repurposed box

I acquired some maple flooring in various widths and lengths and planed the finish off and removed the flooring grooves on the bottom.   By the time that was accomplished I had some good looking hard maple lumber and decided it was time to use some.
A box was the only thing that came to mind and this is the result.  I inlayed a 1/4" strip of walnut in the body as well as in the maple lid.

I probably shouldn't have but I did use Curly Koa and some weird looking walnut in the construction.  The curly Koa is pretty obvious in the lid because it sparkles so well.

I framed the Koa with koa but deliberately turned the strips so that the curl was inside.
the bottom was a piece of walnut that had a crack that ran the entire length of an 8' plank.
I filled it with resin, resewed a 5/16" piece off and thru the drum sander.  The bigger piece will show up later.

I made the top a little different from the norm just because I wanted to try something.  It worked !
To orient the lid I made a couple curly Koa flats and glued them to the inside of the box.  The previous picture
shows the grooves in the lid to accept them and position the lid perfectly with no positioning necessary.

I guess I had better show the bottom and the leg set.

I did put a 1/8" round over on the lid and the legs just to soften the feel when taking the lid off.