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I’ve built two of Paul’s tool cabinets (so far), and on the first one, I used radiata for the rails and stiles, with what is sometimes called rainbow poplar (just tulip poplar with cool mineral streaks adding color) for the carcass. No problems from those woods, as you’d expect.
I don’t know about wood prices in your area, but out here (San Diego) home center lumber is far more expensive than any lumberyard. Generally, it’s twice as expensive, per board foot, to buy lumber from the home centers, so if you haven’t already, make a quick check of lumberyard prices, because these cabinets aren’t tiny, so saving 50% on lumber costs is nothing to sneeze at.
I don’t mind the appearance of poplar, either, but I did learn from a test panel that I think garnet shellac looks awful on the standard greenish poplar. YMMV.