Build the face-frame from 1 × 3 maple (actual sizes 3⁄4 × 21⁄2" and 3⁄4 × 51⁄4"). The glued joints can be reinforced with biscuits, splines, or dowels prior to assembly, or they can be glued, clamped, and reinforced with pocket screws, as seen here.
Attach the face frame to the cabinet with glue and 2" finish nails driven through pilot holes. The face-frame should be flush with the cabinet tops, slightly above the cabinet bottoms, and overhanging the sides equally by a small amount. Sand and finish the cabinet as desired.
Install the cabinet. Mark the locations of the wall studs in the project area, and then set the cabinet in place. Check with a level and shim under the cabinet, if necessary, to level it. Toenail the side panels to the floor at shim locations using 2" finish nails. Score shims, and break off excess.
Anchor the cabinet by driving 31⁄2" screws through the back panel and into wall studs just below the top of
the cabinet.
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