Birch
Birch comes in two varieties: yellow and white. Yellow birch is a pale yellow-to-white wood with reddish-brown heartwood, whereas white birch has a whiter color that resembles maple. Both types of birch have a hardness of 4 on a scale of 1 to 5. Birch is readily available and less expensive than many other hardwoods. You can find birch at many home centers, although the selection is better at a lumberyard.
Birch is inexpensive, but it's so lovely that it's often used for making fine furniture.
Birch is stable and easy to work with. However, it's hard to stain becau se it can get blotchy, so you might prefer to paint anything that you make with birch.