On a shaker side table (roughly 20" x 20" x 25/26" tall), any thoughts about which way would look better for the tabletop grain to run? The table may end up being a little deeper than wide.
Let's say you resawed wide boards and bookmatched for the top - running front to back would make the bookmatch obvious, but you'd see the end grain on the front.
Running the grain side-to-side means you wouldn't see the end-grain from the front, but any fancy grain-matching wouldn't be as obvious.
Any thoughts?
Rob