On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:25:45 GMT, "Toller" wrote:

The wood furniture in our living room is all dark. A very old mahogany
desk, a very old cherry table, and a dark piano of unknown wood. (I am going
to guess mahogany with a tinted laquer) Two years ago I made a mahogany
coffee table and stained it to match the desk.

Now my wife wants a couch; wood frame with cushions. We talked about the
wood. Apparently grain means nothing to her; she just want it about as dark
as the mahogany pieces.

There doesn't seem to be any point to spending money on more mahogany if she
can't tell the difference. I though maybe beech because it is cheap. Will
I have any problem getting it dark, or does it spotch like maple? Maybe
birch? A bit more expensive, but more interesting grain. Whatcha think?


Dunno your area... On the west coast, about the cheapest is pine..

Soft wood but the make water bed frames out of it, so it should be strong
enough..
Takes stain well, the darker the better...
Everyone here over 40 probably had a cheap pine water bed stained dark walnut
once, right?


mac

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