Progress
This is how far I got today, even when dealing with carpet installers etc.
I had some birdseye maple pieces laying around from my other project, Birdseye Maple bookcase, so I thought I'd make use of it and planed a piece down to 5/8, then put a bevel on it to be the base/
Next I took a piece of Cherry, (free) and planed that down to 3/8, mitered the corners and put in splined corners...anyone wanna guess what type of wood those splines are?
Then I glued up some Birdseye maple to make the top piece, I had some highly figured short pieces left over. After the glue dried, I ran that (top) piece through the planer to almost 1/2" then put the piece through my drum sander to not risk any tearout of the birdseye.
I will cut the top down to the correct size once I determine what hinge I am using. I will either bevel the top or round over....looking for suggestions also folks.
Thought about getting some pre-made cherry spindles (short) to act as little legs.
the pieces at this point are just setting on each other, not secured yet.