When I remodeled my house a few years ago I had to use a narrow console sink for our rather small downstairs bathroom. Instead of buying the frame from a store, I built something simple out of poplar. The legs where 2 1/4″ by 2 1/4″ posts and the horizontal pieces 1 1/2″ by 1 1/2″. My plan was to add a small cabinet next to it as soon as possible. 12 years later, I finally built it. When COVID hit, I ran to the local Lowe’s and bought a bunch of poplar.

The posts I found were not exactly what I used for the sink. They also happen to not be anywhere close to square which was a pain. Retrospectively I think I should have just bought some 1×3 boards and glued them together.

All the horizontal pieces are solid 1 1/2″ by 1 1/2″ poplar. The whole frame is held together using tenons and mortises, all 1/2″ wide.

The frame is designed to hold 4 drawers. I initially thought I would attach the sliders on the posts and keep them visible on the sides but this didn’t look great. So, to hide and hold the sliders, I added 4 1×3 boards on each side of the frame. These are attached to the frame using wood glue and pocket screws.

The top is made of 1 by boards glued together on their edges and tied from underneath with 1×4 glued and screwed. I could have used biscuits or dowels but I got lazy on this one. It is then held to the frame using 6 screws.

The 4 drawers are made of solid poplar, including the bottom. I used 2 dowels and 2 pocket screws for each corner. I’m new to pocket screws and realized afterwards that I should probably have them screwed from the outside of the drawers instead of from the inside. I cut a groove in the inside of each side to hold the bottom. I also “carved” a groove for the sliders to hide them a bit.

We then applied 3 coats of clear polyurethane. Finally, for the drawers, we picked some solid handles from Amazon (Viborg), they’re good quality but I’m still a bit ensure about the overall look.