I am planning on building a bench seat with a drawer for our entry way. The cabinet is 48 inches wide and will be supporting a 53 3/4 inch wide top. I am planning on laminating two pieces of 3/4 inch ply for the top then edge banding it with soft maple. My concern is supporting the top with such a wide cabinet. I have it drawn out with just stretchers front and back to support the top. Will probably pocket hole the front stretcher into the face frame and nail the back stretcher into the cabinet back. Any thoughts on whether this will be enough support? Also on the drawer, will be using 1/2 Baltic birch and 1/4 bottom. Will this be sufficient for the drawer? Using Blum undermount slide and will probably use thier lateral stabilizer to keep from racking. Drawer will be used for blankets and probably the occasional toy! Thanks for the help!!
Bench Builtin.jpg