Creating a wall-mounted kitchen cabinet with your own hands is not the most difficult task. The main requirement in this case is to follow the common saying: "Measure seven times, cut once." The appearance and strength of the kitchen cabinet will depend on the thoroughness of the marking and fitting of the parts.

What materials are suitable for making a kitchen cabinet?

In construction firms and shops, it is very easy to purchase laminated chipboard 16 mm thick, which is mainly used for the manufacture of modern cabinet furniture. It is a durable material, treated with a coating imitating precious woods or painted in different colors. Prefabricated facades (MDF) will significantly reduce the effort to make do-it-yourself kitchen cabinets and give furniture a great look. A chipboard sheet can be purchased in whole or in the form of scraps from the manufacture of furniture in retail outlets of furniture factories. It is better to order sawing at a trading organization, providing the craftsmen with all sizes and quantities of parts.

In addition to laminated chipboard, a number of materials and tools will be required:

• electric jigsaw (if sawing is done independently and for possible fitting of parts);
• drill driver and a set of wood drills;
• Forsner's drill - a special nozzle for drilling holes for door hinges;
• measuring instruments: tape measure, building corner, level;
• iron with a flat sole;
• stationery cutter, knife;
• sandpaper;
• fittings (handles, hinges, decor, etc.) and fasteners (screws, confirmations);
• fiberboard sheet 3 mm thick for the back walls;
• edge for chipboard.

Before purchasing the necessary materials, you need to determine the dimensions and create a sketch of the cabinet on paper, taking into account the decorative elements. After that, an approximate drawing is made indicating the width and length of each side panel, shelf, bottom and top of the structure. If a decision is made to use ready-made MDF, then it is wiser to first purchase them, and plan the size of the cabinet taking into account the size of the doors and facades.

Making a kitchen cabinet

Figure 1. Drawing of a straight kitchen cabinet.

The main modifications of this furniture are few: corner, straight and open wardrobes. They can be performed both in a suspended version and in a floor-standing version. In the latter case, it is necessary to increase the length of the side panels to the desired height of the legs and select the material for the table top.

Drawings for a straight cabinet may be something like fig. 1. Sizes of parts are selected individually or depending on the size of MDF. The left and right sides (part 1) are identical to each other.

The top and bottom panels (part 2) and the inner shelf (part 3) have the same dimensions. The number of shelves can be changed arbitrarily, in accordance with this, you need to mark the desired position of the shelf supports on the sidewall diagram.

The back wall of the cabinet (part 4) is cut from a sheet of plywood or fiberboard in the form of a rectangle with a width equal to the length of part 2 plus 30 mm so that it overlaps the rear edges of the sidewalls. The length (height) of the rear wall corresponds to the length of the sidewalls without an allowance.

A drawing of parts for a corner cabinet is shown in Fig. 2. Similarly to the previous one, red dots mark the places of holes for fasteners on the plane of the front side of the chipboard, and the green line marks the course of the hole inside the panel from its edge.

Figure 2. Detail drawing for corner cabinet.

The top and bottom (parts 2), the left and right sides (parts 1) are cut out identical to each other. The length and width of the shelves (parts 4) can be reduced by a few millimeters for ease of installation.

The back wall (part 3) is cut out of laminated chipboard, as it is load-bearing and ensures the strength of the structure. Its width is equal to the width of the horizontal top and bottom panels, and its length (height) is equal to the length of the sidewall minus 32 mm. This is so that during assembly it can be mounted between the top and bottom panels.

The back wall (part 5) is cut from plywood or fiberboard. Its dimensions are adjusted to the size of the cabinet, as in the previous case.

The third type of cabinet is an open corner section. It consists of 2 rear walls and has several shelves for storing spices and small items. Part drawings of such a shelf are shown in Fig. 3. The sides of the cabinet (parts 1 and 2) must be cut to the same length, and the width of one of them must be made 16 mm smaller so that you can connect them by placing the larger one on the edge of the smaller one. The side surfaces of the top, bottom and shelves (part 3) in this case will be equal to the width of the smaller of the sidewalls.

