Been working for several months on a kitchen for one of the daughters and her family. Five upper cabinets and seven lower cabinets. Boxes were primarily 3/4" prefinished maple ply - and boy, do I like that stuff!. Face frames are red oak (mostly plain sawn but some other stuff, too). Door and drawer fronts are 1/4 sawn red oak. Flat panels are 1/2" 1/4/rift red oak ply. Drawer boxes are 1/2" "cabinet grade" birch ply (like a less expensive Baltic birch). Full ext slides from CSH and "euro" hinges ffrom CSH - excellent supplier - good quality -fantastic prices.
Nothing fancy on the finishing schedule. Clear polyurethane sprayed on w/HVLP. 7 coats sanded lightly between coats.
Took them from our place (near Lansing, MI) to theirs (near Columbus, OH) and installed last weekend. Got it all done (with a LOT of assistance from some of their good friends) in about 6 hours on site.
I still owe them a crown moulding and we have to design and build a pantry but so far so good.
Major learnings: Finish the panels before you install them in the door glue up. I usually do this but was lazy this time and didn't. Not a deal breaker but I can tell the difference up close.
