I'm making a file cabinet case by dovetailing together the four sides which are going to be made of beautiful quarter sawn cherry. I thought I might make the top and bottom thicker than the sides, but it turns out I don't have enough thick wood to make the top and the bottom both thicker. I can make just the top thick, but I can't decide if that would look good or if it would look funny. It's fairly common for the top of a case to be thicker---often it's got a whole second layer of wood making it visually twice as thick. But that's not the same as doing a one piece top that's thicker. (If a thin top is better I'll have to plane the thick wood down so that it's thin and all the wood is the same thickness)
The "thin" wood is 0.84 in thick. The thick wood is 1.1" thick, and the file cabinet will have 3 drawers and stand about 40" tall. I'm planning to put 2 inch feet underneath the box to raise it a bit off the floor.