My daughter in college found a new apartment but did not have a bedside table to put next to her desk. I agreed to build her one out of shop scraps. This was the result. It is made from 3/4 Luan plywood for the top (edged with 1/8 inch poplar strips), drawer and door fronts; half-inch plywood for the drawer sides and back, a piece of 1/4 oak plywood for the drawer bottom; poplar side and back frames over which was placed 1/4 inch beadboard; 1/4 inch pine plywood for the back; and pine 2x4s for the legs. All joinery was kreg pocket hole screws and glue - sometimes glue only. I used pin nails and glue to attach the side panels and attached the top with metal plate fasteners and screws. I could have simply glued the top on but chose the plates and screws. I stained the cabinet with some oil-based stain I had left over from other projects and covered the cabinet with two coats of minwax wipe-on poly. The top was finished with two coats of Zinsser seal-coat (dewaxed) and three coats of minwax wip-on poly for extra durability and smoothness.