The shelf paper allows me to stick it down and it stays, but I can pull it off to reposition if needed. Without the shelf liner. fuggetaboutit!
Si on the fuming. Woods need tannin and you can see the sap wood (no tannin) doesn't really change at all. Tricky stuff to get the same tint on all parts, darn near impossible if from different boards/tree as these parts are.
White oak, if it has the bronze color, turns a great chocolate brown. Other woods can get grayish or greenish but I will only do it with WO. Many of the veneers I have are factory fumed, The etimoe is nearly black.
Next time I think I'll make up more basket weave panels with the zebra wood so I can make a box basket! The grain gives a "curvy/twisted" look even though it is all linear layout.
