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I need to remodel a TV cabinet I made several years ago. With the coming of flat-screen TV's I no longer need a deep cabinet and am planning to replace this with a much shallower case or table. I want to rework this cabinet as a chest of drawers, removing the upper doors, adding a front face frame, and adding five graduated drawers to the upper case area. I'm thinking of hanging the drawers with conventional drawer slides and using inset drawer fronts (with cockbeading), which will hide the drawer slides. I'd like to use some sort of veneer for the drawer fronts that would be visually compatible with the balance of the cherry on the piece.
Looking at the Cherry Huntboard that Jeff Headley makes http://www.headleyandsons.com/furniture/popetcs/etc2.html, I can't tell what these drawer fronts are made from, but I'm looking for suggestions, along with sources of supply, for some veneer for my drawer fronts. I'm thinking that crotch mahogany would do if I could find a source for the 10+ or so sq. feet I need and not have to buy a full flitch. I'm not familiar with other veneers that might be available that would finish to blend with the cherry. I'm not looking for historic accuracy, but I want something that will look like period furniture in the 21st century.
Looking at the Cherry Huntboard that Jeff Headley makes http://www.headleyandsons.com/furniture/popetcs/etc2.html, I can't tell what these drawer fronts are made from, but I'm looking for suggestions, along with sources of supply, for some veneer for my drawer fronts. I'm thinking that crotch mahogany would do if I could find a source for the 10+ or so sq. feet I need and not have to buy a full flitch. I'm not familiar with other veneers that might be available that would finish to blend with the cherry. I'm not looking for historic accuracy, but I want something that will look like period furniture in the 21st century.