Perhaps I'm expecting to much. OTOH, maybe not.

I just got back from my lumber dealer. I was lookin' for some 5/4 cherry. While their bins had a lot of it, all boards had plenty of sapwood. I was able to pick two out that were mostly heart, but still had plenty of sapwood to cut around or otherwise deal with.

Two things come to mind - the first is the lumber itself. Is this just the state of things today with cherry? Would I be able to get all heartwood cherry somewhere else, like if I mail ordered boards I needed?

Second, if sapwood is the modern norm, how is everyone else dealing with it? Stain the whole project, dyeing the sap to match the heart, or what? I'm seeing great looking cherry projects here and there, and they all look evenly colored. What'd they do? Get lucky?

What's your take on this?