I am helping my oldest son build a couple of end tables. He picked out a nice tiger maple board for the table top. Here is the issue. The table top is 20" wide. The board is 13" wide. I have been trying to figure out the best way (for looks) to put together the top. Most of the tiger is from the middle of the board out to the edges. So, do I cut the board down the middle, glue in additional tiger in the middle to get me back to 20" or will it look better to add more tiger to the outside edges? I'm afraid, because of the tiger strips, that wherever I have a glue joint it will stick out like a sore thumb. Anyone have any experience trying to piece together a tiger maple table top from a board that is more narrow than the top is going to be and make it look pretty good when it's all put together?