I had first intended to make this a small side table. The first one I made out of scrap sapele, was too thin and 'flexy''. I made another one out of scrap cherry that was a little thicker. However, when I got it put together, I found out that with only one base like this, the table isn't stable. If you were to put a coffee cup on the wrong corner, it would fall over, which isn't a very good attribute for any table.