Making Shaker Kitchen Doors

Use my existing kitchen cabinet doors add shaker trim and paint them blue.

Making shaker kitchen doors.

Cost per door is around 20 you can get about 6 center panels from each sheet of plywood. These are simple shaker style cabinet doors and are not very expensive to make but i warn you they are a little time consuming. I finally had to move on to my final budget friendly option. In as little as a weekend you could completely transform your kitchen by making your own shaker doors.

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. These are doors with a frame made most of the time from hardwood and a panel made of anything from solid wood to plywood to mdf. Diy cabinet doors are a great way to update an old space. I prefer to make mine using a.

Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin. Replacing cabinet doors will give your room an instant facelift. Extra tall so you can trim their ends after gluing. It s a good idea to make your doors 1 8 in.

Measuring for new shaker style cabinet doors. While there are many options for door making the standard is frame and panel doors. For each one you ll need two stiles the vertical parts two rails the horizontal parts and one panel. Just saying all that made me bone tired because i knew it would be a ton of work.

But i still had to make shaker cabinet doors for the big cabinet that i built. And while i was at it i needed to make two doors for a cabinet i have been working on for a friend. The simplest form of the frame and panel door is the shaker style door known for its no frills look clean and simple. So make sure to hop over to ana white s site by clicking here to grab the printable plans for these diy shaker cabinet doors.

I ended up redoing the whole cabinets and converting the top half into open shelving with fake shiplap. How to build shaker style kitchen cabinet doors on a budget. Learn how to build kitchen cabinets and custom built ins in the free cabinets from scratch video course. I recently showed you all the beginning of my laundry room remodel.

Watch the free course here. Not only are they stylish and easy to make but the tongue and groove joint will ensure they hold up to the daily abuse in the kitchen.