood color is a color that no matter what the modern times suggest or the several types of design coultures during time , this color is always desired by people providing beauty and high prestige and some chracteristic examples are the mahogany color , the darker shades of walnut along with the cherry color wood .

What color Cabinets are Outdated ?

The matte colors , the very high glossiness colors( they look like donuts ) , the several range purple shades , the intense yellow , the orange and some white shade colors are some of the colora that oare outdated and people overpass them .

What color cabinets , increase home Value ?

The colors that make your cabinets look like the elegant hardwoods and the expensive wood types as the mahogany , cherry , walnuts and chestnuts , the maple , the teak , the rosewood and of course the chalk type of colors which are very popular the last decades , are increasing value generally .

What colors make a Kitchen look Expensive ?

A kitchen can look like expensive and having high prestige if it’s colored like mahogany , walnut( especially the darker shades ) , cherry , maple , a variety of specialized and rare tropical wood , chestnut and of course the so classical rosewood .

What color wood Not to paint your Kitchen ?

Even if there are no unbreakable “laws” , you should avoid the very open color shades , the white colors , the green , the blue , black of course , yellow , orange , red and all the colors range that aren’t suitable for the generic design .

How to choose a wood color ?

You should choose the wood color for your piece , adapting to the place your wood will be and the general decoration of it in order to match to the design your wood piece has , what style you want to provide and add and of course the mainentance this color will need , during time .

Which wood color is Best ?

Generally the wood colors that imitate the colors of the luxury and rare wood types are very popular and prefered , the white color , the chalk style that can be combined to every design providing a vintage decoration , the light green colors and the mahogany .

What is the most Popular color for wood ?

Usually the most popular colors are the ones that imitate the expensive types of wood , the hardwoods , some tropical and rare types with brown reddish and purple shades and they fluctuate mostly to the darker shades of the brown color .

What color wood , never Goes Out of style ?

The colors that imitate the expensive types of hardwoods ( chestnut , walnut , mahogany , etc ) , the chalk type of colors have become very popular and classic and the cherry ones for the interiors ( kitchen cabinets , etc ) , are “immortal color choices .

What is the most Elegant wood color ?

The walnuts , the mahogany , the dark brown tropical colors are the most classy color , with the mahogany being the “champion” in here .

What color hardwood is Timeless ?

The mid-range brown colors and variants are the colors that will never go out of the preferences of people , because brown mostly is the natural color of wood and natural is always timeless and classic .

What wood color is Modern ?

The darker shades of brown approaching the mahogany color , the walnuts and the darker hardwoods , along with the chalk style colors which you can find in any color and shade you like , are very modern color solutions , providing expensive style with very little money .

Is Light color wood in Style ?

Yes , it’s in style and a very modern solution especially if you combine light color shades and chalk ones , you can restore and reborn old and “tired” wooden furniture without spending a fortune .

We can Imitate an expensive wood with Coloration .

There are ways to “bent” the high prices of these expensive wood pieces and this way is by giving them colors , technically . You know to color a wood piece , having the same color to another , have also some very significant benefits .

Many of the colossal expensive pianos and music instruments are made from colored wood or mixture of wood .

The same applies for the expensive wood furniture you see to the finest houses . Many of these ones are made from colored wood .

The colored wood is a Strong wood .

Your “new” colored wood , having the exact same color of the expensive one which we “duplicate” , is a very strong piece of wood .

Before we apply the color inside the tree trunk ,we “wash” the inside of the log , in order to be as “cleaner” as possible .

Inside the tree trunk , several kinds of fluids exist , water , trace elements and other stuff exist , so the tree using them combined with the sunlight and the soil elements , to grow . These inside elements must “go away” , before we apply the color .

The wood coloration Process :

The technicians in the factory in which the coloration will take place , apply something like a cap at the top of the tree trunk .

They apply this cap very tight at the top of the trunk , so from a cap’s opening which is attached to a tube , the color can poor with high pressure , the color .

From this tube , slowly , slowly the color penetrates the whole trunk and it goes out from the other top of the trunk .

Of course this needs time , even if the color goes inside the trunk with pressure . Before this coloration , they poor a water based chemical solution , to “wash” the trunk’s inner fluids .

This is very important , because the cleaner the trunk , the better color result we’ll have .

The colored wood , should be Similar to the primary wood .

The chemicals the wood technicians use are so many , but they are very careful to one very significant factor , to gain the best result .

They try to use similar wood pieces / trunks , to the ones they want to duplicate . They try to use wood , which are “close” to the primary expensive one .

They use usualy apple tree , pear tree , birch or maple tree to make their imitations . Of course you can color your wood , with whatever color you like . Very nice and fashionable color is the grey one .

What are the Benefits from this wood color imitation ?

The inside “washing” of the tree trunk , it makes it more strong and stable . As more washed up , the better .

You eliminate the posibilites of get something bad , from wood bugs and mostly to get rotten . Another benefit of the wood coloration and immitation , is that the wood we use is from big and “clean” tree trunks .

The trunks we’ll use for coloration should have the fewest knobs and in general being clean and strong , without any wood “errors” . This will secure your wood project for many years of good “health” .

These 2 colored wood benefits , are enough for the manufacturers to create some very fine furniture , music instruments and other wood creations . You should have no hesitation to proceed to the buying of a colored wood furniture or whatever else .

You’ll enjoy it for many , many years and many times your friends and surroundings , will be impressed . Let you imagination free , pick and combine whatever color for your wood , you wish .

Don’t hesitate to do what you want to do in the carpentry activity and what makes you happy .

Keep woodworking and happiness is certain .