How to Build a DIY Linen Cabinet with Glass Door

hey guys the chair here from woodshop Diaries and I'm literally bursting with excitement to share this project with you all it's been a month to do this for a while and I'm so excited to have finally put it together the tiny bathroom in our garage apartment doesn't have a whole lot of floor space for storage so I've been wanting to make a tall narrow linen cabinet to go beside the sink currently all of our bathroom stuff is in the floor in a box so it'll be nice to have this cabinet now instead so if you're ready to get building let's get to it but first a huge thanks to today's video sponsor of the Home Depot this video is part of the prospective program and also a huge thanks to Weber lumber for providing the red oak for this project I've drawn up the plans for this build so that you can download from the link in the description below and I also have the blog post tutorial in the description below as well to get started I cut some 1 by 6 is down to glue together to make the side panels at the cabinet to assemble these panels I use dowel joint is my rigid 18-volt octane cordless hammer drill and driver sit on this project and the hammer drill work great for drilling dowel holes into this hard oak what's cool about this set is that both the drill and the driver have various settings to make them really multi-purpose and they pack a ton of power once I have the dowel holes drilled on the side panels I glue them together while the glue is drying on my two side panels I moved on to cutting the wood for the top and the bottom I could have glued together more 1 by sixes for the top and the bottom but because I had some scrapper I don't plow what I needed to get rid of I just use this since it won't be seen as much from the outside I use my rigid 18-volt octane cordless circular saw to cut down these plywood pieces I've used a few cordless circular saws before but this one's by far my favorite it's really powerful without being heavy and bulky I could have plow it down for the top and the bottom and while I was at it I went ahead and cut the shelves too and set them aside for later once the glue is dry out on the side panels I sanded them down and assembled the carcass of the cabinet using my rigid eighteen volt octane hammer drill to pre-drill and the driver to draw the screws I could have used out here - or even pocket holes but the screws will be covered with trim later so I just used screws to make things quick and easy after we're sealing the box I moved on to gluing off the back of the cabinet just like the side panels and blew this up with Dallas [Music] [Music] once the glue is dry I use my rigid hammer drill and driver set again to pre-drill and drop the screws to attach the back onto the carcass next it was time to dress up this box I used Weaver red oak one by twos along the sides top in the middle of the cabinet but on the bottom I use one by fours I just glue to nail these in place with finish nails and this is a great time to let you know that if you're interested in adding the rigid 18-volt octane hammer drill and driver set or the rigid 18 volt cordless circular saw to your shop I'll leave a link in the description below for you to check them out and if you aren't already subscribed to my channel be sure to subscribe so you don't miss out on any future videos after attaching trim along the sides I moved on to building the face frame I assembled this face frame using dowels and some wood glue with a 1 by 4 on the bottom in 1 by 2's everywhere else once the glue has dried I glued until this onto the front of the cabinet box making sure everything was square before attaching [Music] then I added some crown molding along the top in the baseboard along the bottom that's why I used a 1 by 4 on the side trim and the face frame instead of 1 by 2 so that I could attach this thicker baseboard at this point in the project now it's time for the fun part making the door to this cabinet is the hardest part of the project it's not bad just a little tedious you can get all the measurements for this door and the plans in the link below but here's how it came together I wanted the door to be one and a half inches thick instead of the typical 3/4 inch like a 1 by so first I cut and glued one Mateusz together for the outside frame to make them one and a half inches square like a 2x2 while the glue dried I trimmed 1/8 of an inch off the one Mateusz that will be used as the dividers in the middle of the door panel this is so that when the eighth inch glass is added later it will be flush all the way across the back side of the door I glued up the middle of the door before adding the outside frame I use dowels and some careful measurements to a symbol again using my rigid 18 volt octane hammer drill to draw to drill the dowel holes notice here that these one met tubes are turned on their sides and not flat you may also notice here that I drilled a couple of holes in the wrong spot and I just glued a dowel in those holes and cut off flesh later mistakes happen that's part of the process so if you drill your hole in the wrong spot no worries it's fixable we can deal with that once the whole middle divider panel was glued up I let the glue dry then attach the outside frame along the divider before gluing up the outside frame on the inside divider panels I used a rabbeting bit to cut an eighth inch deep rabbet along the inside of the door frame pieces this way once it's all assembled there will be an eighth of an inch recess and the whole back of the door for the glass panel to fit into note here also that because of the eighth inch difference between the outside frame and the inside dividers in order for your dowel holes to line up if you're using a jig like mine you will need to place a couple of washers into it before drilling into the dividers to compensate for the difference in thickness don't forget to remove these washers before drilling into the thicker pieces I started with the top and the bottom piece didn't make sure everything fit before moving on because it would be really frustrating to get this far and find out that the door didn't fit once I saw that it was a perfect fit I drilled the rest of the dowel holes and glued up the door to add a little extra detail to the door once the glue is dry I use the Roman ogee router bit to add a decorative edge around the dividers then I gave the entire cabinet and the door a nice natural finish using walrus old furniture finish and wax I use my rigid 18 volt octane driver to attach four small butt hinges along the door and installed it in place in the cabinet I was already in love with this piece added some shelf pins for the adjustable shelves then installed a large cremone bolt to be able to close the door and also because it's really pretty to look at I purchased a piece of glass from my local glass store to fit my door and before gluing it in place I cleaned it well with a glass cleaner then I applied some clear gorilla glue along the inside of the door frame and along the dividers and carefully set the glass in place keep in mind that fresh-cut glass is sharp and you should wear gloves when handling it I use these general-purpose firm grip gloves for this and I love how strong yet flexible they are their even touch screen compatible in case you wanna text while you're handling sharp glass I mean to each his own right I'll leave a link to these gloves in the description below so you can check them out lastly I added some shelf pins and the shelves I cut earlier and it was finished I cannot wait to move this into my bathroom and finally get my toothbrush out of the box in the bathroom floor whoever said tiny living was fun was crazy I'm so proud of this build and so happy that I finally got around to making it I think it's my all-time favorite furniture build at least for now so if you'd like to build one for yourself be sure to check out the links below to the products using this project and find the downloadable plans as well if you enjoyed this video and would like to see more please give it a thumbs up and be sure to hit that subscribe button thanks so much for watching and until next time happy building

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Length: 8min 30sec (510 seconds)

Published: Mon Jul 22 2019