Build Your Own Cabinet Doors

Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin.

Build your own cabinet doors.

Even with expensive hardwood boards you need to look through the stock and check each board for straightness. 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 most important part of building your own cabinet doors is to make sure you are working with straight lumber. 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. The secret lies in the workmanship and quality of materials used to make cabinet doors. Make a no fuss case using your tablesaw. 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.

Figuring the length of the stiles is easy. 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. 1 2 of the panel will slide into the dado on all sides. But the last order i placed took about six weeks to get here and i didn t want to wait that long.

Start by ripping two side pieces to the. Cabinet doors can make or break the look of your kitchen or bathroom cabinets and the longevity of the cabinets. It s a good idea to make your doors 1 8 in. 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.

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. So i decided to make. If you missed part 1 of this project you can see it here. Mark the back of each board so your dado lines up when you assemble your doors.

4 upper cabinet doors 1 lower cabinet door and 4 window seat doors. My hallway cabinets are still under construction. For each one you ll need two stiles the vertical parts two rails the horizontal parts and one panel. Now that s a lot of cabinets.

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. Extra tall so you can trim their ends after gluing. To save money i bought a 4 x 8 foot sheet of mdf board from lowe s for approximately 37 00. 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.

The cabinets are custom built in place and the boxes are all in great. I needed to make 9 cabinet doors.