re: Building Coffee Table

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If your staining you need to go with the same wood or something similar imo. Birch has close to the same appearance as maple.

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This.

Besides, poplar doesn't have much of a grain pattern and it will look completely out of place with the maple legs.

I've used birch and maple many times and they work well together.


ETA: Before staining the whole project, take some samples of both the maple and birch to give a test run with the stain to see what it will take to get them close in color and tone.