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Are you trying to pinpoint the aesthetic of your next kitchen cabinets? With so much emphasis on the appearance of your kitchen, selecting the perfect stained finish for your natural wood cabinets is a significant decision in the kitchen design process. 

Lucky for you, we’re here to help! 

At Deslaurier Custom Cabinets, we have over 40 years of experience designing and manufacturing high-quality custom cabinets that equally prioritize beauty and function. In doing so, we’ve accumulated an impressive collection of unique cabinet stains to ensure there’s an option that satisfies every client’s needs.

We’ve made it our goal to provide you with a helping hand in achieving your dream home. In this article, we’ll present the most popular cabinet stains in the Deslaurier catalogue last year, as determined by our customer sales!

Cabinet Stains at Deslaurier

At Deslaurier Custom Cabinets, we take pride in our environmentally-friendly manufacturing practices – which includes our water-based finishing systems. Because of this, all of our cabinet stains and paints are 100% water-based and VOC-free! 

When it comes to our cabinet stain selection, the sheer amount of cabinet stains available to our clients is astounding. We offer over 40+ unique cabinet stains in our standard catalogue alone! 

That’s not all! We also provide a sophisticated colour-match service to create distinctly unique cabinet finishes for your custom kitchen. The amount of potential stain selections is truly endless.

Plus, our product development team is continually working on new paint stains to make your kitchen cabinets even more personalized! 

Deslaurier design consultant, Adele Jacobs, shares her thoughts on stained cabinets: 

"Stained cabinets seem to be a consistent choice with clients due to the multiple colour choices, classic warmth and overall durability of a stained wood product. It's a great choice for those who want a touch of modern but prefer the warmth that a natural material provides. The dark grey and black finishes are particularly popular right now because they are considered a neutral that compliments many different types and styles of stone, tile and quartz." 

With that, let's get to the 5 best-selling cabinet stains in the Deslaurier catalogue! 

1. Flagstone 

The best-selling cabinet stain of 2022 was Flagstone. Flagstone accounted for 15.1% of all stained cabinetry last year! 

2. Grey Mountain 

Sitting in second place, narrowly behind Flagstone, is Grey Mountain. Last year, 14.5% of Deslaurier stained cabinets were adorned with a Grey Mountain finish. 

3. Ebony 

The darkest stain on our best-seller list, Ebony was used for 11.6% of all our stained cabinets last year. 

Check out the Ebony stain in action in Alanna Wharton's showcase, Ebony & Ivory. 

4. Sandy Beach 

The lightest stain on this list, Sandy Beach 7.3%

A gentle stain, Sandy Beach is often used on light and neutral woods such as birch, maple, and white oak. 

Birch cabinets with a "Sandy Beach" stain are on full display in Brick & Blue by Amelia Mathieson!

5. Slate

The final stain on our list, and fifth most popular, is Slate.

Slate accounted for 5.5% of all stained cabinets at Deslaurier in 2022. 

Design with Deslaurier Custom Cabinets

At Deslaurier, we believe there’s a cabinet stain in our collection for every design taste. If you have something in mind that we don't offer, our custom colour-match system can take it from there! 

Book a free consultation today and look through our extensive catalogue with a Deslaurier kitchen expert at our Ottawa showroom!

If you have your eye on custom cabinetry, Deslaurier Custom Cabinets has everything you need. With over 40 years of experience in our name, we provide our clients with a fully customized design process with our talented team of designers. 

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