I am working on a small cabinet for my parents that will be painted. I am struggling to come up with the best way to build the door that will cover half of the cabinet. Mom is set on having a herringbone pattern for the door. I am thinking about face gluing thin boards to a 1/4" sheet of plywood but not sure if I would have problems with wood movement. Here is the sketch she gave me to go off of so you can see what I am saying. The dimensions are close and the door will have a rail and stile type of frame that is not shown in the picture. I am thinging I will used roughly 2" wide pieces for the pattern. Again, this will be painted with Target Coatings 6500 in a teal then sanded back some to reveal some wood grain (Red Maple) then top coated. The pieces that make up the herringbone will be chamfered an all mating sides to accent the pattern.

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