I am a big fan of the Greene Bros designs which I have used (borrowed/stolen) to build several pieces of furniture out of cherry. Now, I am beginning to design a bathroom vanity and strongly considering using their design elements such as finger jointed drawers, cloud lifts on panel door frames and ebony plugs. The initial plan is to have two stacks of 10" wide drawers on each end and a center door with a tilt out above it. The width is 41" and the useable height is about 27-28" allowing for a reasonable toe kick.
If I use 1/2" stock for the inset drawers with finger joints, it seems that bottom mounted center slides would be most practical. I am a concerned about the effects of large humidity changes on various types of wooden drawer mounts such as grooves in the sides of the drawers and runners fixed to the interior cabinet panels. A center mounted bottom wood slide also is questionable. I hope to find center bottom mounted mechanical slides but have not looked into that yet. Any suggestions?
The finger joints for 1/2" material, if regularly spaced, would require the drawer heights to vary by 1" increments which is not a problem. The back of the drawer boxes would be through dovetails.
I have searched the forums for similar designs and did not find a lot of examples. Other than a matter of taste, is there a practical reason to avoid G&G style for bathroom vanities. Suggestions for the vanity top and sink would be welcome as well.
Thanks in advance for comments and criticisms.
David