Assembling the kitchen cabinet

For this stage to be successful, before you start assembling kitchen cabinets with your own hands, you need to measure every detail again and determine its front side, top and bottom. It is best to hide any chips and scratches at the cut points inside the cabinet. To facilitate the search in the assembly process for the necessary parts, it is worth sticking strips of adhesive tape on them with a designation of the size and name of the part.

After that, according to the drawings, mark the places for the holes for the confirmations on the planes of the parts.

It is important to remember that the hole must be drilled at a distance of 8 mm from the cut.

Figure 3. Drawing of a corner open cabinet for the kitchen.

This will allow the fastener to fit exactly into the middle of the edge perpendicular to the part to be installed. When the holes in the planes are ready, you will need to impose a vertical sidewall on the horizontal parts, align along the edges and drill grooves in the thickness of the chipboard through the prepared holes with a drill of a smaller diameter than the hole in the plane. The thickness of the drill depends on the dimensions of the fasteners purchased.

Mark and drill recesses on the inner side of the sidewalls for installing the shelf supports. For a fitting assembly, use thin self-tapping screws, without deepening them to the end of the holes drilled for confirmation. Assess the assembled furniture, mark the places of possible defects and disassemble the cabinet to eliminate them.

Before final assembly, glue the edge and PVC on the slices of the chipboard panels. To do this, measure a piece of tape from the roll so that it is several centimeters longer than the surface to be treated on each side. Use a heated iron to fix the beginning of the edging tape at the corner of the panel. Iron the tape through a sheet of white paper, heating it until the adhesive layer melts. It is advisable not to overheat the edge to avoid the appearance of bubbles on it. After gluing and cooling the edge, remove its excess length and width, process the corners with fine-grain sandpaper and wipe with a rag.

When all the parts have been fitted and processed, you can proceed to the final assembly of the furniture by screwing the confirmations into the holes. Plywood back panels should be fastened last, after the doors are hung.

For doors, mark the selected MDF from the seamy side for drilling the recesses for the hinges. For standard furniture hinges, it is recommended to mark the center of the recess at a distance of 80 mm from the top and bottom and 22 mm from the side edge. The loop is fixed with self-tapping screws no more than 15 mm long so that they do not pierce the front part through. Fasten the counterpart of the hinge in the appropriate place on the inside of the cabinet with the same screws. Assess the quality of hanging the facade, eliminate distortions. After that, fix the backing made of fiberboard by screwing self-tapping screws into the edge of the chipboard. Attach the hooks for hanging the cabinet and hang it up.

When making furniture with your own hands, it is very important to approach each stage of the process with care and accuracy. The success of further operations depends on the correct measurement and drawing up of the drawing. Precision assembly will ensure the attractive appearance and durability of self-assembled kitchen cabinets.

For a complete set of any kitchen interior, a wall cabinet is considered a necessary furniture accessory. They are made in furniture factories, small companies, and also at home. For the production of wall cabinets with your own hands, you need to know some of the nuances of manufacturing technology, as well as to disassemble in detail the process of work itself.

Varieties of wall cabinet designs

In order to start working on making a kitchen set with your own hands, you need to understand in more detail what the main types of wall cabinets are and their purpose. Wall-mounted cabinets are usually classified in two directions - by purpose, as well as by type of construction.

According to the purpose, the types of hinged structures are usually divided into: end cabinets, cabinets with drying, open cabinets and cupboards.

Cabinets with horizontal and vertical opening are distinguished by the type of construction. The first option is considered more common, since only a standard fastening (awnings) is required for the manufacture of a horizontal door, and a hydraulic cylinder for a vertical door.

Another criterion by which you can distribute wall cabinets is the installation location. This furniture set can be straight and angular (end). Corner wall cabinets, of course, have a more complex design, and their manufacture requires not only more material, but time, but they are much more convenient to use and take up less space.

Drying cabinets are a very practical type of kitchen cabinets, which in most cases are usually located next to the sink. A dish dryer is placed inside such structures. A very convenient option for any kitchen.

