Doors and Face Frame

[jwkilgore]

I am building a set of cabinets and I want to stain the face frame and doors.  What is everyone's recommendation for wood choice?

 

[Holmz]

Poplar is popular, rosewood is nice, birch and maple are nice, teak is nice in a boat, cherry is cheery, oak is white or red, and some pine is blue.

Can you narrow it down with what look are you hoping to achieve?

 

[jwkilgore]

The doors will be cope and stick raised panel doors.  The stain is going to be a praline color(middle of the road color, not dark and not light).

 

[peter halle]

Well, you can always make lighter wood darker, but you can't easily go the other way.  Maple would be my suggestion based on color, workability, closed grain, and cost.

Peter

 

[tjbnwi]

How much grain do you want to see/highlight. That will determine the wood type more than color.

Tom