I am going to be making quite a few display tables for a retail store.They have spec’d a reconstituted walnut veneer from Italy, that they are using on the wallsand table tops. There budget won’t allow real walnut for the table legs, skirtsand top edges. The designs call for 3” of solid wood edging on the table tops.I usually sand the hardwood flush to theveneer face with a stroke sander (spooky, but that’s another story). The veneeris dyed and looks pretty much like “real walnut”.
What wood species can I use for the legs and skirts that I canstain or tone to match or at least be near enough to the untrained eye? The blendingof the hardwood & veneer tops is also a little baffling without a quirk.
Pecan? A light colored African mahogany? I need to keep tothe $3.50 bd.ft. range, our walnut is running over $7.50 bd.ft.
Maybe this is a finishing question but I thought that Iwould start here.