My current DIY sub works just fine, but it's an eyesore. It's built completely out of MDF, and has a black matte finish. It just looks like a black box sitting in the living room. All of our wood furnature is oak and I'd like to build a sub enclosure to match it.

I'd like to build an enclosure that looks just like an end table/cabinet with fake doors on the front. You'd never know by looking at it that it was a sub, unless you saw the plate amp on the back.

I'd like to build the enclosure itself out of double walled MDF. This will make it incredably stiff without having to use internal bracing. The part I lack experience with would be finishing the outside to make it look like real oak. I'd probably want to cover it with some type of veneer, plywood, or formica. What's the best way to go about this? Thanks.