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Discover Our Cherry Hardwood Flooring

Cherry hardwood flooring is prized for its rich color, smooth grain, and graceful aging. At Pennington Hardwoods, we offer both 3/4″ thick solid Cherry floors and 3/4″ thick engineered Cherry floors with a 6mm wear layer. With a naturally warm, reddish hue and a silky texture, Cherry brings timeless elegance to both traditional and modern interiors. Each floor is made to order and carefully crafted to reflect your style and space.

Cherry deepens in color over time—developing a patina that adds depth and character. This natural evolution makes it especially valued in high-end residential projects, historic restorations, and spaces where long-term beauty is a priority.

Backed by decades of experience and a commitment to precision, we offer Cherry flooring that is tailored, refined, and built to last. Whether you’re creating a formal setting or a warm, welcoming home, Cherry is a luxurious and enduring foundation.

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Characteristics of Our Cherry Hardwood Flooring

Appearance: Cherry is known for its smooth, satiny grain and warm reddish tones that deepen over time. When freshly milled, the wood has a light pinkish hue, but exposure to sunlight gradually brings out a rich, reddish-brown patina. Its fine texture and uniform grain lend a polished, elegant look to any space.

Versatility: With its classic color and refined appearance, Cherry works beautifully in a variety of design styles—from Colonial and traditional to transitional and contemporary. Its ability to develop depth and richness with age makes it an excellent choice for clients who value long-term beauty and natural evolution.

Hardness: Cherry has a Janka hardness rating of approximately 950 lbs, making it softer than many domestic hardwoods like Oak or Maple. While it may dent more easily under heavy impact, it resists wear well in residential settings and is especially well-suited for bedrooms, offices, and formal living areas.

Stability: Cherry is considered a stable hardwood with moderate movement. It performs reliably in most environments when properly acclimated and installed, and it responds well to both solid and engineered construction formats.

Popular Applications for Our Cherry Hardwood Flooring

Cherry is a timeless favorite among homeowners, designers, and builders for its elegant appearance and graceful aging. It’s commonly selected for:

Formal living and dining rooms
Historic home restorations
Bedrooms, studies, and home offices
Transitional and traditional interior designs
Custom cabinetry and matching woodwork

Its warm, inviting tone and smooth texture make Cherry a natural choice for rooms where atmosphere and refinement are a priority. Whether used throughout a home or as a focal feature in select spaces, Cherry flooring creates a sense of comfort, quality, and understated luxury.

Let’s talk about how Cherry can bring richness and harmony to your next project.

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Our Featured Options in Cherry Hardwood Flooring

We offer a curated range of customizable features that highlight the natural warmth and refined grain of Cherry hardwood. From structure to finish, each detail is designed to bring out the best in this timeless species.

Structure

Our solid Cherry hardwood flooring and engineered Cherry hardwood flooring are both great options. Depending on your climate, site conditions, species, cut, and width selections, either one could be strongly favored over the other. Neither is always the right answer, and we will help you make this decision based on real data, not common misconceptions.

3/4″ Thick Solid Hardwood Flooring
3/4″ Thick Engineered Hardwood Flooring with a 6mm wear layer

Grade

We offer a selection of grades to match your desired aesthetic. See our general grading descriptions below. Not all species are graded the same, however. Please inquire for potential differences and details in the grading of Cherry hardwood flooring and other species.

Clear – no knots or other forms of character, and minimal color variation
Natural – small to medium solid knots, other light character, moderate color variation
Character – medium to large knots, other moderate character, and more color variation
Rustic – larger knots, knotholes, other heavy character, and unlimited color variation

Width

We regularly offer widths from 3-1/4″ up to 11-1/4″ in Cherry hardwood flooring and most of our other domestic species. You may select any single width or a combination of widths. Other widths such as accent strip and extra wide planks up to 15″ are available on a limited basis. The selections below cover over 97% of what widths we are requested to run.

