Benchtop Cabinet

Made from plywood and pine, this cabinet is just 140mm deep, which is wide enough for standard storage jars and small bowls, but slim enough to leave workable benchspace.

It’s designed with room to spare at the top to avoid obstructing under-cabinet lighting. The sliding glass doors serve as a splashback to protect display items from spills.

Buy shelf rests and sliding-door tracks from a hardware store, referring to the instructions for the spacing tolerances. Make the cabinet and double check all the measurements before ordering the glass doors.

Buying glass

Ask a glazier (glass supplier or merchant) for float glass, which comes in various thickness. So the glass doors slide easily in the plastic track, have the edges machine-polished and arrised to round them over and remove any chips (this is included in the price of the glass, about $65 each door). For ease of opening, have glass finger slots ground into the face of the glass doors, for an extra $17 each.