re: Help choosing layout

Thanks for all the Input.

It was very difficult for me to choose one way or another. the figure on layout 2 are striking.
I know from past experience my wife tend to favor “light” pattern. I have not asked her input yet, I am concerned she is going to throw me way off :)

Paul:
The red lines represent roughly the part I would be using.
I am going to scale the pictures and do an accurate layout before ordering this particular veneer. This project has been taking a lot longer than I thought it would. Learning never stops.

I will try it without any of the light color in the center but I think I will loose some striking pattern along the center in doing that. It does not hurt to try anyway.