How To Add Doors To An Open Cabinet

This will give the 1 8 on each side plus 1 8 between the doors.

How to add doors to an open cabinet.

We recently added a new cabinet to an old cabinet box at the dexter house during our kitchen refresh and i was surprised just how easy it was. Secure the hinges onto the doors with your screws and screwdriver. And you will need to get enough screws to attach each hinge to both the cabinet door and the armoire. If you are doing two really long doors for a book case 3 hinges per door will probably do you fine.

Each door is 58 5 x 14 on this ikea shelf. Make a small wooden toggle that pivots on a screw and install it on the top inside of the door to interfere with it closing. Read on for this easy tutorial plus a video. Buy that many screws for each hinge.

Mark and drill your pilot holes for your screws then screw your hinges to the door before attaching the door to the bookshelf. Purchase non self closing hinges they are called free swinging hinges. After receiving lots of questions about the process we decided to put together a diy. Secure the hinge plates to the inside of the cabinet.

Look at the hinge and count the holes. Place the doors on the bookcase. Put on the knob handle of your choice. You can also have your plywood cut at home depot or lowes.

Use a pencil to mark the necessary holes for the hinge plates on the inside of your open cabinets. Cut 1 4 plywood to cover the portion of shelves you want to cover. I covered just the center shelves so that when i slid the doors out to access the area in the middle the angle bar would support the door. Use your power drill to make small pilot holes at your marked spots inside the cabinet.

When you want the door closed turn the toggle out of the way. Now cut the lumber for the doors. If the cabinet will have two doors which is generally the case subtract 3 8 from the overall width. If there will only be one door subtract 1 4 from the overall width to allow for opening and wiggle room.

Use the cordless gun and 5 8 inch.