What material to choose for a wall cabinet with your own hands

Materials for making wall cabinets with your own hands can be very different. These are plywood and plastic, as well as chipboard, laminated chipboard, natural wood, etc.

The more expensive options are plywood, plastic and natural wood. Chipboard and chipboard have become available and very popular among users. Compared to others, these materials have an affordable market price and are very convenient to use. Chipboard itself requires extensive finishing work in the process, and chipboard is a ready-made laminated material, which is distinguished by its reliable strength and attractive appearance. It is best to use the last option for the manufacture of kitchen sets (cabinets), which we will focus on in our article.

For the installation process, we need the following necessary tools for making a wall cabinet with our own hands:

• roulette;
• screwdriwer set;
• drill;
• level;
• pencil;
• hacksaw for metal;
• hammer, etc.

But before proceeding with the installation work, first of all, you need to draw up a drawing of the future design for the kitchen.

DIY cabinet design

Before proceeding directly to the installation work, and then to the installation of the wall cabinet itself, the master first of all needs to determine the dimensions of the furniture. Making a sketch of a wall cabinet with your own hands involves taking accurate measurements of the future structure and a detailed image of them on paper, which will greatly facilitate the work and insure against possible defects in the size of the parts.

Particular attention should be paid to the installation location of the cabinet, to the design of the kitchen itself and its dimensions. If there is not so much room in the room, it will be reasonable to create a corner cabinet, which will significantly save the space in use. Experts recommend that a master who makes furniture with his own hands for the first time still start with a straight, small cabinet.

Additional elements for making a cabinet with your own hands

When making furniture with your own hands, it is important not only to save your family budget, but also to do the work as clearly as possible so that the products will serve for more than one year. Therefore, another point requiring attention in the process of creating structures for the kitchen is the choice of accessories for the wall cabinet. Furniture hinges, locks, handles, supports, shelf holders, cup holders, screeds are all the necessary additional material that neither professional workers nor home craftsmen can do without.

Also among the accessories for wall cabinets are various types of lifting mechanisms for doors, complete dish dryers, shelves. All these purposes give the furniture ease of use and significantly save space in the kitchen. When purchasing all these auxiliary parts, it is necessary to take into account the model of the structure, the accessories of the wall cabinet and necessarily the material of the product, which is so important not to be damaged during operation. Some craftsmen separately buy not only handles for their furniture, which should harmoniously fit into the existing interior, but also such details as doors and drawers. For example, a glass door always brings elite, expensive decor notes into the decor.

DIY direct wall cabinet

The package of the simplest wall cabinet model includes:

• upper and lower parts;
• two sidewalls;
• back wall;
• shelves;
• door in two halves.

This is one of the options for a possible design, each master has the opportunity, if he wishes, to complete a wall cabinet of his own production. This process should have a special procedure for making a do-it-yourself wall cabinet.

According to the specified dimensions, it is necessary to measure and cut out the details of future furniture from the chipboard sheet. When all the parts are ready, you can proceed to the assembly. This moment is best done in the following sequence:

1. To begin with, holes are drilled in the side walls that are intended for shelf supports. Next, a place is prepared for attaching hinged hinges under the doors.

2. The sides, top and bottom of the cabinet are connected in sequence. Then the shelf supports are attached.

4. Doors are put on hinged hinges, and shelves are also completed.

5. The next step is fixing the corner, which facilitates the installation of the wall cabinet.

DIY corner wall cabinet

The production of various types of curtain structures is based on the simplest version. This also applies to a corner wall cabinet with your own hands in the kitchen, from a common cheap chipboard material. For the future product, you can take the standard dimensions as a basis: 600 * 600 mm from the corner, and the height of the furniture is 720 mm.

The body of this design consists of two chipboard side walls, and the facade itself is 400 mm wide. A feature of the product can be called an internal shelf, which is recommended to be slightly deepened inside, for the convenience of using any door (so that it closes tightly). When all the parts are sawn and prepared in the required quantity, the assembly is carried out in the same way as in the previous version. The corner wall cabinet can be equipped with the necessary fittings if desired.

