Making Shaker Door Fronts

The first step of the diy vanity makeover was to build new shaker drawer fronts and cabinet doors.

Making shaker door fronts.

I ended up redoing the whole cabinets and converting the top half into open shelving with fake shiplap. You ll find out how to build simple drawer fronts that can be used on cabinets and furniture. This is an easy way to build drawer fronts plus it s cheap about 20 without the hardware. Choose any of our high quality unfinished wood grains as the base for your favorite color or stain.

I decided i wanted a shaker style door just like my kitchen cabinets. These simple raised panel drawer fronts are easy to make and truly look professional. We are continuing on with our closet makeover and finishing it off with the drawer fronts. How to make quick and easy shaker style drawer fronts post preview.

We also make a complementing 5 piece shaker drawer style that you can easily add to your online cabinet door order. 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. It s a good idea to make your doors 1 8 in. I ve built shaker cabinet doors one time before for this bookshelf but this was my first time with shaker drawer fronts.

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. 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. One of the things i love about diying is that you can make anything.

But i still had to make shaker cabinet doors for the big cabinet that i built. Extra tall so you can trim their ends after gluing. Figuring the length of the stiles is easy. 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. Our shaker style replacement door fronts are a popular modern choice for any remodeling job. Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin. Measuring for new shaker style cabinet doors.

These are simple shaker style cabinet doors and are not very expensive to make but i warn you they are a little time consuming. Diy shaker cabinet doors plan. I recently showed you all the beginning of my laundry room remodel.