Making Mission Style Cabinet Doors

I recently showed you all the beginning of my laundry room remodel.

Making mission style cabinet doors.

Here s a classic way to put together a strong good looking door without making any unsightly holes. How to build a shaker cabinet door step 1. All rails and stiles start at 2 7 16 wide and once routed create a 2 wide effective width. Shaker kitchen cabinets and doors have simple square detail without ornamentation flat panel clear finish cherry maple pine.

Purchasing shaker cabinet doors. See more door styles. It s a good idea to make your doors 1 8 in. Your cabinet opening is 17 x 37 so you would want your shaker cabinet door to be 18 x 38.

That makes measuring a lot easier. Extra tall so you can trim their ends after gluing. Most people opt for 1 2 inch. A budget of only 100 means you do not have a lot of money for each project.

Choose which door to make. And while i was at it i needed to make two doors for a cabinet i have been working on for a friend. All you have to do is measure the opening of the cabinet and then add the desired overlap. Cabinet doors can make or break the look of your kitchen or bathroom cabinets and the longevity of the cabinets.

But i still had to make shaker cabinet doors for the big cabinet that i built. Also known as an inset panel door they have a perimeter of hardwood glued to the door. Cmt has a mission set that i don t particularly like for making mission style doors. The secret lies in the workmanship and quality of materials used to make cabinet doors.

We offer over 300 styles of cabinet doors including popular shaker cabinet doors. This is pretty simple. I wanted to accomplish a lot in this room new flooring new paint stackable laundry basket storage new cabinet doors shelving tile and more so i had to get creative i found a way to build cabinet doors for only 2 a piece by using inexpensive wood and beadboard i had leftover from our closet sliding barn doors. Yet they are nothing more than a simple overlay.

Shaker cabinet doors reflect old world craftsmanship. These are simple shaker style cabinet doors and are not very expensive to make but i warn you they are a little time consuming. Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin.