I am planning to attempt a built in project that is a stretch of my woodworking capabilities and need some advice on modifying an existing set of plans to suit my space. I have professional plans for built ins that are intended to surround a fireplace and I am using them to create the desk/cabinet combo below along a ~13 ft wall. My use case will have an exposed end as well as exposed panels for the interior desk area. The plans I have run wall to wall and do not include a desk area so there is no accommodation for a finished end panel. I am trying to figure out how to best accommodate a finished end panel as shown in the inspiration picture below and integrate it with the face frame of the drawer bank. Any advice is appreciated.
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If you think about it, the drawers are going to become a cabinet in their own right.
Essentially you can mirror whatever you do on the left side (which AFAICS already has a side) onto the right side - it will work fine if you do whatever you do on the one side to the other.
As for connecting the sides to the face-frame, there are lots of options that will work.
Pocket screws are currently fashionable and will work. Personally I like biscuits, partly because I have a biscuit jointer but mostly because I learned from Norm Abram's shows. They are perfect for firm, well-aligned joints in sheet goods. You could also use dowels or formal joinery, depending on your material.
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