To make the CDs at the back of the drawers easy to access, I used full-extension mechanical slides for the top two drawers and a full-extension bearing-guided glide for the bottom one. The glide costs more, but it doesn't require that the drawer tilt in order to remove it. That's worthwhile because you won't be able to tip the drawer up to remove it when the cabinet is sitting on the floor or a desk.
Once you're satisfied with the spacing of the drawers and their sliding action, attach the solid-wood drawer faces. Dig out the melamine spacers you used earlier to help with drawer-face spacing. You'll find that double-sided tape is useful for holding the fronts in place while you adjust their relative positions. When everything is in place, fasten the drawer faces permanently with four #8 x 1" screws driven from inside the drawer boxes. I installed the knobs on the drawer faces before securing them to the drawer boxes since the mounting screws were too short to go through both boxes and faces.
Take the drawers out of the cabinet now, marking their locations so you can put them back later. Sand everything with 180-grit paper, then apply a coat of dark walnut stain. After it's dry, sand lightly again with 220-grit paper, then apply another coat of stain. Let the second coat of stain dry for two days, then apply two coats of clear urethane, sanding between the first and second with more 220-grit paper to get rid of raised grain.
Fit the back panel in place, secured with metal L-brackets screwed to the inside surfaces. All you need to do now is decide whether you'll organize your CD collection by artist or genre.
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