Making Shaker Doors

Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin.

Making shaker doors.

Due to the ease of finding i usually opt for red oak. But the payoff is huge. While there are many options for door making the standard is frame and panel doors. Here we show a quick version of the process invo.

How to inset the doors into a face frame for a high end look if you ve been reading this blog for a while then you ve probably seen me write about building shaker cabinet doors before. These are simple shaker style cabinet doors and are not very expensive to make but i warn you they are a little time consuming. I ve built them for both my large built in cabinet the tv stand and they were the same style doors i built for our first home. As you can see i did a ton of work but it was all worth the effort.

It s a good idea to make your doors 1 8 in. Extra tall so you can trim their ends after gluing. Making shaker style doors from your existing doors isn t a difficult process but it will take you some time and sweat equity. Since the outside boards will be 1x3s actually 75x 2 5 i subtracted 5 inches from the width and height to get the measurement needed for my inside panel 8 5 x 34 5.

Check out our website for more info. Here s a classic way to put together a strong good looking door without making any unsightly holes. But i still had to make shaker cabinet doors for the big cabinet that i built. These are doors with a frame made most of the time from hardwood and a panel made of anything from solid wood to plywood to mdf.

And while i was at it i needed to make two doors for a cabinet i have been working on for a friend. The steps in making shaker cabinet doors are the same whether using a basic table saw or modern moulders and computerized assembly equipment. I recently showed you all the beginning of my laundry room remodel. They are simple in appearance and simple to make with minimal woodworking equipment.

Red oak is strong and can easily be stained or painted to your desired color. The stiles of the shaker cabinet door the pieces that make the frame are usually 2 wide and 3 4 to 1 thick. My shaker style cabinet doors needed to be 13 5 inches wide by 39 5 inches tall. Shaker doors are some of the simplest to build.

When selecting cabinet doors there are a couple of options in regards to wood.