Easy To Build Wall Cabinets

The best material for building cabinets is plywood 3 4 inch plywood for the box sides top bottom and shelves.

Easy to build wall cabinets.

Birch purebond plywood full sheets are best but 2 8 sheets would work as well. Wall cabinets typically have one or more shelves not including the bottom of the cabinet and may or may not have doors. Building a basic wall cabinet is a great introduction to woodworking. Overlaps on the sides let you fine tune the cabinet width during installation.

Its size can be easily modified to your specific needs. Hickory 2 4 purebond plywood panels. A wall cabinet in its most basic form is little more than a plywood box that is securely mounted on the wall. Cut plywood to make the doors to fit these openings.

Build the front of the frame in the same pattern as the back 8 feet wide and 8 feet tall. Whether you need new kitchen cabinets bathroom cabinets or more storage in your garage or basement the construction is the same. The 3 4 plywood case eliminates panel jointing planing and glue ups. This will give you two 3 feet wide cabinets on the ends and a 2 foot wide cabinet in the middle.

Standard counter height is 36 with the cabinets usually being around 34 5 tall to allow room for the countertop material. Birch purebond plywood full sheets are best but 2 8 2 4 or 4 4 sheets would work as well. Begin with the right cabinet dimensions. Face frames cover plywood edges.

The sample base and wall cabinets shown below have these features to make building them as simple as possible. To frame out the cabinets secure 8 foot 2x4s perpendicular at 36 across and 60 across.