Making Shaker Style Kitchen Cabinet Doors

The shaker style of cabinetry can mean many things.

Making shaker style kitchen cabinet doors.

Other than the hinges there is no metal just wood and glue. In this video i show how to make shaker style cabinet doors with a router. Shaker style cabinets supplies. It took about 15 minutes to make each door not including the time it took for the glue to dry.

Cut 1 4 mdf into 3 or 2 strips. 1 or 2 sheets of 4 8 1 4 plywood ripped down into 2 5 strips miter saw nail gun orbital sander detail sander. Secure into place with finishing nails. This tutorial will be for how i actually transformed the doors into shaker style cabinets.

Remove all cabinet doors clean and lightly sand. Once you have your panel cut make kreg jig pilot holes following ana s directions. Make sure you have the kreg jig to the right setting. A kreg jig makes these shaker style cabinet doors possible without having a router.

How to build shaker style kitchen cabinet doors on a budget. Use my existing kitchen cabinet doors add shaker trim and paint them blue. And if you are starting with wood that is already surfaced and squared then you can build the entire door with just a table saw and miter saw. Shaker style doors add a simple and clean look to your cabinets and add a level of true craftsmanship to your cabinet project.

I will be sharing with you my process for painting kitchen cabinets and doors tomorrow. If you like this video please like. To create the panel and frame cabinet doors you are going to need to create two rails two stiles and a single panel for each door. However with some basic instruction building cabinet doors and drawers isn t that difficult.

Use liquid nails or wood glue to apply strips around the cabinet door. In this video i go over how to make simple shaker style doors with just a table saw. Simply sand and stain or paint your shaker cabinet door add some awesome cabinet handles and hinges and you are good to go. Just saying all that made me bone tired because i knew it would be a ton of work.

Cost per door is around 20 you can get about 6 center panels from each sheet of plywood. Shaker style doors are easy to build using basic shop tools like a table saw router and miter saw. These doors can also be made with a table saw. I made two on the short ends and three on the long sides.

I finally had to move on to my final budget friendly option. While there are a few different ways that these d.