Oak continues to be the favorite wood of Germans when it comes to furnishings. The Oak kitchen will remain the trend in 2021, albeit slightly modified: Instead of exclusively using light, cozy wood in the Scandinavian look are increasingly using kitchen manufacturers Oak wood fronts in dark tones. We deliver to you 5 reasonswho speak for kitchen planning with oak.
The preference for hardwood has long since penetrated the kitchen: in the form of Real wood or replicas, so-called decors or Optics. Why is an oak kitchen a good idea anyway?
# 1 Oak kitchen: multifaceted
Hardly any wood is like this multifaceted like the oak. The infinite variety of Grain gives the customer the choice: sometimes the wood comes elegant and therefore subtle, sometimes lively and rough. Not only the Tree neighbors in the forest decide on the grain. Also the earththat the oak grows on affects the Structure of the wood: those contained in the earth Tannic acids determine the Color intensity. The high proportion of tannic acid also ensures that the oak looks excellent to smoke leaves. This method gives the wood that tint that it would otherwise take on over time from exposure to air and light.
Your characteristic, living surface the oak gets through her large pores: This is how exciting Light and shadow effectswhich increase in intensity over the years.
# 2 Oak kitchen: sustainable
Despite the great popularity of oak, the annual logging just about 2.5 percent of the total volume from: According to the Federal Statistical Office, 68.2 million cubic meters of woodthat were hit in 2019 only 1740 cubic meters of oak wood.
But this says little about the importance of oak for furniture construction, says Andreas Ruf, managing director of the initiative Pro solid wood: Basically that Coniferous wood felling significantly higher than the felling of hardwood, there the Need for conifers for the Construction and paper industries is well above the needs of the furniture industry. If you consider that also coniferous species like Spruce, pine or fir Often used for kitchen furniture, oak is still a good choice in terms of sustainability.
An exciting option are so-called Veneers: these are Wood-based materials such as chipboard or MDFthat with wafer-thin, real Oak coated will. Some manufacturers such as Rotpunkt Kitchens have such fronts in their range. Advantage: The valuable oak wood is used more sparingly, but the Look and feel of a solid wood front – at lower manufacturing costs. Disadvantage: The thin real wood layer is more sensitive than the solid wood variant and does not allow multiple sanding.
# 3 Oak kitchen: regional
Oak grows all over Germany from Bremen to Bad Tölz. It is not only firmly rooted in forests, but also romps around Meadows, pastures and fields. The last one National Forest Inventory 2013 made the oak round 11 percent of the wooded area in Germany. The oak has many different species: In addition to the native one Sessile and English oak The extremely rare and can also be found on German soil valuable bog oak or the one imported from the USA Red oak.
Another advantage: the large occurrence in our latitudes makes imports from abroad superfluous. This eliminates long transport routes – the CO2 balance thanks.
# 4 Oak kitchen: robust
Oak is solid wood as a rock. Oak wood is robust and durable and is particularly characterized by a high Abrasion resistance out. It is not for nothing that oak is also the wood of choice for weathered outdoor areas – yours Insensitivity makes them ideal for use in the kitchen.
But be careful: oak wood should not be mixed with metals like Iron or steel come into contact, as they sometimes occur in some types of cutlery. The reacts in combination with moisture Tannic acid often with a black in wood Discoloration. Solution: Stainless steel cutlery use.
Wine corks are also made from oak: especially from the bark of the cork oak that grows in Portugal.
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# 5 Kitchen made of oak: versatile and timeless
Solid wood fronts can be grind and with one new paintwork or a special treatment such as smoking optically remodel. The whole kitchen does not have to be replaced if the room is to be renovated after a few years. Who is against solid oak and for a cheaper one Replica decides, is still well advised: The continued popularity the oak suggests that the wood will also cut a fine figure in the kitchen in the future.
Wooden kitchens in oak: manufacturer trends for 2021
The manufacturer Schüller likes to work in its premium kitchen line next125 high quality oak fronts. In 2021 the trend is increasingly towards the dark tones.
Also Kitchen giant Häcker from Rödinghausen in East Westphalia is betting on the popular one for the new season Oak front, but also in dark variants such as “volcanic oak” or “smoked oak”.
Bossa, the new front from the southern German manufacturer LIGHT with the characteristic, filigree Chopsticks look also consists of Oak veneer.
“Bossa” by LEICHT fascinates with narrow wooden rods that are lined up in a row, which form a closed wall unit – and with the oak frame, tie in with the Scandinavian living style. (Photo: LEICHT)
The premium kitchen manufacturer SieMatic approaches the theme of the oak kitchen in an extremely elegant way: “Matt black oak” is the name of the color that the manufacturer has chosen for the new 2021 season. The dark oak looks particularly elegant in combination with the play of black tones of the worktop and niche.
The manufacturer interprets it no less elegantly eggersmann the Oak kitchen 2021 in the “Lausanne” design line: with precisely made-to-measure Slat fronts “Oiled in silver”. How exciting the overall picture can be through variations in wood processing is shown by the interplay of plan countertop and the cabinets and Fronts with slats in perfect craftsmanship: the result is an exciting game Color accents and shades.
So oak is not the same Oak: The local wood fits numerous kitchen styles and gives the kitchen space not only a visual, but also a qualitative one High quality.
