Build My Own Kitchen Cabinet Doors

Figuring the length of the stiles is easy.

Build my own kitchen cabinet doors.

To save money i bought a 4 x 8 foot sheet of mdf board from lowe s for approximately. Cut center panel to the final height of the cabinet door minus the rails width x2 and the width of the cabinet door minus the stiles width x2 step 1. 3 4 inch cabinet grade pine plywood for the door 1 x 2 inch select pine trim wood glue we use elmers 1 inch brad nails to hold in place while drying table saw power saw and miter saw you can rent these for a day or buy them and remodel your whole house. For this particular situation i installed the doors on the cabinets in my shop to ensure a good fit transported them to my sister s garage removed the doors from the hinges painted installed the cabinets then re attached the doors.

Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin. For each one you ll need two stiles the vertical parts two rails the horizontal parts and one panel. Take the height of the door you want and add 1 8 in. Figuring the length of the rails is more complicated.

The most important part of building your own cabinet doors is to make sure you are working with straight lumber. We re used and installed the cabinet shelves from our kitchen makeover but we had to make new cabinet doors so they would match throughout the office. Cut your center panel out of 1 2 plywood. Even with expensive hardwood boards you need to look through the stock and check each board for straightness.

Use a circular saw with guide track to make cutting plywood quick and easy. Begin assembly of the door. 4 upper cabinet doors 1 lower cabinet door and 4 window seat doors. Cut the door panel insert slightly less than the size you need to allow for wood expansion and contraction.

Apply glue with a brush to the inside of the stile where the rail meets it and insert the.