Building A Cabinet Door

Custom cabinet doors will get you one step closer to your dream kitchen.

Building a cabinet door. 1 2 of the panel will slide into the dado on all sides. I wanted to accomplish a lot in this room new flooring new paint stackable laundry basket storage new cabinet doors shelving tile and more so i had to get creative i found a way to build cabinet doors for only 2 a piece by using inexpensive wood and beadboard i had leftover from our closet sliding barn doors. After that coat the door with your desired finish to give it a glossy elegant look. Learn how to use various kreg.

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. 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. Replacing cabinet doors will give your room an instant facelift. Diy cabinet doors are a great way to update an old space.

For more tips including how to build a raised panel cabinet door read on. There are a million ways to make a door but this method is fairly simple and worked with the tools i already had. Finally screw the hinges and handle onto the door and install it to the cabinet. Once you ve cut the door out soften its sides with a router to get rid of any rough edges.

Face frames cover plywood edges. Building cabinet doors with crooked lumber will leave you with a crooked door. Mark the back of each board so your dado lines up when you assemble your doors. The 3 4 plywood case eliminates panel jointing planing and glue ups.

From each end using the table saw. I built my cabinet doors with simple frames and floating panels as in the panels float inside the frame. Cut dadoes in cabinet door frames. Plus building new doors is a way to reuse your cabinet boxes and achieve a whole new look.

You also have to hang them. The width depends on whether it s a single or double door cabinet with a single door spanning the full width of the box and double doors only half the width. Get help with the hinges. The sample base and wall cabinets shown below have these features to make building them as simple as possible.

Building shaker cabinet doors is only part of the story. Total cut depth will be 1 2. To even up the ends of the door cut 1 16 in. In this video i am copying the dimensions of an old cabinet door in order to replace one that is missing in the kitchen.

Overlaps on the sides let you fine tune the cabinet width during installation. A budget of only 100 means you do not have a lot of money for each project.