Sand off all chips from the plywood. It may look extremely messy at first, but it comes off with minimal effort. I used 120 grit to remove large parts, and 200 grit for finer areas (like the maple leaf edges).

After sanding, double check that your door slides with ease. There should be a small amount of back and forth play. This won’t be an issue once the box is complete.

After everything is sanded, assemble the whole box without gluing anything. Check once again that the door slides in and out easily.

Once you start the gluing process, you want to move quick enough to not let the glue fully cure, but slow enough that the glue becomes tacky, holding everything in place.
When you’re ready, apply glue to the top where the left and right wall connect. Do not yet apply glue where the back connects. Be sure to apply a bit of pressure to the top to hold it in place, you do not need to clamp at this point.

Place the top on, let the glue set enough to be tacky and hold slightly. Then gently remove the back and apply glue to the top and both side of the back piece.

Place the back piece in and fit it where needed. Use some pressure to ensure the back piece is tight against the walls and top. Once it’s tacky (with my glue this took about 30 seconds), apply glue to all sides of the bottom piece.

Adjust everything in place as needed. I removed the door and put it back multiple times during this step to ensure it didn’t glue to anything else. Clamp and let the glue fully set. Double and/or triple check the door isn’t glued in. Remove it if you’re worried.

Once the glue is settled and ready to be worked, sand all sides of the box to remove any 90 degree angles. Just to soften it a bit, this helps with a lot with the feel of the box.

I used various grits of sandpaper here, as I felt necessary. Finished with a soft and fine grit.

After sanding, wipe the box off to make sure there are is no fine dust left over. Then apply whatever stain you think looks nice. I used a light ‘natural’ stain to keep the wood color mostly.

Demo of the final product:

The door slides a little tightly because I have added packing paper to make the bottle pop out a little bit.

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