3/16/2024 0 Comments Black book shelf glass shortYour cuts may not line up perfectly and that’s okay! Let the trim dry in place overnight then use caulk to fill in any small gaps between the trim pieces. (5) Sand your wood, dry fit your trim pieces to the doors and use liquid nails to adhere them. S/O to my biggest fan (my mom □) for my early birthday present: my very own mini circular saw! This is the one I have and LOVE it. After learning this lesson the hard way-and having to make a trip back to Home Depot to get the doors recut-I figured out I needed my own saw. So you just may end up like me with cabinet doors that are almost the right measurements. Let’s be real, the employees at Home Depot don’t care about your project and they don’t do precision cuts. *Note: Because this project requires so many wood cuts, I definitely recommend cutting your own wood at home. You’ll need 2 pieces of 3” x 24” plywood and 2 pieces of 3” x 30” plywood per door, so I ended up with 10 small pieces and 10 large pieces total. ![]() I chose to do 3” trim all the way around. *And cue the guy’s at Home Depot starting to hate me* Since we’re making Shaker style doors, you’ll need to add trim pieces around the entire door. I choose to do just one door per bookcase to keep it simple. Use the included hardware to safely secure the bookcase to wall and keep it from falling forward. This is SUPER important because the last thing you want is the entire bookcase to come toppling over onto you when you go to open the door. Just follow the directions included in the package. (1) Start by assembling all of your bookcases. Plywood - I used 1/2“ plywood for the main part and 1/4” plywood for the trimĭoor Handles/Knobs/Pulls - these are the ones I used They’re surprisingly very sturdy and not just made of cheap particle board. Adding Shaker style doors to a Target bookcase You’ll need:īookcases - here’s that link again to the small and large ones I bought from Target. ![]() Then only thing left was to figure out how to turn these open bookcases into closed storage. ![]() To do the entire wall, I used 1 large bookcase and 3 small ones. Since my goal was to get the maximum storage possible, what better way to achieve that than to also build up as opposed to just across? Target also carries a 5 shelf bookcase with similar dimensions, so I threw that one in my cart too. I found these 3 shelf bookcases at Target for the perfect price of $15 each(!!!) and they were the right dimensions for the wall. So of course, it was time to figure out how to DIY it. After looking at multiple closed storage units, I wasn’t finding anything I liked that would (1) fit in the space we had (2) provide ample useable storage space without taking up much floor space and (3) was inexpensive. Because this storage would basically be an extension of our closet, I wanted a closed solution as opposed to open shelving. and our (generously sized) closet just can’t hold everything. Ira and I have a lot (and I mean a lot) of clothing, accessories, hats, etc.
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