Hi all; great forum!
I'd like to build a display cabinet using a very dark coffee color stain (black, no cream ). It's a very popular look right now in store bought furniture especially in stores like Pottery Barn etc. I'm trying to decide what wood/stain combination to use. The stain they use is so dark that you barely see the grain of the wood (blasphemy I know), so I think it would be a waste to use something as nice as mahogany or walnut. I'd like to use a very tight grained wood that won't need filling so I'm thinking birch could be a good choice. I'm worried about blotching but guessing that the stain will be so dark that it will hide it.
I've ordered some dark TransTints and gel stains to try out and would like to topcoat with General PolyAcrylic Semi-gloss . I don't have access to spray equipment so all the finishing will be done by hand.
Any thoughts on how to achieve this look? I'm a novice so please spell it all out as clearly as possible.