Thanks all for the uplifting comments.
Joe wood worker has created an easy site to buy veneer. The veneer was pretty close to the pictures. There were some deep scratch lines in the walnut. My guess it comes from a nick in the original knife that was used to harvest the veneer.
I screwed up bit. Like cutting the drawer front to size then coming back the following week and taking few more inches off.
I did not even read my notes.
There are some scars on the leg. I cut the grooves for the drawer separation twice: on opposite sides.
Finish the top was most problematic for me. I was very concern about sanding through. well if you look closely… lucky it’s tiny and the figure of the surrounding grain king help camouflage that.
The glue up was difficult. I enrolled my son help for that.
Abbas, Castro Valley, CA