Amish Furniture: The Cherry Wood Dining Room Table Guide
Cherry is a beautiful hardwood option for a solid wood dining table. The smooth grain texture creates an even color tone with subtle variation that adds depth after staining. From classic formal dining sets to rustic farmhouse tables, let's explore the options for cherry dining tables.
All cherry dining room tables have the standard Amish furniture options. Choose your stain color, your table size and the number of leaves you need to extend the table. The dining tables feature gear slides that make it easy to extend the table. Most tables will self-store leaves inside the tabletop.
Complete your cherry dining set with the addition of wooden or upholstered dining chairs. All chair styles are available in solid cherry wood. Matching China cabinets or solid wood sideboards add storage to your dining room.
Formal Cherry Wood Dining Tables
Cherry is a well-known wood choice for a formal dining room. Traditional formal dining spaces opt for styles like Queen Anne leg tables or pedestals with elaborate detailed claw feet. Add a stunning focal point in your modern dining room with a Biltmore cherry dining room table. The sleek, U-shaped pedestal ends add dramatic interest and style.
Round Cherry Dining Tables
High-quality round dining tables come with many pedestal base options. Small round cherry tables often choose the Ellington and Carlisle pedestal bases, perfect for tables 42-54 inches wide. Large round tables to seat 8 people or more often choose the sturdy Albany pedestal base. All round cherry dining tables are available as a fixed top or with leaves to extend the table as needed.
Amish Solid Cherry Mission Style Dining Tables
The classic Mission style table features a sturdy trestle base with square posts and slats. Amish furniture makers often display the Mission Trestle table in white oak wood with Michael's Cherry stain. Select solid cherry wood for your mission style dining table to add luxurious style to a timeless design.
Black and Cherry Dining Tables
The rich depth of a cherry wood tabletop creates beautiful contrast when paired with a black table base. Black and cherry tables blend into many decor styles. Use a black painted base to highlight a smooth, glossy cherry wood tabletop. A neutral, black table base creates separation between the tabletop and a wood floor.
Black and cherry dining tables are a beautiful option in rustic, farmhouse spaces as well. We often use rustic grade cherry wood for plank-style farmhouse tabletops. Rustic cherry tabletops will have small knots, filled to create a smooth finish. The dark, filled knots and cherry pits in the wood add character and warmth to a cherry table.
Classic black and cherry dining tables include the Settler's Farm Table and the Ellington Round Extendable Dining Table. The Hillside Dining Table features a modern, black pedestal base paired with a rustic cherry tabletop. Most black and cherry tables will have Maple wood bases for the black stain or paint. Maple is an affordable hardwood with a similar grain texture to cherry wood, helping you save money.
Cherry Shaker Dining Table Options
Like the Mission table, another classic design option in Amish tables is simple Shaker styles. Using rich Cherry wood elevates the simplicity of Shaker style furniture. Our Classic Shaker Dining Table features a boat shaped top with a beveled edge that adds richness and style, perfect for Cherry wood.
Comparing Cherry Tables with Other Wood Types
How Durable is Cherry Wood?
Cherry wood is an American hardwood common throughout Ohio's forests. The Janka wood hardness scale rates it at 950. This is on the softer side of hardwood, though still strong and durable. A common soft wood option like White Pine rates at only 420.
In hardwood comparisons, Cherry is identical to Maple, also ranking at 950. Cherry is a bit harder than Elm wood at 860. Another common Amish furniture option, Red Oak rates at 1290. At the top of the spectrum, Hickory wood ranks a whopping 1820.
The smooth grain texture of Cherry wood may make it hard to hide an occasional dent or scratch in your tabletop. This is especially true with rich, dark stain colors.
We often recommend choosing a lightly distressed, plank style tabletop for families with small children. Other options include choosing a stain color like Michael's Cherry which highlights the natural color variation in the wood. Color variations in the wood often hides light scratches.
A major benefit to choosing a solid cherry wood table is the ability to refinish the tabletop if needed. Every dining table we build has a tabletop that is at least 1 inch of thick, solid wood. This allows our team to easily sand and refinish it if your tabletop occurs damages.
Another important factor in the overall durability of your table is the finish applied after construction. The finish on our Cherry wood dining tables is a catalyzed conversion varnish. This finish is waterproof, heat resistant to 220 degrees, UV resistant.
Is Cherry Wood Furniture Expensive?
Compared to Red Oak, cherry wood furniture may have a higher price tag. However, there are many factors in the price of cherry wood.
One important price factor is fluctuation in the demand for Cherry wood. In recent years, rustic wood designs and light, farmhouse color tones have gained popularity. As a result, the demand is higher for Maple wood, actually lowering the price of Cherry.
Comparing Cherry Wood Grades
Cherry is a wood type we offer in three different grades of wood. All three grades come from the same cherry tree. So, what exactly is the difference? Let's compare select cherry, rustic cherry and sap cherry.
Traditional, select grade cherry wood has much waste when cutting the lumber. There can be no knots in the wood or sap streaks in select cherry. As such, the price of select cherry remains a top-tier wood. Select cherry wood is perfect for a natural finish or when looking to eliminate all possible color variation.
We sometimes refer to rustic and sap cherry as character cherry. The price of character cherry is much lower because of the added yield when harvesting lumber. Character cherry wood will include boards with small knots and sap streaks, greatly reducing the waste at the lumber mill.
Rustic grade cherry is exactly what it sounds like. Sap streaks and knots in the wood add a rustic dimension to cherry wood. We often use rustic cherry for plank tabletops and fill the knots with a black wood putty. Rustic cherry wood is perfect for medium to dark stain colors.
Sap cherry wood falls the middle of the range. The addition of boards that include sap streaks makes it a cost-effective cherry wood. Sap cherry tabletops do not include knots in the wood, creating a rich, luxurious feel. Many people are unable to determine the difference between sap cherry and select cherry wood.
Sap cherry has become our most popular cherry wood option for tables in the past few years. The color variations in sap cherry are best highlighted using a medium stain color like Michael's or Golden Brown.
Cherry Wood Color Details
Cherry wood has light, reddish tones naturally. Time and exposure to sunlight will darken and enhance the warm, red tones in cherry wood. This is most obvious on natural or light stained cherry. Medium and dark stain colors may change so gradually you barely notice.
Classic stain colors on cherry wood include Asbury Brown, Golden Brown, Cocoa Light and Michael's Cherry. Browse our color options online and contact us to request wood samples mailed to you. Choose your final color in the comfort of your own home.
Now that you are more familiar with this beloved hardwood option, shop cherry wood dining tables at Dutch Craft Furniture. Any table in our handcrafted Amish dining table collection is available in cherry wood. Contact our team for pricing or with any questions you may have on our classic Amish dining room tables.
