Pictures of the toybox before it gets stained and finished. The toybox is made out of the 3/4" Poplar, as are the raised panels, rails and stiles. The sides are joined with through dovetails. The embedded checker board is 3/4" walnut and maple squares, and the bottom of the box is 3/4" cabinet makers birch plywood. It is hard to tell, but there are 4 small bun feet I turned on the lathe out of 4 x 4 Poplar and attached behind the molding strip in the bottom. They create about a 1 inch reveal from the floor. The stain color is a Mission Oak which I made a shade lighter brown and added a little gray. Kind of a New but Aged look, the samples I've stained look very nice. The finish will be two under coats of blonde Shellac and four coats of stain urethane. It came out nice and I still have all my fingers, success all around.