help with an accent wood for mahogany

[Jeff Monson]

Certainly Wood carries bloodwood veneer for $1.25/sq foot, which is pretty cheap. I've bought it from them for accent work.

Mike

thanks Mike, thats a great site, I found some crotch mahogany that I'm going to inquire about tomorrow for the 3 panels in the top of the desk and I'm really leaning toward the african blackwood or ebony for the accents on the legs and the leg bottoms.

Does that sound like a winner??

[Greg Jurrens]

I think Wenge would look great

[Mike Wilkins]

A darker exotic wood such as Kingwood, Rosewood or Mesquite would look nice next to Mahogany. I guess you could call Mesquite an exotic.

[Prashun Patel]

How are you planning to finish the mahogany? Pick an inlay/accent that looks how you want it following the same finish schedule. Trying to finish inlays differently from surrounding wood is a nightmare.

Plain old cherry looks great next to mahogany, especially when BLO'd.

[Chris Padilla]

Walnut (chocolately brown or even the lighter sawpwood could work)...end of thread.

[Dewey Torres]

Here it is with alder and a thin strip of walnut:


And here it is next to bloodwood, alder, and black veneer inlay:

[Frank Drew]

Jeff,

I've used both ebony and boxwood stringing to good effect with mahogany.