Build Your Own Cabinet Doors

The secret lies in the workmanship and quality of materials used to make cabinet doors.

Build your own cabinet doors.

The most important part of building your own cabinet doors is to make sure you are working with straight lumber. Extra tall so you can trim their ends after gluing. I have 62 cabinet doors and 24 draw fronts kitchen baths and laundry area and i have removed 6 cabinets over the bar. My hallway cabinets are still under construction.

For cabinets with face frames if doing inset doors subtract from both the height and width of your frame opening to get your door size. I needed to make 9 cabinet doors. Now that s a lot of cabinets. There is no fixing that kinda ugly.

Plywood thicknesses vary though so make certain your material thickness measures a true 3 4 or adjust your part dimensions to achieve the final cabinet width. It s a good idea to make your doors 1 8 in. The cabinets are custom built in place and the boxes are all in great. Cabinet doors can make or break the look of your kitchen or bathroom cabinets and the longevity of the cabinets.

Diy hallway cabinets part 1 i contemplated purchasing custom cabinet doors for my hallway cabinets just like the replacement doors i purchased for my kitchen. To save money i bought a 4 x 8 foot sheet of mdf board from lowe s for approximately 37 00. Even with expensive hardwood boards you need to look through the stock and check each board for straightness. Total cut depth will be 1 2.

If you missed part 1 of this project you can see it here. For each one you ll need two stiles the vertical parts two rails the horizontal parts and one panel. Figuring the length of the stiles is easy. 1 2 of the panel will slide into the dado on all sides.

We had the employees at lowe s cut the mdf board into 9 pieces using the measurements we gave them for each cabinet window seat door. Make a no fuss case using your tablesaw. For a base cabinet less than 4 wide you can cut all the parts except the back and toekick from one 3 4 4 8 sheet of plywood or mdf. 4 upper cabinet doors 1 lower cabinet door and 4 window seat doors.

But the last order i placed took about six weeks to get here and i didn t want to wait that long. So i decided to make. How to build cabinet doors if you cut your dado 1 2 deep it s easy to figure out the math for your doors just add 1 to the width and length of the panel. Start by ripping two side pieces to the.

Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin. If you do not know how to pick out straight boards check out the beginners guide to buying lumber for all the details.