I will be building kitchen cabinets with cherry face frames. What is a good wood filler that also takes stain well..
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High quality furniture is typically built without filler. Screw holes were plugged with a small tapered plug made of the same or contrasting wood. These were glued into place and carved down near to flush and then sanded or scraped to finish. Oblong defects are replaced with a dutchman.
For very small holes a workable solution is the old time technique of combining sawdust from the same wood as the furniture with wood glue to make a paste. It is not as pleasing as the plug and won't take stain in the same way but for very small repairs and in more rustic pieces it can look good enough. This repair can also be camouflaged by using spray lacquer to blend in the defect.
The common alternative is to use shellac sticks. By using 2 or 3 colors of shellac sticks and introducing some texture between melting in colors a nearly invisible repair can be had. With practice and no small amount of manual dexterity and artistic ability consistently fine results are possible.
If you get good at this you can rent yourself out, at considerable profit, as a furniture doctor.