Making Mission Style Cabinet Doors

Cabinet doors can make or break the look of your kitchen or bathroom cabinets and the longevity of the cabinets.

Making mission style cabinet doors.

Yet they are nothing more than a simple overlay. We offer over 300 styles of cabinet doors including popular shaker cabinet doors. Choose which door to make. See more door styles.

Your cabinet opening is 17 x 37 so you would want your shaker cabinet door to be 18 x 38. Shaker kitchen cabinets and doors have simple square detail without ornamentation flat panel clear finish cherry maple pine. Here s a classic way to put together a strong good looking door without making any unsightly holes. Purchasing shaker cabinet doors.

Shaker cabinet doors reflect old world craftsmanship. Infinity cutting tools 61 502 61 507 tongue groove router bit sets for cabinet doors more info. But i still had to make shaker cabinet doors for the big cabinet that i built. I wanted to accomplish a lot in this room new flooring new paint stackable laundry basket storage new cabinet doors shelving tile and more so i had to get creative i found a way to build cabinet doors for only 2 a piece by using inexpensive wood and beadboard i had leftover from our closet sliding barn doors.

How to build a shaker cabinet door step 1. Most people opt for 1 2 inch. Make a list of the parts of your diy shaker cabinet doors before you begin. Cmt has a mission set that i don t particularly like for making mission style doors.

All you have to do is measure the opening of the cabinet and then add the desired overlap. Also known as an inset panel door they have a perimeter of hardwood glued to the door. All the cabinet doors i ve made so far i ve done with cmt router bit sets and they have all withstood the test of time. And while i was at it i needed to make two doors for a cabinet i have been working on for a friend.

The secret lies in the workmanship and quality of materials used to make cabinet doors. That makes measuring a lot easier. Determine the cabinet size. These are simple shaker style cabinet doors and are not very expensive to make but i warn you they are a little time consuming.

Extra tall so you can trim their ends after gluing. It s a good idea to make your doors 1 8 in. A budget of only 100 means you do not have a lot of money for each project.