How To Add Doors To An Open Cabinet

Determine in which direction the doors will open.

How to add doors to an open cabinet. My bottom ones had two. Add 3 inches to both measurements. Measure the width and height of your opening. This will give the 1 8 on each side plus 1 8 between the doors.

We bought our s from this site. If the cabinet will have two doors which is generally the case subtract 3 8 from the overall width. Step 1 order the new cabinet door. Your stash of harlequin romances should stay your little secret but that means hiding what is in your bookcase.

An easy way to hide your books is by adding a door. My top doors had 3 hinges. A full bookcase is a happy bookcase but sometimes you do not want everyone to see what exactly you are reading. If you are doing two really long doors for a book case 3 hinges per door will probably do you fine.

Measure the width and length of the bookcase opening where you wish to hang the doors. Position the hinge onto the doors and press it into. Now cut the lumber for the doors. You ll also want to take note of the style of the surrounding cabinet doors if there are any so you can match them.

Step 4 attaching the hinges to the doors. And you will need to get enough screws to attach each hinge to both the cabinet door and the armoire. First thing first order the new cabinet door. If the door is large enough to cover 3 shelves get 3 hinges for that door.

If the opening is 36 by 72 inches the measurement would. I was just going to add the doors and leave it at that but a lot of built ins like these are actually base cabinets with shallower bookcases set on top of them creating a ledge where they meet see my pinterest board on bookcase and built in inspirations here i like that little detail so i pondered how to modify the bookcases and eventually decided to use my jigsaw to cut mdf trim like this. If there will only be one door subtract 1 4 from the overall width to allow for opening and wiggle room.