Building An Entertainment Center With Kitchen Cabinets

We looked for prefab wall units at ikea amazon wayfair etc but couldn t find just what we wanted.

Building an entertainment center with kitchen cabinets.

It is wise to arrange cabinets so there s ample space in the center for your tv. Remove the baseboard molding from the wall where the entertainment center will go. 2 12 w cabinets 2 36 w and 2 30 w. Here s a little hack i made from ikea grimslöv kitchen cabinets turning them into a shiplap entertainment center.

Kitchen cabinets are like smaller building blocks you can use to build an entertainment center exactly the way you d like whether you reuse old cabinets or start fresh with new ones. Installing wall cabinets on the floor with a base supplies. Then install a 3 inch high platform also called a toekick for the cabinets to sit on. This floor to ceiling design provides plenty of stylish storage and is the wow factor in any room.

We initially wanted our favorite carpenter friend to build a custom wall unit for us but he was too busy at the time. Majority of the time stock entertainment centers do not suit your specific needs. So using kitchen cabinetry is a lovely and clever solution. Lighted open shelving provides space to display photos and books while cabinets doors hide away the electronic clutter.

Step 1 install the toekick photo by donna moser alderman studio. When building built in cabinets i like to make a single solid face frame for each section of the cabinetry. So for this project i had a face frame for the center section and each of the side sections. Here s how to build your own custom unit using stock cabinets.

Sliding doors with white back painted glass inserts artfully conceal the contents inside while open cubbies and vertical shelves create nooks for displaying collectibles framed photos and first editions. Keep in mind that these are the wall cabinets you buy to put above in a kitchen not base cabinets. Our wall is 164 long so we decided upon the following for the base. This is a bit different than buying box cabinets that each have an independent face frame.