I am in the process of designing a gun cabinet for my father and am not sure which way to go with it. The base cabinet will have a face frame and the sides will be raised panel. When looking at the stile widths, should I include the thickness of the face frame with the forward stile for asthetic reasons, or make the stiles the same width and then have the extra 1/2" to 3/4" of the face frame sticking out the front? My original thought is to include the thickness as part of the width of the stile. My only concern with that is having the edge grain visible with the face grain of the stile. I will make sure the rails and stiles are straight grain, but i am sure it will still be obvious. Also, let me mention that I am building this cabinet out of walnut. The upper cabinet will also have raised panels on the sides and it will only be 12" in depth. I was thinking about 2 1/4" for my stiles.