is oak a hardwood?

Answer 1

Hardwood is defined not by it's hardness but by whether it's a evergreen or not. A evergreen is softwood and the rest are considered hardwood. Oak is one of the hardest going

Answer 2

Yes

Answer 3

Yes oak is condsidered a hardwood. Very good for floors and furniture, Pine and poplar are considered soft woods.

Answer 4

Yes. Soft woods are things like pine. Soft woods tend to be cheaper because the trees grow faster. A lot of hard woods, like mahogany, are tropical; and environmental laws mean that it is getting more difficult and more expensive to obtain the timber legally. Oak is not tropical, but it still takes a few hundred years to grow a mature tree.

Answer 5

Yes it is, but oak comes further down the scale as a better wood.
Beech (think its beech) and Bamboo seem to be more hardwearing.

Answer 6

i would try to match the colors of both the countertop and the hardwood floor as closely as possible. otherwise youre going to end up with way too many colors going on in your kitchen. the color of countertop and floor should be lighter than the cabinets. a light maple or beech would work, as this color is about half way between the appliance color and the dark oak cabinet color. you dont say what color the walls are, i think theyd look best in a taupe or sand color, darker than the floor and countertop, but lighter than the cabinets.

Answer 7

Yes.

Answer 8

Yes.

Answer 9

Yes - See link

Answer 10

Yes.