Cerused Rift White Oak

Cerused rift sawn oak cabinets design photos ideas and inspiration.

Cerused rift white oak.

The sapwood is light colored and the heartwood is light grey to dark brown. Quarter sawn rift or even plain sawn will give a desirable look. Rift only floating stairs duration. The rift sawing brings out the flakes in the oak.

Graf custom hardwood 111 views. Amazing gallery of interior design and decorating ideas of cerused rift sawn oak cabinets in bedrooms closets living rooms laundry mudrooms bathrooms kitchens by elite interior designers. Cerused wood is also known as cerused oak or limed oak because it s often found on this species of wood. Black and white cerus finish on some rift white oak floating shelves here s our process.

Ceruse natural on quartersawn oak description adding the technique known as ceruse refers to applying a white fill material to a natural door and then wiping it off on the open grain of quartersawn oak creating a cabinet finish with an aged look that is on trend for today s design schemes. White oak is mostly straight grained with a medium to coarse texture. If you are not proficient in finishing that will show off the grain you paid extra for hire someone to do it that is a professional wood finisher not a painter. It s a lot of work but the end results make it worth the effort.

If you want a tighter grain with less color go with white oak. We use it often in this finish schedule. Elie saad 19 092 views. Red and white oak will both take a ceruse or liming wax well.

Oak s highly visible grain makes it one of the surfaces for the finish. If you use white wash stain or something like that you are going to be covering up the beauty you paid extra for. Dramatic flecking is also present in red oak and white oak. Rift sawn lumber is produced by quartering the log then sawing it perpendicular to the growth rings.

We are so inspired here on hadley court by the beautiful cerused oak wood finishes we are seeing at the national kitchen and bath association show happening right now out in las vegas kbis2016 so today dear readers we are going to show you some inspiring examples of cerused oak kitchens and baths like the example above designed by mary haynes of tory haynes inc.