Now that you have the top, bottom, shelves, and sides cut from the plywood, you can begin assembling the cabinet. It is advised that you use high quality furniture grade finishing nails, or staples, and that you use power tools to build the frame of the cabinet. This will help ensure that you are not going to bang up the wood with a hammer and nail set, causing more finishing work later after the project has been completed.

Step #5) Attach Sides To Top & Bottom – With your top and bottom laid out on the floor, grab one of the sides of plywood that you have cut. You want to align the pieces together perfectly, making sure that you nail straight into the wood to avoid blowing out either side of it and damaging the pieces you’ve already cut. After you finish nailing off one side, mate up the other side to the reverse side of the top and bottom pieces, and continue nailing until you have the frame of the cabinet constructed.

Step #6) Attach Shelves – Now you will need to create marks, or measurements going up from the bottom of the cabinet on both sides of it. These will be the marks where your shelves will be installed. To make sure that you have them aligned properly, they should fit down into the cabinet and become flush on the outside edge without too much work on your part, or any gaps around the sides of the shelves.

Step #7) Sand The Wood – Once you have the cabinet frame and shelves nailed together, you will need to sand down the wood. This portion of the project can be tedious, but even if you have purchased furniture grade plywood, you will want to sand down the materials to make sure that you have removed and dirt or oils that have accumulated from you building the cabinet.

Step #8) Stain The Wood – After you are finished sanding, you can begin to stain the materials. Apply a few coats of stain, making sure that you clean up any drips as they occur, and allowing it to dry between coats. You should also take this time to apply stain to the trim pieces that you are going to be using for the cabinet, and allowing them ample time to dry.

Step #9) Attach The Trim – Once the stain has dried properly, you can begin attaching the trim to the cabinet. Make sure to use finish nails, and perhaps even tap the nails in with a finishing hammer, and nail set to avoid having a nail gun damage the materials. Like corner baths, a corner display cabinet will be a useful piece of furniture while taking up as little space as possible.