Making My Own Cabinet Doors

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.

Making my own cabinet doors.

Extra tall so you can trim their ends after gluing. Cabinet doors can make or break the look of your kitchen or bathroom cabinets and the longevity of the cabinets. I built my cabinet doors with simple frames and floating panels as in the panels float inside the frame. My shaker style cabinet doors needed to be 13 5 inches wide by 39 5 inches tall.

Diy cabinet doors are a great way to update an old space. 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. The secret lies in the workmanship and quality of materials used to make cabinet doors. 4 upper cabinet doors 1 lower cabinet door and 4 window seat doors.

Now you just need to repeat to build cabinet doors for the rest of your cabinets. Choose which door to make. Cut dadoes in cabinet door frames. 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.

My hallway cabinets are still under construction. Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin. If you want to finish off the inside of the cabinet doors fill the pocket holes with plugs. It s a good idea to make your doors 1 8 in.

Whether you are remodeling a kitchen bathroom laundry room or any room with built in cabinets you can build your own cabinet doors to make your space look like new again. I needed to make 9 cabinet doors. Make a no fuss case using your tablesaw. Replacing cabinet doors will give your room an instant facelift.

So i decided to make. If you missed part 1 of this project you can see it here. 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. To save money i bought a 4 x 8 foot sheet of mdf board from lowe s for approximately 37 00.

Start by ripping two side pieces to the. If you are making multiple cabinet doors create an assembly line. Here s a classic way to put together a strong good looking door without making any unsightly holes. Since the outside boards will be 1x3s actually 75x 2 5 i subtracted 5 inches from the width and height to get the measurement needed for my inside panel 8 5 x 34 5.