Need ideas for a big-ish cabinet

I've been trying to come up with a design for a cabinet that'll use 4 ft x 8 ft plywood from the home store.

To make the most out of the wood, I'd like to make the cab 8 feet long. I probably won't make it 4 feet deep but I might be able to.

The cab will be in the basement where the temps are pretty good. The process will need to be stealthy, including drying.

I've about decided on a 4 foot T5 6-tube fixture for the blooming area, so that section will need to be a little over four feet long.

Should I make two sections, one general purpose for veg/bloom and a small one for drying?

Or is there room for three sections - one for a mother plant, one for blooming, and one for drying?

I think I'm asking too much for 8 feet!

hope you like these designs
the only reason i put the storage on each side at the top is because you cannot use the light effectively in that space
if you dont like the storage take it out
but everything should be self contained, easy to build, and smell free
the research i have done the panasonic fan is supposed to be one of the best and digital ballast is a better choice
what do you think?
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sorry but dimensions for the bud dryer are around 2'l x 18-20"w x 3'h

its been a good night

I built one almost like your but I had it into 2 sections. The top section(bloom area) was 4x6. holds a 400hps and 2 muffin fans. the bottom section(veggin area) was 4x2 which was enough space for the clones and bushy plants ready for the bloom area. I used 6 daylight tubes and 1 50w daylight cfl in the veg area. The whole cabinet worked out great and i just strapped a window screen on the outside of the cabinet to dry(next to the exhaust fan). The mothers were kept seperate because i figured they needed to be in a seperate closet(under 2-65watt lights of america fixtures)..it might work for you since you in a large basement area?
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Thanks Texas and Ollie. Ollie, 2 muffin fans kept the heat from a 400W hid down?

yep, I have 2 muffin fans-100 cfm at the bottom of the closet. 250cfm inline exhaust fan at the top. So a total of 3 fans but only 2 really deal with the heat, the other small fan just blows air over the plants so they grow strong. I had to make sure there was no air leaks or the fans wouldnt create any suction. peace ollie
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