Making My Own Cabinet Doors

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.

Making my own cabinet doors. Now you just need to repeat to build cabinet doors for the rest of your cabinets. Diy cabinet doors are a great way to update an old space. Cabinet doors can make or break the look of your kitchen or bathroom cabinets and the longevity of the cabinets. 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.

Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin. My hallway cabinets are still under construction. Cut dadoes in cabinet door frames. 4 upper cabinet doors 1 lower cabinet door and 4 window seat doors.

If you missed part 1 of this project you can see it here. It took me less than 2 hours to build these 4 cabinet doors and sand them so they were ready to paint. The secret lies in the workmanship and quality of materials used to make cabinet doors. I needed to make 9 cabinet doors.

Replacing cabinet doors will give your room an instant facelift. 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 are making multiple cabinet doors create an assembly line. 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.

Make a no fuss case using your tablesaw. But the last order i placed took about six weeks to get here and i didn t want to wait that long. I built my cabinet doors with simple frames and floating panels as in the panels float inside the frame. To save money i bought a 4 x 8 foot sheet of mdf board from lowe s for approximately 37 00.

Choose which door to make. 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. Start by ripping two side pieces to the. There are a million ways to make a door but this method is fairly simple and worked with the tools i already had.

It s a good idea to make your doors 1 8 in. If you want to finish off the inside of the cabinet doors fill the pocket holes with plugs. My shaker style cabinet doors needed to be 13 5 inches wide by 39 5 inches tall. So i decided to make.