American Cherry Wood Furniture

For each piece of our cherry wood furniture boards are carefully selected for excellence in grain match color and width.

American cherry wood furniture.

Solidly built using traditional joinery techniques our american cherry furniture is designed for you to pass down to your children and grandchildren. Its price tag is closer to walnut wood. Easily our most popular seller cherry is a smooth grained reddish brown hardwood that comes from the american black cherry fruit tree. The american cherry collection inspired by original pieces of american built antiques.

Cherry is gorgeous wood but as you ve probably discovered it can be nasty to finish. Natural cherry wood is perhaps the most prized furniture hardwood in america. But for those of us that love wood the real benefit is the optical effect the finish. Cherry costs more than oak wood.

The wood is prized for both beauty and work ability. Generally speaking the harder the wood the easier it is to finish and polish. So a janka rating is an average of numerous tests performed on all directions and numerous pieces. The finished wood has a beautiful salmon pink to red color that with time only improves.

The american cherry collection from fine furniture design is an updated look from some of the original american built antiques. We use clear coats on wood to protect it from various hazards including dirt and water. Cherry boards come in all different colors its sapwood and heartwood don t match it can look really blotchy and it darkens as it ages. Fine furniture design has taken those original pieces and updated the scale function and beauty to create a new and more exciting look for today s consumer looking for a traditional styled home furnishings for their 21st century home.

Caring for cherry wood furniture. Cherry wood has been traditionally used in fine furniture since the first american settlers. The second sample is cherry s version of curly figure it s highly prized with a price tag to match. By updating the function and scale of these pieces the american cherry collection offers a traditional feel for todays homes.

At countryside we recommend going 2 3 shades stains lighter to allow for the darkening of the cherry wood as it ages. Matching your existing cherry furniture if you currently own real cherry furniture and are interested in adding to the collection matching the stain color can prove to be tricky. This blotching is rare and beautiful. The hardness of wood varies with the direction of the wood grain and varies from piece to piece.

Matching older cherry furniture with new pieces can be challenging because of the natural darkening process. Harder woods create good solid long lasting joinery in furniture.