Walnut Worktops

American Black Walnut is, without doubt, the richest and most luxurious of all temperate hardwoods. Consistently sought after by cabinet makers through the centuries, some of the finest furniture in the world is made from this beautiful timber. Special treatments have enabled top end kitchen manufacturers to make kitchen worktops from American Black Walnut with stunning results. Of course, as you might imagine a kitchen worktop made from American Black Walnut is very much an exclusive product, however one manufacturer has managed to make walnut worktops in a variety of different styles which are more affordable than you might imagine. In fact American Black walnut is ideal for a kitchen worktop because of its strong antiseptic properties; of any hardwood American Black Walnut is the most bug resistant. Years ago, coaching inns all planted walnut trees in the stable areas as the merest whiff of walnut kept flying insects well away.

A kitchen worktop made from black walnut radiates warmth and beauty, and can give a kitchen a truly defining edge just not found with any other surface. American Black Walnut is so valuable that in 1629 French monks tried planting American Black Walnut saplings in France, but although they grew, they simply didn’t match the real thing. Although some lower end manufacturers use European Walnut for kitchen worktops, it is not really recommended as it is so much softer and paler. You might imagine the motivation is cost. Only one thing looks like an American Black Walnut worktop and that’s one made from American Black Walnut.

The finest American Black Walnut, and that particularly suited for worktops, is found in the very North East United States in the Appalachian Mountain regions of New England. Here the Black Walnut enjoys four distinct seasons including bitterly cold winters which promote tight growth rings leading to beautiful grain structure. Also, importantly for a kitchen worktop, the tightness of the growth rings makes for a much stronger and durable work surface. All in all, a kitchen with a walnut worktop looks fabulous.

Walnut Worktops are a specialty amongst wooden worktops at Norfolk Oak. Other kitchen worktops and bespoke wooden worktops made from good quality wood like oak, cherry etc. are available at Oakworktops.com.