I'm doing the same thing using an old set of chest of drawers! I was just in my garage taking the drawers out and taking measurments.

I'm about to saw the front fascia off the drawers themselves and then mount them on a frame with inside hinges. The idea is that this will still look like an ordinary chest of drawers but the entire front will swing open instead of the drawers being pulled out.

The bottom will have a small piece of plywood to effectively seal the entire cabinet with no light leakage. I'm placing a cpu fan on the back towards the top, a smaller incoming hole at the bottom, and sealing the entire thing with caulk. I'm going to paint the inside of the thing gloss white.

The slides the drawers used to go on will serve as excellent mounting for the lights. The entire thing should be able to hold several plants, even a small hydro system. I plan on using a number of cfl's placed at the top and along the interior sides to create as much light as possible.

I'm thinking of starting out using some of my bag seeds for grow trials to get the overall system down and learn how to grow efficiently and create yield and quailty, and then acquiring some white widow and bubbalicious seeds.

The grow is just for me, not a huge grow but enough to keep me and perhaps the occasional friend in fat supply while remaining un-noticed. I live in a really nice apartment complex and even if a maintenance guy was to walk in, he might smell something, but he'll most likely not look into a chest of drawers. Hope yours works out,

I'm learning SO much from this site and about to cruise to the depot for some hardware.