And just like that we’re on to cabinetry! The first one took me like 9 hours because I couldn’t make up my mind on how I wanted to build them. Figuring out the angles of the sides is the toughest part about building the upper cabinets IMO. The second and third boxes were about 6 hours. I was going back and forth between using ½” or ¾” plywood for the upper cabinets, but I’m glad I went with the ½”.
I’m really stoked with how these turned out. I will be making the fronts later on in the build. I was really worried that the cabinets would not feel secure on the wall, but they are insanely strong. The boxes are ½” Baltic birch plywood and the face frames are Poplar 1×2’s.
There are a lot of ways to build cabinets, so I’m not going to go into detail here about how I did mine, you can follow along in the video(s) if you haven’t built cabinets before and you need some inspiration.
I’ll be working on my convertible bed/bench seats next, so stay tuned. Yewwww!
Materials/Tools Required
1/2″ Birch Plywood
Poplar 1×3’s
Kreg Pocket Hole Jig
Makita Driver Drill
Miter Saw
Makita Circular Saw
Dewalt Safety Goggles
Titebond III Wood Glue
Protractor/Angle Finder
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