Cardinal Finishes & Textures

About these finishes. These are the stains and surface textures available on Cardinal Woodcraft pieces. Every item can be ordered in any of the stains shown for its wood species.

Colours on screen are a guide, not a match. Monitors and phone screens all render colour differently, and stain looks different again on a finished piece than on a sample. Come see the physical samples at the Barn before you commit to a colour.

Wood is a natural material. Grain, density and colour vary from board to board, so the same stain will look slightly different on every piece. This is normal and is part of what makes solid wood furniture what it is.

Not seeing what you want? Custom colour matching is available on request — bring in a sample and we will look into it for you.

Maple Stains

28 stains · shown on maple

Adrift 0 sheen on MapleAdrift – 0 sheen
Antique Slate on MapleAntique Slate
Black Noir 0 sheen on MapleBlack Noir – 0 sheen
Canadian Walnut on MapleCanadian Walnut
Cashew on MapleCashew
Deep Cherry on MapleDeep Cherry
Ebony on MapleEbony
English Manor on MapleEnglish Manor
Executive on MapleExecutive
Fruitwood on MapleFruitwood
High Tide 0 sheen on MapleHigh Tide – 0 sheen
Java on MapleJava
Lunar 0 sheen on MapleLunar – 0 sheen
Mocha on MapleMocha
New Yorker on MapleNew Yorker
Pebble Beach on MaplePebble Beach
Pesto 0 sheen on MaplePesto – 0 sheen
Roasted on MapleRoasted
Sandstone on MapleSandstone
Seaweed 0 sheen on MapleSeaweed – 0 sheen
Sombrero on MapleSombrero
Stockton on MapleStockton
Stormy on MapleStormy
Sunbleached 0 sheen on MapleSunbleached – 0 sheen
Tannery on MapleTannery
Taupe on MapleTaupe
Weathered Suede on MapleWeathered Suede
White Wash on MapleWhite Wash

Cherry Stains

5 stains · shown on cherry

Diplomat on CherryDiplomat
Mocha on CherryMocha
Roasted on CherryRoasted
Stormy on CherryStormy
Weathered Suede on CherryWeathered Suede

Red Oak Stains

12 stains · shown on red oak

Adrift 0 sheen on Red OakAdrift – 0 sheen
Barbados 0 sheen on Red OakBarbados – 0 sheen
Black Noir 0 sheen on Red OakBlack Noir – 0 sheen
Boathouse 0 sheen on Red OakBoathouse – 0 sheen
Coffeehouse on Red OakCoffeehouse
Dark Horse on Red OakDark Horse
Ebony on Red OakEbony
Fieldstone on Red OakFieldstone
Firefly 0 sheen on Red OakFirefly – 0 sheen
Genesis 0 sheen on Red OakGenesis – 0 sheen
Stockton on Red OakStockton
Stormy on Red OakStormy

White Oak Stains

7 stains · shown on white oak

Dark Horse on White OakDark Horse
Gunstock on White OakGunstock
Natural Effects on White OakNatural Effects
Sombrero 0 sheen on White OakSombrero – 0 sheen
Sunbleached 0 sheen on White OakSunbleached – 0 sheen
Sample photo
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Sundance – 0 sheen
Wharf 0 sheen on White OakWharf – 0 sheen

Top Textures

The surface treatment applied to the top before finishing. Any of these can be paired with any stain.

Hand Planed textureHand PlanedGentle, even undulations across the surface
Hand Scraped textureHand ScrapedShallow hand-worked marks, softly irregular
Random Planed textureRandom PlanedPlane marks in no set pattern
Brushed textureBrushedSofter grain raised for a tactile surface
Ruff Cut textureRuff CutThe most rustic option, distinctly rough underhand
Saw Effect textureSaw EffectVisible saw marks left across the board

Ready to talk it through? Bring your room measurements and any colour references to the Barn and we will help you match a stain and texture to your space — or get in touch and we will start a quote.