I'm currently drawing up a single base cabinet (45" wide) for an island. The LH half will be 4 drawers and the RH half will be 1 drawer and 1 door. Face frame construction. I was planning on my 3 Stiles each being 1.5 wide. When I do a 1/2" reveal between faces and to the left & right edges, I end up having to offset my faces to the left and right on my drawer boxes. Currently the left drawer bank would have the 21-3/4 drawer faces overhanging the 19-1/4 drawer boxes by 1-1/2 on the left and 1 inch on the right. Is this acceptable looking or does it look really bad when I open the drawer and it's been done this way?
I could make a wider center stile, but the stile would end up 2-1/2 wide to make the overhang an equal 1-1/2 inches each side of the now smaller 18-3/4 boxes. The customer (LOML) will certainly question the wider center stile, so I better have a good reason if I have to go that way.