5 Best Stains for Maple Wood
DutchCrafters Amish Furniture has been in business for over 20 years and has processed tens of thousands of orders in the past few years. We reviewed over 25,000 orders to determine Amish furniture’s most popular wood types. Today, we look at our order history to determine the most popular finishes for our second-most popular wood type: brown maple.
Brown Maple Wood’s Popularity in Amish Furniture
Not only is brown maple the most popular maple wood type in Amish furniture, but it is also the second most selected wood by our customers. Brown maple was selected for 21.4% of all of our orders, second only to oak. This includes orders for products like pergolas, outdoor poly furniture, and birdhouses that do not even have brown maple wood options. Despite that, over one-fifth of our orders are made in brown maple wood!
There is a lot to love about brown maple. You can read more about the different types of maple wood and their unique characteristics here.
Now that we’ve determined that brown maple wood is a wildly popular choice for solid wood furniture, let’s discuss the most popular stains over the past several years. Next, we will show you the most popular finishes for brown maple wood based on real customer selections.
How We Determined 5 Best Stains for Maple Wood
Today, we use our historical data to show you which stains are the best (or most popular) for brown maple wood, according to our customers and their selections. These finishes represent a very large sample size of orders. Our customers meticulously and carefully matched a wood species to a finish with the help of our trained Amish furniture specialists. These decisions are based on comparing samples and a lot of research.
We are pleased to present our definitive list of the most popular stains for brown maple wood, based on real data from our real customers.
Top 5 Stains for Maple Wood
5. Best Brown Maple Stain: Earthtone
Earthtone provides a dark shade that highlights the array of browns, tans, whites, and creams in brown maple wood and blends them into a sophisticated dark tone.
4. Best Brown Maple Stain: Tavern
Tavern stain is another darker shade that highlights the natural variations in the grain to the characteristics of the brown maple wood.
3. Best Brown Maple Stain: Vintage Antique
Vintage Antique is a bit lighter than the first two finishes on the list. A lighter-colored stain is preferred on brown maple wood when you want to embrace the natural range of colors in the brown maple grain. Vintage Antique does a masterful job of finding the middle ground of blending the dark brown shades while still showing off the contrasts in grain colors!
2. Best Brown Maple Stain: Golden Pecan
Golden Pecan is our most popular light-shade stain for brown maple. It embraces and showcases the color differences that give brown maple wood so much personality!
1. Best Brown Maple Stain: Asbury Brown
Asbury Brown is our most popular option for brown maple wood. Asbury Brown stain is a dark finish that focuses on blending the shades of the grain. It makes the furniture look rich and deep but maintains the unique personality of the maple tree.
What is the Best Stain for Maple Wood?
Asbury Brown is the best stain for brown maple wood. The people have spoken, and we have had more brown maple orders with an Asbury Brown finish than any other stain.
Check out the following resources for more information on choosing a finish for your solid wood furniture.
Watch: How to Choose the Right Stain
Talk to a Maple Wood Stain Specialist
Contact one of our furniture specialists to order samples, ask questions, or get advice on which stain will best suit your decor!
Maple Wood Information Center
- Watch: Choosing the Right Wood Finish (Amish Furniture Finishes)
- Read: Facts About Brown Maple
- Order: Wood/Finish Samples
- Read: Oak vs. Brown Maple for Furniture
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Seth Carter has been with DutchCrafters since 2020. Seth has won multiple awards for his work in Amish furniture while with DutchCrafters. He has advised and partnered with more than 150 Amish wood shops on furniture presentation, features, industry trends, product options, and development of exclusive products. He contributes to the Timber to Table Blog and has written content throughout the DutchCrafters website. Seth has a B.S. in Business Administration from IU-East and has owned Carter Family Insurance, LLC. since 2014.
