| There is a correct order in which all cabinet jobs should | | | | designed pantry cabinetry. |
| be completed, from start to finish. Building your own | | | | 5) Next cut all of the parts for the job at once if you |
| kitchen masterpiece starts with understanding the | | | | have the room to place them on carts or to pile them |
| proper procedure for manufacturing your cabinets. | | | | up in a convenient location that will not interfere with |
| These basic steps will give you an idea of what all will | | | | building the cabinets. |
| be involved in fabricating your own cupboards. | | | | 6) Assemble the cabinet boxes, drawers, toe bases |
| Steps for Building Your Own Kitchen Cabinetry | | | | and countertops. |
| 1) Measure the area where the cabinetry will go in | | | | 7) Laminate, veneer and finish all areas that will be |
| your home. Obviously, if your are remodeling an | | | | exposed that do not get covered by doors. |
| existing kitchen you will have to calculate exact | | | | 8) Clean all parts thoroughly. |
| dimensions after you tear out or build new walls, soffits | | | | 9) Insert drawers and attach all of the doors and |
| or ceilings. | | | | drawer faces. |
| 2) Draw a workable plan. For many years we used | | | | 10) Install all specialty items, such as trash can pull-outs, |
| graph paper to draw our entire kitchen and bathroom | | | | cutlery drawer inserts and pop-up or out gadgets. |
| cabinetry plans on. Each square on the graph paper | | | | 11) Install the cabinets by fitting them to the walls, floor |
| can either be equal to three inches or six inches. The | | | | and ceiling in your kitchen |
| ratio you use will be determined by the size of your | | | | When you decide to build your own kitchen, it's |
| walls where the cupboards will be installed. | | | | important to work from a plan. Never just try to do it |
| 3) Calculate and order all of the materials that will be | | | | yourself by winging it. The drawings that you make |
| needed. We always add up all of the linear inches that | | | | should be triple checked before you begin fabricating |
| the cabinetry parts have and divide the number by | | | | anything. Every kitchen cabinet that you are building |
| ninety six inches. This determines how many rips we | | | | should have all of the parts double checked prior to |
| will need of the eight foot long melamine board or | | | | assembling the cupboards. |
| ply-wood that we are building our kitchen or bathroom | | | | Quality control efforts will save you a lot of |
| cabinets out of. | | | | headaches. Manufacturing your own cabinets can be |
| 4) Make cutting lists for all of the drawers, toe bases, | | | | very rewarding. Never be in a great hurry and always |
| doors and any specialty items. Special things would | | | | enjoy the work at hand, no matter how challenging it |
| include fabricating things like dishwasher end panels, | | | | may be. |
| refrigerator panels, tall oven cabinets or specially | | | | |