Im thinking about a wall cabinet with a locking door and a secret compartment in the door itself for the key. the picture below is a very rough sketch of the idea and you can see the top right small field is the secret compartment that will hold the key sideways. The compartment would be opened by removing a false peg from the case of the cabinet that has a magnet epoxied to the peg, the compartment will have a magnet epoxied into it as well, just place the peg against the compartment and pull.
my question is, concerning wood movement, what would be the best way to construct the door/mullions/etc. the fields/panels as solid wood or veneered plywood/mdf? the "mullions" as solid wood or veneered plywood/mdf? solid mdf field with false mullions dado'd in? just to clarify, the large "t" center square bisecting the "t" are all mullions making up 4 tiny square panels and four larger rectangular panels.
my question is, concerning wood movement, what would be the best way to construct the door/mullions/etc. the fields/panels as solid wood or veneered plywood/mdf? the "mullions" as solid wood or veneered plywood/mdf? solid mdf field with false mullions dado'd in? just to clarify, the large "t" center square bisecting the "t" are all mullions making up 4 tiny square panels and four larger rectangular panels.