Since the chipboard material does not have an attractive appearance, it is necessary to carry out a number of finishing works, which will allow the wall cabinet to be adjusted to any room decor.

Before starting any finishing work, the assembled furniture must be cleaned of small particles, dirt, etc. Since chipboard does not absorb ordinary paint well, it is better to use alkyd enamel, it must be applied with a special sponge. You can choose any color, the main thing is that it blends harmoniously into your interior.

The chipboard is also opened with special varnishes, which give the furniture a certain shine. The cut sides are usually glued with construction tape, which allows you to hide all surface roughness and create an expensive look for the product.

DIY plywood wall cabinet

Before you start working with the material, you need to familiarize yourself with its properties and the rules of its operation. Plywood is a decent material for the manufacture of kitchen furniture, which can serve in the household for many years. Do-it-yourself installation work on the manufacture of a wall cabinet has the same principle as the process of working on the simplest model. The works differ significantly in relation to the material itself.

The rules for working with such material as plywood can be depicted in the following diagram.

1. It is advisable to make any holes on the plywood sheet using a special stepped drill.

3. When preparing structural parts, it is important to take into account the thickness of the plywood sheet, since a special tool must be used to cut it. The thinner material must be cut with a sharpened knife, the middle sheets are cut with a hand jigsaw, and the thicker material is cut with an electric jigsaw.

4. It is worth considering the fact that plywood sheets cannot be cut across the grain.

Professional craftsmen claim that if you adhere to all operating rules when working with plywood material, then the furniture will turn out to be of high quality and reliable in use. Another plus in making wall cabinets from plywood with your own hands is the ease of finishing work.

By using various paints and other finishing materials, a self-produced wall cabinet will not only harmoniously fit into the interior of the kitchen, but also become its real decoration. Plywood products can be supplemented with LED lighting on doors or drawers. A variety of self-adhesives are easily applied to the surface of the plywood sheet, with the help of which you can create any pattern on the wall cabinet structure. Also, experts recommend using varnishes that allow you to preserve the natural look of the material.

Do-it-yourself wall cabinet installation

Do-it-yourself installation of a wall cabinet is a difficult task, but any owner can do it.

In order for the wall cabinet to take the most correct place in the kitchen, the following criteria must be taken into account:

• the height of the furniture should be such that all family members can get the necessary things without any problems;
• the wall cabinet should not interfere with the normal functioning of ventilation in the room;
• the used mount must be guaranteed to insure the hinged structure against possible falls, which promise a lot of problems.

When installing wall cabinets, you should use the building level. Most often, hinges and fasteners are used for fastening. So, in order for the structure to be placed evenly and without drops, it is necessary to draw a horizontal line on the wall, which is checked with a level.

Next, a fastener is placed on this line using a puncher and screws. The furniture set itself is equipped with the required number of loops or special brackets. Then all the elements are securely connected. This method of fastening has proved to be quite reliable. After the wall cabinet is finally attached to the wall, removable shelves are installed. And as a result, the hinged kitchen cabinet is ready for use with your own hands.

For more information on assembling and installing wall cabinets with your own hands, you can watch the video:

Thanks to the modularity that is used in the preparation of any kitchen set, it is quite simple to develop a project on your own, or at least estimate what it might be. The only question is understanding the design features of furniture and maintaining a balance of ergonomics, functionality and design. How to make a kitchen cabinet with your own hands was described here. Let's consider what the lower modules can be.

How to make a kitchen cabinet with your own hands, design principles

The lower tables-cabinets of the kitchen set are assembled in the same way, they are a box on legs with an overhead bottom and slats on top.

• The narrowest kitchen cabinets are bottle holders, 150 and 200mm wide.
• The widest cabinets are made up to 900 mm in size, in corner configurations - up to 1050 mm.

