Building the cabinet frame is simple.
How to build over the fridge cabinet.
These diy over the fridge cabinet organizer dividers are removable adjustable and easy to customize to fit any type of cabinet.
Width x height x depth.
That s where an also less than schmancy 19 cabinet from the habitat for humanity restore mentioned yesterday came in handy it s 12 tall and 36 wide the exact width of our fridge.
Figure out how wide your shelves need to be.
In my case i measured the width of my biggest serving plate.
Figure out how deep your cabinet is.
At this point i noticed a cabinet that hasn t been touched in years the cabinet above the refrigerator.
For the side panels use a 5 4 inch stock.
How to build a custom diy refrigerator cabinet with 2 thrifted cabinet doors.
Lots of photos to share today to show you how i completed the next step in the kitchen renovation well almost completed close enough for now.
The first step to make this over the fridge organizer is to build the shelves.
I used my kreg jig but you could just as easily countersink 2 screws since everything will be hidden.
Building in our fridge is something i ve wanted to do for years and years i applied beadboard to the the wall next to the fridge a long time ago in a failed attempt to give it a built in feel.
The cabinet above my fridge.
How to build a cabinet for over the fridge storage start with your dimensions.
Once your refrigerator is in place you can start building the cabinet around it.
I never would have guessed that i would get excited over building a custom refrigerator cabinet.
In my case it is 24 deep.
When it comes to kitchen organization clever storage ideas abound.
All of your boards will be cut to this length.
Then attach 1 4 inch plywood to the back of the upper cabinet.
Going along with our hypothetical door here the long ones are cut at 18 3 4 and the short ones are cut at 11 3 4 the width of each of the boards is 2 so i took a total of 4 off the sideboards.
I also applied it to the side of.
For our kitchen that means we have a baking drawer instead of a pantry of supplies and our beloved ikea cabinets are home to rollouts that we organized with our favorite pantry containers.
I mean i have a beautiful tongue and groove plank ceiling and newly painted white kitchen cabinets to gaze at.
I m here to tell you though that i m giddy with happiness.
Build a box using 3 4 plywood following the diagram above.
Just add 3 8 to each side which 3 8 3 8 6 8 which is reduced to 3 4 and added to each measurement.
And at the moment our floating fridge was looking pretty much the exact opposite.