I also just built a desk. It is cherry and the drawer front is walnut. I used Danish Oil as the finish to keep the natural look to it. I tried to stay as true as I could to mid century modern styles and building techniques.
I need to figure out a way to stabilize the legs w/o destroying the look as it is a little wobbly when working on it.
also my floor is crooked so I'm using coasters under one of the legs until I think of something better.
I put a philips hue light strip across the back and it provides some cool lighting on the wall.