I added this strength and support by gluing and nailing 2″ x 2″ pine lumber on the inside of the box. Since I was using actual wood interior doors for the cabinet doors (which are thicker and heavier than actual cabinet doors), I wanted to add more support and strength to the sides where the doors would be attached before I started adding the stiles and rails to the cabinet box. Again, since I work alone, and there’s no way I could have built this outside and then moved it in by myself, I had to do everything in place so that I could just slide it where it needed to go. I attached these pieces also using wood glue and 16-gauge nails, and I used one on the top and one on the bottom.Īt this point, I stood the box upright and moved it into its location, where I’d have to finish the build. The pieces were 14 inches wide (the width of the side pieces + the thickness of the plywood back) and 43 inches long (the same as the plywood back). Next I attached the top and the bottom pieces, which were the final pieces of the main box. That gave me the start of the main cabinet box… 3. Then I moved to the other side and attached the second side. As long as I’m using wood glue and nailing the pieces about every 4-6 inches, I completely trust 16-gauge nails to do the job. I didn’t use screws because I don’t like screwing into the edge of MDF. Standing one of the side pieces up on edge, I placed a bead of wood glue along the long edge…Īnd then I lifted the plywood back up on to that edge, made sure they were aligned, and then attached them using 1.5-inch 16-gauge nails in my nail gun. So once I had my main pieces cut, I started with the two side pieces…Īnd the back piece…. I cut these out of MDF simply because I had some large scrap pieces of MDF on hand, so I saved about $70 by not having to purchase a piece of plywood for these pieces. Again, this was all based around the measurement of the doors, which were my starting point.Īnd then I cut the two side pieces to 13.5 inches wide by 83 inches high, and two top and bottom pieces to 14 inches wide and 43 inches long. So I cut the back piece to 43 inches wide and 83 inches tall. So I added 7 inches to that width (3.5 inches for each side) and 13 inches to the height (7.25 for the bottom and 5.75 for the top - numbers I pulled right out of thin air because I thought they would look nice). The width of the two doors together was 36 inches, and the height was 70 inches. All of my measurements were based on the doors I wanted to use. ![]() The first step was to cut the back piece out of 1/2-inch plywood. ![]() To cut these pieces, I used my circular saw along with a Kreg Circular Saw Guide. How to build a large storage cabinet with French doors: 1. Now I can move on the fun part - the trim and the finishing. That was quite a challenge! □ But I was determined, and I got it done. And since I work alone, and there’s no way I can carry such a huge cabinet once it’s built, I had to so all of the building in the bathroom, with about half of it being done inside the small water closet. I’ve never built a cabinet this large that wasn’t built-in, and I’ve found that building built-in cabinets is a whole lot easier.īuilding a large freestanding cabinet isn’t necessarily difficult, but finding the work space for it is a challenge. ![]() But all of that will be fairly easy, especially compared to the main part of this build. That cabinet still needs a whole lot of trim, maybe even some cute little feet, and shelves inside. So once I got those cut down, then I was ready to use these doors and their measurements as a jumping off point for the rest of the build. But when used as cabinet doors, the rails and stiles should be the same width. You’ll notice in the pictures above that when the doors were used as regular interior doors on the pantry, the top and bottom rails were wider than the side stiles. This cabinet is far from finished, but this is the progress…īefore I even started building the cabinet, I first used my circular saw to cut down the doors. Here’s what the French doors looked like when they were on the pantry…Īnd here’s what they look like on the very basic build of the new DIY bathroom storage cabinet. And then when I decided that the water closet area of our master bathroom had room for lots of storage, I decided to build a large storage cabinet with French doors. □ But I happened to have some unused French doors on hand that I removed from our pantry, and I kept them because I was certain I could find a use for them. Have you ever wondered how to build a storage cabinet using leftover French doors? Okay, probably not.
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