In sinks, the slats are installed vertically so as not to interfere with the sink cut. A specific cabinet-cabinet for the installation of an oven does not require installation of slats.

The bottom is made overhead in principle: since the curbstone will stand on legs, in this case the fasteners do not "work" for rupture. The only exceptions are corner trapezoidal and end tables.

For trapezoidal cabinets, this design moment is due to the shape of the bottom. If it had been an invoice, it would have been necessary to cut out a more complex shape, with a ledge under the sidewalls, so that the facade could be closed.

For end tables that end the kitchen row from the visible side in corner kitchens, this feature is purely decorative. A "through" sidewall without visible ends and fasteners looks neater and more aesthetically pleasing.

Drawings of the lower corner kitchen cabinets

In kitchens, when designing a headset, three types of corner kitchen cabinets are used. I will give typical diagrams and design drawings. It can change up and down. When decreasing, the width of the facade obtained at the exit must be taken into account - access to the inner space of the cabinet depends on this.

Drawing of a straight corner kitchen cabinet

The most compact size of a corner kitchen cabinet is for this type. It is a typical pedestal with one "muffled" façade-false panel and a cover strip, for the ability to "attach" another module to it at an angle. By analogy with conventional non-corner modules, the strips for fastening the countertops are placed flat or vertically, depending on the purpose of the module.

If you plan to embed a sink into a corner kitchen cabinet with your own hands, then the assembly diagram, the drawing itself, is adapted for the supply of water supply communications. In order not to make a cut in the inner sidewall in place at the place, you can immediately lay an assembly of narrow vertical slats. Let's say as follows.

Standard dimensions of a corner cabinet are 1000-1050mm in length with a front width of 400-450mm. By narrowing the countertop at the add-on module, for example, up to 500mm in width, you can reduce the length to 900-950mm, respectively, while maintaining the width of the facade.

Drawing of the lower corner kitchen cabinet-transformer

This type of corner kitchen cabinet of the lower row of the headset is actually a combined structure of the above module with an attached one. Due to the "accordion" opening of the transformer door, access to the interior space is quite large. Therefore, the width of the facades can be reduced to 300-400mm. At the same time, in terms of dimensions, the module will take the place of 850x850mm or 950x950mm, respectively. The internal structure can be with one blank wall or with two hollow ones, with upright in the form of a corner.

Long inner planks "line up" along the main table top so that the abutment with the docking strip has a hard stop.

The symmetrical design is not the only one. In the kitchen, the corner convertible cabinet can be of other sizes, for example, 950x750mm. In this case, asymmetry is achieved not only by reducing the depth of the tabletop from one side.

Nuances in design:

• With different widths of the facades, the rule applies - the narrow one is attached to the wide one, and not vice versa. This is due to the weight - the "light" one joins the "heavy" door. Otherwise, over time, the transforming door will sag.
• Be careful if you plan to use facades with milling. The milling cutter, its depth and indentation from the edge should allow embedding the transforming loop. It is for this reason that in narrow facades they usually do not make a cutter, but leave it smooth, without a pattern.

Drawing of the lower corner kitchen cabinet-trapezoid

Visually, the module of the bottom cabinet with a trapezoid resembles the body of a wall-mounted corner cabinet and is assembled according to the same principle.

Due to the rather voluminous dimensions, a corner kitchen cabinet of this type is rarely used in small-sized kitchens, since it “eats up” a lot of space. And the internal space is used extremely irrationally: without additional devices in the form of pull-out baskets, buckets rarely manage to use more than 20% of the free space inside. This is not critical when the kitchen is quite large and there is no need to use every centimeter for storage.

The trapezium corner sink looks good with an artificial stone countertop with a curved facade.

If you plan to use a budget option - a plastic tabletop, you will have to put up with two or three joints. Meanwhile, in the previously considered options for corner modules, there will be only one joint.

The number of worktop joints depends on the initial production capabilities. If a ready-made postforming with a width of 600 mm is used, then there will be three of them. If the manufacturer has the opportunity to offer the manufacture of a pentagonal tabletop corresponding to the dimensions of the trapezoid cabinet, then two.

