Hi All,
I want to make an entertainment center like this one: https://www.thomasville.com/i312302-media-console, except without the back. I'm not sure about lateral stability - even with nothing on the shelves it seems that a good push from either side of the top would send the thing to the floor with broken shelves and vertical members all over the place. Can I avoid this risk just by using strong joinery, or do I need a vertical cross-member of some sort? Thanks!
Eliot the novice furniture guy