| Don't have a  router table yet, so the drawers are getting biscuits.   Here're the  parts with the insides pre-finished.  Pre-finishing the inside of the  drawers will save the nightmare of trying to get an even, drip/ run-free  finish applied in all those corners.  Note the short biscuit slots in  in the end (taped off from finish to keep bare wood where the glue will  go), and the full-length slot close to one edge of each. 
 
 
 
|  |  | One side  installed:  the drawer bottom is leaning against it.  The slots close to  the bottom edge will capture the drawer bottom.  The un-finished wood  left close the ends (where the biscuit slots are) will accept glue. |  
 
|  |  | Bottom fitted  into the slot.  Note how sticks up ~1/4" higher than the side - that  will fit into the slot in the other drawer side.  The drawer bottoms are  sized to be 1/4" bigger (on each side, 1/2" total) than the inside of  the drawer.  The slots in the sides are 1/4" deep - if all goes well,  when glued up it will be one solid "piece" of wood.  Since this is all  plywood, the bottoms will be glued in - there's no need to allow for  wood expansion/ contraction in plywood this small. |  
 
|  |  | Other side  installed, biscuits in place.  The last side can be dropped on.  The  side parts' biscuit slots,  bottom-edge slot, and  bare wood areas make  sense when you see this pic. |  
 
|  |  | Lather, rinse, repeat. | 
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