First thing is to rip the vertical members to width. Bere's the first piece, ripped to width. It still needs cut to length.

For the right side of the bookcase next to the TV cabinet the face frame will overhang about a 1/8" inch. This will allow the two cabinets to be screwed together and end up with a nice tight joint, you can just see the overhang on the bottom left of the picture below.

All the pieces have been cut and dry fitted. On the picture above you can see how the four upper shelves are inset from the face frame. And below are the two shelves that will be hidden behind the door.

After the face frame is dry fit, it's time to screw and glue it together and attach it to the case. I use square drive self-tapping screws like this:

Pocket holes, screws and glue connect the rails to the stiles.

Connect all three rails then connect the other stile. If everything is square it just lines up, but I always check it to make sure. Normally I assemble the face frame laying flat, but I'm a little short on that much space at the moment.

Now the other stile.

When gluing and screwing the parts together, Kreg makes a handy little clamp that helps keep everything aligned:

Once the face frame is screwed and glued together, there's no need to wait for it to dry, the screws hold everything tight.

Lots of clamps, glue and pocket holes where they won't show. Let the glue dry, and then some sanding to smooth out the joints on the face frame. Seems like no matter how careful I am in aligning the pieces, they always seem to be off a hair. So sand the face frame, flush trim the face frame to the case and then round over the edges. All done.

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