Alex Molkentin

Materials

4 min

Grain matching, explained

Why wood doors on the same wall should come from the same story.

Why wood doors on the same wall should come from the same story.

Warm Wood Modern, Colorado Front Range

On a painted kitchen nobody thinks about grain. On a wood kitchen it is the whole game. Sequence-matched doors run the same grain across a wall of fronts, so the eye reads one calm surface instead of a patchwork. It costs more, it takes longer to order, and on slab doors it is the difference between furniture and boxes. If you are paying for walnut, pay for the match.

On a painted kitchen nobody thinks about grain. On a wood kitchen it is the whole game. Sequence-matched doors run the same grain across a wall of fronts, so the eye reads one calm surface instead of a patchwork. It costs more, it takes longer to order, and on slab doors it is the difference between furniture and boxes. If you are paying for walnut, pay for the match.

PULL QUOTE

If you are paying for walnut, pay for the match.

If you are paying for walnut, pay for the match.

A kitchen proves itself slowly, through school mornings, holidays, and every meal in between. We build for that.

Alex Molkentin

Alex Molkentin

Third-generation Colorado builder and founder of Shadowline Cabinetry in Lyons. He designs, specifies, and installs every project the studio takes on, and stands behind the work locally.

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