How To Make Your Own Kitchen Cupboard Doors

How to Build Routed Cabinet Doors.

How to make your own kitchen cupboard doors. Making sure the rails line up and the cabinet door is square. Immediately wipe off any glue that seeps out of the joint as the glue could cause an issue with finishing the cabinet door later. To build a kitchen cabinet start by cutting the side and bottom panels out of some MDF or plywood.

With the tongue and groove joints cut the next step is to assemble the boards that will make up the cabinet doors. Apply a thin layer of glue to all surfaces of each groove and insert the corresponding tongue. With all of the strips cut to size we got to work on gluing them on just using simple wood glue and some clamps.

For budget hardwood cabinet doors you can use poplar or knotty alder. I used poplar to build the cabinet doors in my DIY kitchen remodel and they are holding up great. If desired fill the pocket holes with plugs.

Then I placed a big drawer in every cabinet on the lower section and used drawer hinges to mount the door to the drawer. We let the glue dry overnight then applied two coats of Fusion Mineral Paint in Lichen all over the cabinet and doors and left that to dry for a few hours. How to Build Your Own DIY Kitchen Cabinets--Using Only Plywood.

Next glue and screw the bottom panel to the base panels and attach the side panels to the bottom. Then cut 4 panels out of 1 by 6 lumber for the base panels and top bracers and cut 4 more panels for the face of the cabinet.