Build A Cabinet

A cabinet or furniture piece consists of the carcass or case with two sides bottom and top a back and a front.

Build a cabinet.

Building kitchen cabinet doors is doable but can be tricky. 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. Many homeowners opt to build kitchen cabinets as part of their renovations in order to achieve a custom look without a huge price tag. The simple two door cabinet has been around for centuries but it s still one of the most elegant ways to store your stuff.

Our plans will show you how to build your own in two weekends max. Even without a major renovation adding new cabinets can change the overall feel of the room. Make a no fuss case using your tablesaw. Standard counter height is 36 with the cabinets usually being around 34 5 tall to allow room for the countertop material.

Standard counter depth is 25 which the cabinets themselves being 24 to allow for a 1 countertop lip. Unless you have unlimited free time consider building your cabinets but buying your doors. In this video i discuss and demonstrate some simple methods for constructing cabinets. 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.

Regardless of whether you are building a stereo cabinet or dresser a kitchen cabinet or bathroom vanity basic cabinet construction is the same. The front may contain drawers doors or shelves or combinations of the three. It sometimes requires powerful and expensive wood shaping equipment. Build the cabinets buy the doors.