Often, during postforming, a structure with a podium is implemented, thereby leaving the seam-joint behind the sink.

Do I need to "adjust" the bottom of the project relative to the upper cabinets?

If standard kitchen corner cabinets are used in the kitchen project, then it will be easy to "fit" the dimensions according to the drawing. A typical upper corner cabinet is 600x600, and the bottom one is 900x900mm, 950x950mm or 1000x1000mm. But, since the top and bottom are visually separated by a common tabletop, some kind of motive and additional decor on the apron, some shift will not be noticeable. In any case, with respect to the stove (hob), it is automatically aligned at the end of the row.

Making a wall cabinet on the wall with your own hands is a decision made by many novice and experienced craftsmen. Kitchens are most often equipped with such pieces of furniture. In the wall cabinet you can store crockery, cutlery, various utensils, as well as food.

Now there are many finished products on the market, but, firstly, they are distinguished by their high cost, and, secondly, they are manufactured according to standard schemes. You can make an original locker, spending a minimum of financial resources on it, only with your own hands. Unusual designs for individual orders are assembled by experienced craftsmen, but their services are distinguished by a high cost.

The assembly technology of the product may differ depending on the material used, as well as on the characteristics of the room in which the furniture will be placed. But in all cases, it is necessary to adhere to the operation algorithm, which we will describe below.

Types of suspended structures

Suspended structures can be divided into several groups according to their purpose, design features, operating conditions:

1. Cupboards. They are used to store various items - from dishes to food, spices. There are shelves inside such structures. Doors can be made of wood, MDF, and other opaque materials.
2. Drying cabinets. Such do-it-yourself structures are located above the sink or next to it; dish dryers are installed inside them.
3. End structures. Corner products are the best solution for small kitchens where every centimeter must be used rationally. End structures are suspended in the corner of the room using special hangers.
4. Open type products. Cabinets with open shelves are used to store various decorative elements, beautiful dishes, jars of spices. Such furniture is equipped with hinged, sliding or hinged transparent doors, which ensure the safety of using the cabinet and do not allow items on the shelves to fall down.

Before making a wardrobe with your own hands, you need to decide on the type of construction, the choice depends on the dimensions of the room and the needs of the people living in the apartment.

Material selection

On the modern market there are many materials from which you can make furniture yourself. As for hinged structures, the following are most often used for their production:

• Natural wood. This is an expensive material from which reliable and durable structures with a pleasant appearance are obtained. To save money, many craftsmen make only the facades of the cabinets from solid natural wood, and the back walls are made of cheaper materials. When giving preference to wood, it should be remembered that it is difficult to process, therefore, beginners are advised to choose other materials. In addition, wood requires a special coating. Without it, it will be exposed to moisture and temperature extremes, which will lead to deformation of the product.
• Plywood. A fairly durable material that is widely popular. Its disadvantages include the complexity of processing. Perfectly smooth, flat plywood sheets can be purchased off-the-shelf, but they are quite expensive.
• Chipboard. Affordable, easy-to-process material. Its main disadvantage is the insufficiently attractive appearance, therefore it is most often used for the manufacture of the back walls of the cabinet.

• Chipboard. It is now most widely used in the manufacture of budget-class furniture. The material is distinguished by its reliability, practicality, ease of processing, attractive appearance, and affordable cost.
• Plastic. Also very popular. Perfect for the kitchen, as it is not afraid of moisture, it is characterized by light weight, ease of sanitization. The main disadvantage of plastic is its relatively high price.

Most experienced craftsmen recommend making wall cabinets from chipboard. If the furniture maker does not have sufficient experience in cutting cabinet furniture, then the sawing can be entrusted to the suppliers of the material or the employees of the store where it is purchased. The master will only need to assemble the finished product, hang it on the wall.

