I have extra cypress I want to build a table to sit between chairs like a night stand that has two drawers for storage. I have hats and shoes I use outside in the yard and I want to hide them in the bottom drawer. Normally on the sides I would use plywood set in the frame, but since I am using solid cypress I was thinking of ship lap design for the side panel inserts. My problem is this would be thicker than a normal plywood panel and my legs and stringers would have to be thicker to accommodate this. Looking for suggestions on how to use ship lap design and mill the panels down to say 1/2"? or so and then how to inset/attach them into thinner 3/4' legs and stringers?
Thanks for any help.
Brian