Building Outdoor Cabinet Doors

Our take on cabinets for an outdoor kitchen starts with a frame of pressure treated 2x4s.

Building outdoor cabinet doors.

Leave openings in the sheathing to match any cabinet openings. Whether you are remodeling a kitchen bathroom laundry room or any room with built in cabinets you can build your own cabinet doors to make your space look like new again. For more tips including how to build a raised panel cabinet door read on. To build an outdoor kitchen.

Building shaker cabinet doors is only part of the story. After that coat the door with your desired finish to give it a glossy elegant look. Build in a 1 inch wide 1 inch deep flange around the front of each box. Hold them together with construction adhesive and 1 inch deck screws.

Having an outdoor kitchen can be a real treat especially during summer. Countersinking inch and a half deep holes in the outer edges of the boards allows us to connect them with 3 inch deck screws. Replacing cabinet doors will give your room an instant facelift. Euro or cup hinges are the easiest most forgiving means of hanging your new cabinet doors.

How to build outdoor kitchen cabinets. If you can t track any down you can trim old wooden cabinet doors or cut wood panels to fit your project. Once you ve cut the door out soften its sides with a router to get rid of any rough edges. To avoid paying 50 or more for pint size sliding door hardware kristine repurposed a 1 inch flat metal bar and metal garden edging stakes.

You also have to hang them. If you have to go with wooden doors seal them with a wood varnish labeled for exterior wooden furniture. Diy cabinet doors are a great way to update an old space. We attach the boards together on edge to maximize space inside the cabinet.

The cabinets are the most demanding part of the project but once those are done you can add the appliances and everything else you need to make the kitchen functional. Get help with the hinges. You can build the perfect outdoor kitchen cabinets to surround your grill with some leftover wooden posts and a few old bricks or stones. Set the boxes aside.

I love the rustic look of this one and you can have it completed in just a weekend. From each end using the table saw. Designing and building one is not even that difficult. Screw the hinges onto the flange then screw the hinges onto the door.

She also drilled holes through both sides of each stake she would be using. To even up the ends of the door cut 1 16 in. She cut the bar to length then drilled screw holes to mount it. Finally screw the hinges and handle onto the door and install it to the cabinet.