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Mistake correction / Design dilemma *revised attachment*

Furnished content.
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I've resurrected a long dormant project and realize i made a calculation error thatnow requires a creative solution. I have an idea but want to get the forum opinion on whether the aestheticscheck out.

The project consistsof (4) oak plywood boxes that will be fastened together to creat a built-in credenza that sits on the floorbelowan existing built-in bookshelf system. The credenza will consist of (2)bookshelfboxes and (2) drawer boxes with inset drawers. which is where the mistake occurred.

Originally the drawer fronts were going to be oak ply with 3/4 square edging to finish the ply edges. Midstream, I decided to simplifythe front building and I purchased and cut solid oak boards.

The inside height of the box's are 23.5.

Box #2 is loadedwith(2) file drawers requiring (3) reveal / gaps between drawers and the carcass.. The drawer front boardis 11.25 x 2 drawers =22.5 leaving 1 divided by 3 reveals = a bit more that 5/16 per reveal.

Box #3 is loaded with (1) file drawer and (2) smaller drawers. The file drawer front is 11.25 x 1, small drawer front is 5.5 x 2 = 22.25, leaving 1.25 divided by 4 reveals = .3125 = 5/16

i was originally planning on 1/8 reveals .

I see 2 solutions (see crude, not to scale diagram attached):

A. Simply Make up for the short fall by adding a strip of oak board to the top of each drawer front thatwould be uniform thicknessfor all file drawers. At minimum it would be about 5/16 but could be more if aesthetic call for it (and I would rip the existing front slab to accommodate).


B. Integrate an oakdrawer pull across the entire width of each drawer that sitsproud of the top of the front (and makes up the shortfall). See cross sections diagram.This would replace the original plan for shop-madeoak pulls that would have been roughly 1/3 the width iof the drawer, centeredand located in the typical vertical position.

Appreciate any thoughts about A or B or perhaps something else.

Thanks for looking.

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