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.

I have 62 cabinet doors and 24 draw fronts kitchen baths and laundry area and i have removed 6 cabinets over the bar. It s a good idea to make your doors 1 8 in. Start by ripping two side pieces to the. So i decided to make.

To save money i bought a 4 x 8 foot sheet of mdf board from lowe s for approximately 37 00. Mark the back of each board so your dado lines up when you assemble your doors. I needed to make 9 cabinet doors. My hallway cabinets are still under construction.

Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin. 4 upper cabinet doors 1 lower cabinet door and 4 window seat 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. If you missed part 1 of this project you can see it here.

1 2 of the panel will slide into the dado on all sides. 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. 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. Extra tall so you can trim their ends after gluing.

Figuring the length of the stiles is easy. The most important part of building your own cabinet doors is to make sure you are working with straight lumber. But the last order i placed took about six weeks to get here and i didn t want to wait that long. There is no fixing that kinda ugly.

If you do not know how to pick out straight boards check out the beginners guide to buying lumber for all the details. Total cut depth will be 1 2. For cabinets with face frames if doing partial overlay add 2 times whatever you want your overlay to be to the height and width of your inside opening and be sure get hinges to match your overlay. Cabinet doors can make or break the look of your kitchen or bathroom cabinets and the longevity of the cabinets.

Now that s a lot of 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. The cabinets are custom built in place and the boxes are all in great. 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.

Make a no fuss case using your tablesaw. For each one you ll need two stiles the vertical parts two rails the horizontal parts and one panel.