Over the final decade of constructing kitchen cupboards, we have realized alot, all the things from what supplies to make use of to what strategies, and eventually, are able to share our course of from begin to end with you.
But first, let’s talk about what precisely we’re constructing – as there are numerous other ways to construct kitchen cupboards, and lots of various kinds of supplies to make use of.
The Ana White Kitchen Cabinet
- 3/4″ plywood carcass with entrance edges edgebanded
- Frameless – with the plywood carcass, no face body is required for construction
- Pocket gap joinery
- Full overlay doorways and drawers with hid hinges
- 1/4″ hole total in between doorways and drawers
- For open shelving or cupboards with no doorways/drawers, I like so as to add a face body for a completed look
- I like to make use of a 1×6 for the highest drawer faces with a 1×4 or 1×3 drawer field.
- I do not suggest 1x12s for bigger drawer faces, as they all the time appear to warp or cup
How a lot Does it Cost to Build Your Own Kitchen?
This actually relies on how a lot work you do your self. For this kitchen, I did slightly math:
- 1/2″ plywood RTA cupboards that you simply assemble your self and set up and trim out your self: $6000
- DIY cupboards utilizing Shelf Help and ordering hardwood doorways, you construct, set up and paint or end: $2500
- Full DIY – reducing your personal plywood, constructing your personal doorways, doing all the things: $1200-$1800 (relying on wooden costs)
If you’re doing the hybrid DIY methodology, I discover the doorways are going to value about the identical quantity as your carcass from Shelf Help. The total value is usually about 3 times your carcass quote from Shelf Help.
What to Expect When You DIY a Kitchen
Building a kitchen is an enormous course of, and there are numerous steps. The excellent news is you’ll be able to outsource the arduous components (reducing carcasses and constructing doorways), and sort out the simpler components – assembling, portray, and trimming – and nonetheless get a customized kitchen on a DIY price range.
Here’s a video of my total means of constructing a kitchen:
Tutorial Links for Building Kitchen Cabinets
As promised within the video, this is hyperlinks to the steps.
- Free Carcass Configurator at Shelf Help
- Base Cabinet Template
- Wall Cabinet Template
- Corner Base Cabinet Template
- Drawer Building Video for Frameless Cabinets
- Installing Concealed Hinges
- Building Shaker Cabinet Doors Tutorial and Free Calculator
Thank you for utilizing our tutorials, we hope this helps you in your builds, and love seeing your remaining initiatives.
