BIG THK Joinery - Best way to do it?

[Lyndon Graham]

Confession: I am a new woodworker looking for experiences advice so as to not to mess up before I start.

See Photo below.

I want to build some shelves like the pic below. (neglect the other stuff).

These are big shelves, every member is 2” thk finished.

I want to use through tenons wherever possible. I like the “rustic” look of exposed tenons.

But what to do with the outer members (circles in white)? Dove tails would be awesome. But I do not want to hand saw dovetails. How would you do this joinery?

Thanks

http://s-lgraham.smugmug.com/photos/443878379_2kfjx-M.jpg

[Dewey Torres]

Do you have a better pic? The upper left looks like a miter but it is too fuzzy to tell.

Also you could do expose tenons for these as well. See the Morris Chair thread for some examples.

[Jeff Bratt]

Box joints with wide fingers and sockets could go well with your exposed tenons. The corner joints in the picture look like mitered rabbets, but it's hard to tell.

[Paul Demetropoulos]

Time for Sonny and a rabbet/rabbit joke.