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   aimless | May 05, 2005 12:52am | #1

   I'd advise that you to take a sample of the flooring and a sample of the cabinet wood and take them into the kitchen and look at them side by side. Do this in the morning and in the evening when you are going to be in the kitchen. Because maple is such a white wood, it is often stained when used in furniture, so it's hard to tell you whether it will look good together because your 'maple' probably isn't the natural color. If it is, then you are looking at a pretty white wood that goes with anything.

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   spinnm | May 06, 2005 06:40am | #2

   Must you use natural maple?  Maple doesn't look that different from cherry with the right stain.

   And, in my neck of the woods, the custom cabinet guys charge about the same for the two woods.

   ShelleyinNM

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   wango | May 14, 2005 11:46pm | #3

   Cherry is very easily dented and scratched. I would stay away. However there are LOTS of other woods to choose from. Right now red oak is more expensive than alot of these. Try some searches for pictures.

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   kesac | May 24, 2005 08:20pm | #4

   Lyptus for your floor would hold up better than cherry.

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   Ricks503 | Jun 09, 2005 10:32pm | #5

   You can stain the maple to a "Honey Maple" which gives it a nice golden tone that would go well with a darker floor.

    

   Lyptus is a good wood for flooring and it is an engineered (gene)  wood that is very sustainable and is a nice substitute for Cherry that costs less as well.

   1 - measure the board twice, 2 - cut it once, 3 - measure the space where it is supposed to go        4 - get a new board and go back to step 1