Having exhausted my supply of bamboo plywood, I turned my attention to fitting the already constructed cabinet frames with drawer slides. Each one must be very precisely located so this is a very time-consuming process. Thus far the house has 90 drawers and that is before counting those that will go into the yet-to-be-built dressers in the main and guest walk-in closets. I estimate that will add another 20. If you think this sounds like a lot of drawers for a small house you would be correct. The reason the number is so high is two-fold. First, drawers offer much better access to under-counter cabinets so we have very few that are fitted with doors. Second, a large percentage have four drawers rather than the more common number of three, Shallower drawers make for less digging to find things underneath. By using a rail-less cabinet design, we will also pick up 4 additional inches of storage height per cabinet. See the comparison below.

Road House 3-drawer design with a total storage height of 20-1/2″.

River House 4-drawer design with a total storage height of 24-1/2″.