(If it's from the 1990s or so, red oak was very popular then - about as heavy as beech, relatively, and for whatever reason, in a "honey stain" it was everywhere. I worked at a cabinet factory at that time and probably 65% of the cabinets were red oak with light stain leaving absolutely everything else (including dark oak) in the last 35% and something like 10-15% was white RTF.
Nice smooth natural or stained maple was available back then, but hardly anyone bought it. Common to see light oak with brass and porcelain hardware.
Red oak is the beech of the US - it grows everywhere, grows large and fast, and the wood is strong and dense (probably stronger in fast growth trees than old growth). Well, dense compared to stuff like cherry and alder and poplar. Beech is uncommon here commercially, but clear red oak probably wholesales for a dollar a board foot when flatsawn.
it's gone totally out of style, though.