Build Your Own Shaker Cabinet Doors

How to build shaker style kitchen cabinet doors on a budget.

Build your own shaker cabinet doors.

Choose any of our high quality unfinished wood grains as the base for your favorite color or stain. And if you are starting with wood that is already surfaced and squared then you can build the entire door with just a table saw and miter saw. I have been busy remodeling my hallway upstairs. The size of the cabinet doors will depend on several factors including.

They are simple in appearance and simple to make with minimal woodworking equipment. We ve lived in this house for 13 years and it was the same as when we first moved in sigh. I finally had to move on to my final budget friendly option. To build frame and panel cabinet doors you ll need to build two stiles two rails and one panel per door.

Just saying all that made me bone tired because i knew it would be a ton of work. For each one you ll need two stiles the vertical parts two rails the horizontal parts and one panel. How to build a shaker cabinet door step 1. Shaker cabinet doors are among the most popular cabinet door designs precisely because they are simple.

This is pretty simple. Use my existing kitchen cabinet doors add shaker trim and paint them blue. The stiles run the total height of the cabinet door while the rails run between the stiles. I prefer to make mine using a.

Figuring the length of the stiles is easy. I have been making a lot of cabinet doors recently and in this video i show you my method for how to make shaker cabinet doors. Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin. The steps in making shaker cabinet doors are the same whether using a basic table saw or modern moulders and computerized assembly equipment.

Our shaker cabinet doors offer a highly versatile craftsman look to any room in the house. Extra tall so you can trim their ends after gluing. Find out the easiest ways to make your own shaker cabinet doors without special tools for cheap. Shaker style doors add a simple and clean look to your cabinets and add a level of true craftsmanship to your cabinet project.

Other than the hinges there is no metal just wood and glue. Overlay type single door vs paired doors and the. It s a good idea to make your doors 1 8 in. Determine the cabinet size.

All you have to do is measure the opening of the cabinet and then add the desired overlap. Want to make shaker cabinet doors but don t have a router.