Make Your Own Cupboard Doors

Start by ripping two side pieces to the.

Make your own cupboard doors.

The secret lies in the workmanship and quality of materials used to make cabinet doors. Diy cabinet doors are a great way to update an old space. 4 upper cabinet doors 1 lower cabinet door and 4 window seat doors. For each one you ll need two stiles the vertical parts two rails the horizontal parts and one panel.

Extra tall so you can trim their ends after gluing. Replacing cabinet doors will give your room an instant facelift. Cabinet doors can make or break the look of your kitchen or bathroom cabinets and the longevity of the cabinets. Figuring the length of the stiles is easy.

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. 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. It took me less than 2 hours to build these 4 cabinet doors and sand them so they were ready to paint.

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. If you want to finish off the inside of the cabinet doors fill the pocket holes with plugs. I needed to make 9 cabinet doors. 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.

Choose which door to make. 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. Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin.