help with doing breadboard ends

hello all,

well finally got some shop time in this weekend and worked on this a little more . (ok i cant figure out how to put the pics in the body of the message like some smart folks here) so i guess you will have to click for yourselves

the first few are of an almost complete lathe chisel case for our freind joan

the next ones are of a coffee table for my daughter that we started today with rough cut lumber from a friends woods close by home .

i do have a question or two about the table ::
#1 i have never done breadboard ends , i have seen pictures and a video clip maybe , but i haven't actually seen how they get attached to table top

#2 my daughter wants kind of a plain jane design , but i think i should give the table top or atleast the stretchers some design details . any ideas for this ?

i have plans to taper the legs from 1 1/2" square to 1"or 3/4"
square on the bottom , is that too small ? and do i have to taper 2 sides or all 4 ? this is a first for me any help will be greatly appreciated thanks

p.s. man i love my hock replacement plane blades

I'm using this method on a current project: http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/FWNPDF/011171036.pdf

Here's 3 other methods: http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/FWNPDF/011110078.pdf

thanks for the info john and glen , i am sure it will help out a bunch

and please keep those ideas coming !