Preparation for work

Do-it-yourself furniture assembly should begin with preparatory work. The master will need working tools: tape measure, level, pencil, hammer, screwdriver, drill, screwdriver, hacksaw. He also needs to make a drawing of the cabinet with his own hands. It is very important to correctly calculate the dimensions of the product and all its constituent parts. If the furniture maker does not have experience in drawing up drawings, then it is recommended to use ready-made schemes. If necessary, they can be adapted to suit your own needs.

When the drawing of the locker is ready, you can start calculating the amount of required materials, and then go to the store. In addition to wood or laminated chipboard, it is necessary to purchase fasteners, accessories (hinges, handles).

If the master wants to equip the cabinet with a decorative facade, but does not have sufficient skills to make it, then it is better to entrust the decorative work to an experienced carpenter.

When the preparatory work is completed, the furniture maker can make the structure with his own hands.

Assembly stages

The work of assembling the wall cabinet consists of several stages:

1. Fitting parts. It is necessary to check whether all parts of the future product fit in size to each other. If not, then a fit must be performed. For a novice furniture maker, this work may seem difficult, but over time he will learn how to do it quickly.
2. Edge sticker. On the sides of the parts that will be visible when using the furniture, you need to stick a decorative edge.
3. Installation of suspensions. From the inside, in the upper rear corner of each of the sidewalls, you need to make holes for the suspensions. Work should be done with a drill. Then the hangers are screwed using self-tapping screws (inserted into through holes) and large bolts (screwed through adjusting holes). Holes for the hangers must be cut in the back wall of the cabinet.
4. Marking and drilling. First you need to mark the side walls. They indicate the location of future shelves, then holes are drilled in the appropriate places. The diameter of the holes should correspond to the size of the shelf supports, most often it is 6-7 mm. If the master decided to make furniture on the wall from chipboard, then he needs to use a high-quality tool that gives a minimum error. When drilling, you need to keep the cabinet parts as even as possible, since the slightest inaccurate movement can damage the product.
5. Assembly of the case. All shelves (most often they are 2-3 on the wall near the cabinet) are screwed to one of the sidewalls, and then the second sidewall and the back wall are attached. It is recommended to connect the sidewalls with the shelves using Euro screws. The back wall is attached using a furniture stapler or small studs.
6. Preparation of loops. On the facades, you need to make recesses for the hinges using a 35 mm cutter. Then you should attach the hinges to the doors, check their compliance with the dimensions of the grooves. It is not yet necessary to fasten the hinges with your own hands, because the doors will create inconvenience in the process of hanging the cabinet on the wall. It is advisable to mount the doors after placing the cabinet in the place intended for it.
7. Placing the cabinet on the wall with your own hands. Using a level and a plumb line, the wall is marked. You need to make sure that the marks are level. Then you need to drill holes and install dowels. After that, all that remains is to hang the cabinet.
8. Installation of hinges. A facade is applied to the finished product, fixed with hinges from the inside. Then the hinges are adjusted with a screwdriver.

Do-it-yourself furniture assembly is finished! It remains to fill the locker with useful items.

Important nuances

To make a reliable and durable cabinet, you need to know certain nuances that are not always known to novice furniture makers. Here are some important guidelines:

1. Kitchen utensils should be placed evenly on the cupboard shelves. If the load is not properly distributed, the canopies may fall off.
2. When assembling the product with your own hands, it is recommended to use as many screws and other fastening elements as possible, since the reliability of the structure depends on them. But at the same time, one should not forget about the aesthetic side of the issue, fasteners should not spoil the appearance of the furniture.
3. The width of the wall cabinet should be no more than 1 m, otherwise the shelves will begin to sag. In addition, too large, bulky furniture looks out of place in the kitchen (especially small ones).
4. The cabinet used for drying dishes must be equipped with a plastic tray, available from your local hardware store. It is important that the pallet completely covers the bottom of the cabinet, otherwise moisture will get there and the cabinet will become unusable.

Thus, it is not at all difficult to make a locker on your own, the main thing is to correctly organize the work, draw up drawings correctly, and purchase high-quality materials.