3-1/4″, 4-1/4″, 5-1/4″, 6-1/4″, 7-1/4″
8-1/4″, 9-1/4″, 10-1/4″, 11-1/4″, Combined Widths

Texture

We offer a variety of artistic textures to enhance the beauty of our Cherry hardwood flooring, and some are quite popular combined. It’s the perfect way to add old world charm to your home while minimizing the appearance of wear or damage over time. Our textures shown below can also be tailored to your preference of light, medium, or heavy. To view texture examples, visit our page here:

Hand Scraped
Wire Brushed
Band Sawn
Circle Sawn
Distressed
Worn edges

COLOR

We have many ways to achieve your desired color of Cherry hardwood flooring, ranging from simple staining to special chemical treatments, or even a complex combination of our color services described below.

Simple Staining – single application of a transparent stain
Complex Staining – multiple applications or more opaque stains
Reactive Staining – combined chemical reaction and pigment in one
Cerused Grain – color grain pores, often combined with staining
Bleaching – used to create lighter versions of many species
Oxidizing – used to create an aged, weathered, or gray look
Ebonizing – used to create Oak that is dark brown to black

Finish

We provide industry leading finish options applied with a state-of-the-art finishing line, by Amish craftsmen who put great care and pride into their work. Shown below are our essential finishing options that satisfy that vast majority of Cherry hardwood flooring that we finish, but please feel welcome to inquire if you have different finishing needs or preferences.

Rubio Oil – top rated UV cured penetrating oil finish with a flat to matte sheen
Woca Oil – top rated UV cured penetrating oil finish with a matte to satin sheen
Urethane – top rated UV cured and enhanced surface finish in a matte to gloss sheen

Get a Quote for Our Cherry Hardwood Flooring

Every Cherry floor we create is crafted one order at a time, with your specific preferences, space, and vision in mind. Whether you’re building a classically styled home or adding a touch of elegance to a modern interior, we’ll help you choose the right grade, width, and finish for lasting satisfaction.

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Compare with Our Walnut Hardwood Flooring

Trying to decide between Cherry and Walnut? Both are luxurious hardwoods known for their elegance, but they offer distinct differences in tone, grain, and overall character.

Cherry starts as a light pinkish-red and matures into a deep, rich reddish-brown over time. Its fine, satiny grain and uniform appearance create a warm, welcoming feel—particularly in formal or transitional spaces. It’s especially valued for its graceful aging and soft glow under natural light.

Walnut, on the other hand, begins as a deep chocolate brown with occasional purples and grays, gradually lightening as it ages. Its bold grain and striking variation lend a sense of drama and distinction, making it ideal for statement floors and upscale interiors with contrast and depth.

Both are excellent hardwoods that offer long-term beauty and sophistication. Your choice may come down to whether you prefer warmth that deepens or richness that mellows with time.

Explore our Walnut Flooring to see which species best fits your vision.

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Ready to Build Something Timeless?

At Pennington Hardwoods, we believe that timeless design comes from a blend of thoughtful material, expert craftsmanship, and lasting value. Cherry hardwood flooring offers all three. Its rich color, smooth grain, and graceful aging make it a natural choice for refined interiors that only get better with time. We’ll help you design a floor that reflects your style and stands as a lasting foundation for your home or project.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Does Cherry darken over time?

A: Yes. Cherry is well known for its natural aging process. It begins as a light pinkish tone and gradually deepens into a rich reddish-brown patina with exposure to light. This transformation is part of what makes Cherry so beloved, adding depth, warmth, and character to your floors over time.

Q: Is Cherry too soft for flooring?

A: Cherry is softer than Oak or Maple, with a Janka hardness of about 950 lbs. While it may dent more easily under heavy impact, it wears evenly and is perfectly suitable for residential use, especially in lower-traffic or formal areas. With proper finish and care, it will provide decades of beauty.

Q: Can Cherry be stained a different color?

A: Yes, Cherry can be stained, but many clients prefer its natural tone and aging process. If you’re looking for a custom color, our team can guide you through finish options that complement or alter Cherry’s base tone while maintaining clarity and grain visibility.

Q: Will sunlight affect the color of Cherry floors?

A: Absolutely—sunlight is a key factor in Cherry’s color transformation. If you’re installing in a space with large windows or direct sunlight, you can expect more rapid darkening early on. This is natural and part of Cherry’s appeal, but we recommend rotating rugs and furniture during the first year to allow for even coloration.

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