Going to be starting on a closet organizer project and am wondering what to use for the drawer sides. Considered using soft maple but if I bought 4/4 and planed it down to 1/2" I would be tossing lots of material and dollars into the dust collector. Also considered poplar but the green shading turns me off. Baltic birch is a possibility but I really wanted to make this my first pass at dovetail drawer boxes and do not think Baltic Birch is a good candidate for that. If I use BB and drawer lock or dado & rabbet construction I will apply edge banding to hide the plys ,wife is not fond of that look.

I do not want to make this a costly project at this point. What suggestions are your suggestions?

Thanks

George