Kitchen furniture is a modular range of wall cabinets and side tables. Yes, sometimes you have to use non-standard solutions. But most of the modules are of a fairly standard design. It is enough to estimate the volumes of kitchens sold in bulk, when the buyer is offered to independently select the modules necessary in size and make a full-fledged set of them. You can make a simple kitchen cabinet with your own hands at home. And at the same time, you can save a lot.

Do-it-yourself typical kitchen cabinets, photos and drawings

A hinged kitchen cabinet consists of a body and a front part.

The body (box) is most often made of laminated chipboard, less often of plywood and solid wood. Its construction is quite simple and straightforward.

For the design of rectilinear headsets, the following modules are used: a horizontally elongated structure, a vertically elongated structure and a shape close to a square.

The number of internal shelves is determined depending on the height of the cabinets.

A do-it-yourself kitchen corner cabinet can be a monolithic trapezoidal or rectangular structure composed of two cabinets.


How to make do-it-yourself kitchen cabinets? First of all, decide on the size. You can read briefly about the standards in kitchen furniture.

What affects the size of kitchen wall cabinets?

There are certain standards for kitchen furniture. This is due to:

• Practical considerations, ergonomics and functionality.
• The standards adopted for the installation of fittings, internal filling.
• The sizes of the standard line of facades.

The front part in budget versions is also made of chipboard. In the more expensive options, the material of the facades can be:

• • MDF with veneer, PVC foil, plastic.

• • MDF painted with enamel, varnished polymer coating (acrylic, High Gloss).

• • An array of different types of wood.

• Glass and acrylic in an aluminum frame.

The front part is what determines the final cost of the kitchen. Therefore, before calculating and making do-it-yourself kitchen cabinets, check the cost of the selected facade option. As a rule, doors for cabinets of standard sizes are offered by manufacturers in stock and are much cheaper than custom-made to size.

Also, pricing is influenced by internal filling in the form of metal storage systems, drawers and other mechanisms. For wall cabinets, complex lifting mechanisms and dryers are of decisive importance:

• Lifting mechanisms are designed for installation in cabinets of a certain depth, height and door weight. As a rule, any mechanism will "stand" to the depth of the wall cabinet of the order of 280-320mm, height from 250mm. The weight of the door can be calculated ex post. Alternatively, install two lifting mechanisms on opposite sides of the box.
• Dryers (a set of nets for mugs and plates with a tray) are offered in standard sizes in cabinets 300mm, 400mm, 500mm, 600mm, 700mm, 800mm, 900mm. But it is better to check the availability in your city, the range may be limited.

How to make kitchen cabinets with your own hands

For wall cabinets, the design is approximately the same:

• Standing (sidewalls) are made through, and the shelves, lid and bottom are detachable.
• The depth of the cabinets is taken as a standard 300-320mm. The body is assembled for four euro screws (confirmation), the sidewalls are drilled 50 mm from the edge on all sides.
• Internal shelves are made shallower in depth. The first reason is that the back wall can be inserted into the groove. The second reason is that the facade on the cabinet can be with overlaid glass, the thickness of the glass "shifts" the shelf inward.
• Adjustment for shelves +/- 50mm is very convenient. Already at the place, the hostess can rearrange the shelf in the closet at a convenient distance.

Visually, a do-it-yourself hinged kitchen cabinet in the assembly diagram and pre-drilling drawings can be represented as follows.

DIY corner kitchen cabinets, diagrams and drawings

Basically, all assembly diagrams and drawings of corner wall cabinets for the kitchen "revolve" around the standard design with dimensions of 600x600mm from the corner and 720mm height. Let's consider one of the most common.


The body is designed for fixing two fiberboard walls and a facade with a width of 400 mm. The inner shelf is recessed along the front edge for the same reasons as for conventional wardrobes: if the facade is with overlaid glass, the shelf will not prevent it from closing completely.

The cabinet is drilled and assembled in the same way. Diy diagrams on a corner kitchen cabinet, additive drawings will be as follows.


For perfectionists, it will be useful to read the article. It discusses options on how to make sure that the corner facade aligns with the rest.