Now the legs are ready for their joinery. I like to make reference marks on the top of each leg so that once I get them in the order that I feel looks the best, I can always get them back in that order. Using a sharpie I make marks for front right, front left, rear right and rear left.

Next I make a reference mark pointing to the faces that will get the mortises for the aprons. This really helps keep everything in order since not all faces get the same amount of mortises.