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Mixing different woods on a piece of furniture?
As far as I know it is common to use cheaper woods like beech instead of tropical or expensive ones for those structural parts of a piece of furniture that won’t be seen at all.
Is this practice considered a synonym of a cheap piece of furniture?
What about drawers? Does it make sense making the front in, let’s say, hard maple and the sides and bottom in beech or other similar wood?
Or even a more extreme example, the front in bubinga, cocobolo or burl oak and the sides and bottom in beech?
Is there any common practice as far as that is concerned??
Any input will be greatly appreciated.
As far as I know it is common to use cheaper woods like beech instead of tropical or expensive ones for those structural parts of a piece of furniture that won’t be seen at all.
Is this practice considered a synonym of a cheap piece of furniture?
What about drawers? Does it make sense making the front in, let’s say, hard maple and the sides and bottom in beech or other similar wood?
Or even a more extreme example, the front in bubinga, cocobolo or burl oak and the sides and bottom in beech?
Is there any common practice as far as that is concerned??
Any input will be greatly appreciated.