Slightly morbid question here ...
but Mom has dropped a hint a couple of times that she'd like me to make a box for her ashes so that's probably the first project I'm going to tackle once I get my workbench done. I've got a rough design idea but figure I'll make two, one for her and one for my Dad. I'll make the same size/shape on both but cant make up my mind on the wood. What do you think? Should I make these match or is it OK for one to be from one type of woods and different woods on the second? Is there a protocol for this kind of stuff? I don't really want to ask them as I'd like them to be somewhat of a surprise.