When my wife asked me to make a pair of end tables for the living room, I immediately looked for shaker style plans to match the dining room furniture in our open living space where these rooms are adjoined. I managed to find one that was a close fit in appearance to what she wanted, and then adapted it from there. The overall top profile is 18" square, and it sits at roughly a 26" height. In the construction, I did use tenons on the aprons and front rails (above and below the drawers), and the legs are dual tapered as one might find in typical Shaker tables.
However, for the sake of those Shaker purists out there, I will confess a few deviations I took from the traditional Shaker style. For one, I did not use a dovetail tenon on the front rail as my plans indicated. Instead, I used a straight tenon. Secondly, I didn't use dovetails on the drawers (half-blind on the front face to sides, and full on the back to sides). Lastly, I used store bought Cherry drawer knobs in lieu of turning my own. I hope I won't rot (or shake) in Hell for these woodworking sins, but these were simple short cuts, and after all, as the Shakers would sing: "Tis a gift to be simple..."