Considering the way this website seems to get hacked so often and nobody seems able to fix it, I wonder if any of the "powers that be" would even know how to change the picture... They sure know how to fill the pages with advertising and popups and other junk though.

No hardwoods underneath the bench so we will have to lay some ourselves - someone had laid some sub-floors there within the last 10-15 years. My contractor told me it looked like there might have a stove in the room at one time. We just re-finished our hardwoods last year, but didn't even think to rip out the bench. At that point, it still seemed like a charming detail. Oh well...live and learn. :)

Warpage depends on a lot more factors than size. The biggest thing to pay attention to is moisture content, because wood changes shape and size as it absorbs or looses moisture. If your lumber is acclimated to normal indoor conditions before you build anything out of it, it'll stand a better chance of remaining fairly stable. That said, it looks like you used just about the poorest quality wood available, and chose some marginal construction techniques. That cheap, knotty, home-center pine is not great stuff, and mitering the corners on such wide pieces is just begging for the thing to disassemble itself.

Pllog - there was a hilarious "incident" when I started building the cabs. DW was getting into her car and noticed me in the workshop. She asked what I was up to, and when I replied that I was building the TP cabinet.... Her eyes narrowed, laser beams started warming up, steam pressure started building. She said, "You're building one just for yourself?" When I replied that I was building one for her too, she relaxed and said, "Oh, ok then." And went on her way while I was sitting there feeling smug. LOL. I've been teasing her about that for the last few weeks. Johnorange - I spent a lot of time thinking about that cut. I ended up just using a jigsaw with a straightedge to guide it. I stacked up the maple and cherry so both sets of doors were cut in one shot, hence the reverse mirror image look. The inside corner on the lower piece came out a bit rough due to the orbital action of the jigsaw. I really needed a chisel plane to clean it up properly, but lacking one of those I just used some sandpaper and wood filler. A handsaw probably would be better for a more skilled person than myself. I am completely unable to cut a straight line with a handsaw, so I had to use power tools. For a production run, I think I'd rough cut with a jigsaw then use a router + guide for the final cut. Or maybe just a more precise guide jig for the jigsaw so the boards could be cut individually rather than stacked.