Build My Own Kitchen Cabinet Doors

Figuring the length of the stiles is easy.

Build my own kitchen cabinet doors.

For each one you ll need two stiles the vertical parts two rails the horizontal parts and one panel. Cut your rails and styles to length. Begin assembly of the door. Figuring the length of the rails is more complicated.

4 upper cabinet doors 1 lower cabinet door and 4 window seat doors. Cut your center panel out of 1 2 plywood. 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. Even with expensive hardwood boards you need to look through the stock and check each board for straightness.

Apply glue with a brush to the inside of the stile where the rail meets it and insert the. The most important part of building your own cabinet doors is to make sure you are working with straight lumber. Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin. 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.

If you do not know how to pick out straight boards check out the beginners guide to buying lumber for all the details. To save money i bought a 4 x 8 foot sheet of mdf board from lowe s for approximately. Cut the door panel insert slightly less than the size you need to allow for wood expansion and contraction. I needed to make 9 cabinet doors.

Take the height of the door you want and add 1 8 in.