Making My Own Cabinet Doors

4 upper cabinet doors 1 lower cabinet door and 4 window seat doors.

Making my own cabinet doors.

Make a no fuss case using your tablesaw. 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. It s a good idea to make your doors 1 8 in. 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.

But the last order i placed took about six weeks to get here and i didn t want to wait that long. If you are making multiple cabinet doors create an assembly line. If you want to finish off the inside of the cabinet doors fill the pocket holes with plugs. My hallway cabinets are still under construction.

Here s a classic way to put together a strong good looking door without making any unsightly holes. Cabinet doors can make or break the look of your kitchen or bathroom cabinets and the longevity of the cabinets. 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. 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. Choose which door to make. My shaker style cabinet doors needed to be 13 5 inches wide by 39 5 inches tall. So i decided to make.

There are a million ways to make a door but this method is fairly simple and worked with the tools i already had. Start by ripping two side pieces to the. To save money i bought a 4 x 8 foot sheet of mdf board from lowe s for approximately 37 00. 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. I needed to make 9 cabinet 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.

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. Replacing cabinet doors will give your room an instant facelift. 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. The secret lies in the workmanship and quality of materials used to make cabinet doors.