How to get this color stain

[Joseph Coster]

I have been searching for weeks. I am building my own cabinets and a bar out of maple plywood and want them to be this color. I would very much appreciate some suggestions on how to accomplish this color. It is a pretty popular color and you could Google and get plenty of pictures of people's kitchens/bathrooms in the color.
Thanks for any suggestions!

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[Ed Edwards]

Joe,
Take it to a sherwin williams store. The store in my area, north of Philadelphia, Pa can match stain colors.

[John TenEyck]

You have picked a difficult wood to color w/o blotching. Maple is notorious for it. The best way I've found to avoid that problem is to spray dye or a shellac toner (dewaxed shellac + dye), followed by a sealer (Sealcoat shellac) if using dye, then a glazing stain if I need to adjust the color or put some pigment in the pores like your photo looks like, then another coat of sealer, and finally the topcoats. This a maple ply and maple cabinet I did that way, including the glazing step.

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John

[Jim Becker]

John is correct...working with dyes is preferable for maple.