Should the bottom of a silverware drawer with a built-in organizer have a plywood bottom or a solid wood bottom?
My client wants a large silverware drawer (28" wide, 15" deep) in their island, and wants the drawers made from solid white oak.
The company I use to make my drawers puts 3/8" solid bottoms in their solid wood drawers. They say they can make an in-built organizer, and put this in a drawer with a solid wood bottom.
My instinct is to use a plywood with an oak veneer for the bottom in a drawer like this, and I want to check with the hive mind here on what you think.
Any opinions and advice welcome!
By the way I may end up ordering the drawers "blank" and making the organizer myself depending on what the drawer company can or cannot do - I don't know if this affects your answer, but there it is.