Thanks all! I had a feeling but when I stare at something for a while I'm always concerned my perception gets skewed.
Nathan, I have kinda the same feeling about mitered joints but in this case, I really liked the ones on the flag portion and wanted to be consistent. I may think through mitered box joints. But I've used dovetails and box joints on so much stuff I've given my mom that I'd like to do something a little different. Show her I'm not a one-trick pony 😁 I also like the look with Walnut splines to compliment the Walnut pedestal.