Hey Dave……. do you think that piece of metal will be easy to acquire??? I’m thinking does finding material begin to turn your project into a chore. Taking this into account, I guess part of material selection is having to shop or a simple internet purchase.

Back to Cormac and balance, breaking the cabinet into component parts and finding an approach to balance is easy. Hey Dave…how continuous do you want your corner post curviture to be???

Manitaining your “fair curve” in the design, we could break the base out, and begin to think of the nightstand in 3 sections: base – cabinet – top. Looking to the base first and thinking of it as 4 legs, connected by rails, shape your legs to your curve then assemble the base. On top of the assembled base, a piece of metal (or the inlay) can be used as a reveal. Your curved corner posts still following the matching continued curve of your feet, will rest on top of the reveal. This will give you the Cormac balance he mentions and open up material selction.

In essence Dave……there would be a 1/2″ to 5/8″ reveal between the base and cabinet while still maintaining the fair curve that is essential to your design.

Dave is this one approach readable and clear???? Your design process now gets into construction engineering. How is this design going to be constructed, now you have 2 phases of the process going on at the same time. Aesthetics and construction. Kinda cool!!!! Maybe that kick starts more thought.

Neil