Stained birch plywood

This post is sponsored by Minwax. We've been wanting to do a wood/stain study for years now and in my head, I wanted to do every type of wood with abou ...

What are the differences in maple vs. birch plywood? Read our comparision to make your decision with confidence.

Birch plywood is an extremely popular choice for furniture pieces, cabinets, and other building projects. It is an affordable piece of wood with a classic …

A friend emailed me with this question: “What do you use on birch plywood to get it to take a stain evenly without blotching? My first solution was to not use birch plywood if the plan is to stain it.

Find out the main differences between standard birch plywood and Baltic birch plywood. Discover which is better for your next woodworking project

A wash will add color without sacrificing the visual interest of the wood's texture; all you need to do is dilute paint with water. Start by adding one part water to two parts paint, and test the wash on a wooden swatch before working directly on your surface. If you want to see more wood grain, continue to add water. You'll notice that as the wash gets lighter, the tone of the wood's original color comes through. We took Martha Stewart Vintage Décor paints through three dilution stages to…

Image 17 of 36 from gallery of Plywood House / SMS Arquitectos. Photograph by Luis Diaz Diaz

birch plywood cabinets paired with concrete floors. Different stain? Storage Room, Cabinet Storage Type, and Shelves Storage Type Streamlined birch plywood cabinetry and a maple butcher-block counter forms the kitchenette, which isn’t intended for extensive meal prep. The building is a blend of "a bedroom and camping," says Shaw, which means much of the cooking and cleaning happens outside.

By Tim Johnson Birch is a hot item at the lumberyard these days, and birch veneer is the all-time most popular hardwood plywood.This isn’t a fad.Despite changes in taste and fashion, birch has been in…