#Freestanding broom closet how to#

Mark the studs with a stud finder, and then use 3″ wood screws through the support boards of the cabinet and into the studs in the wall. We have found the best and strongest way to do this is by finding the wall studs. Once your cabinet is built and finished, you can attach it to the wall. You can find the door hinges HERE! Attach cabinet to wall You can find the metal corner brackets HEREsuper cheap! We use these on so many projects! Y’all know the hardware is always our favorite part! So… here we go! It’s a little pricey, but much easier to work with than actual tin and we think it adds so much to each project we use them on! Cabinet Hardware After it dries, we lightly sand it to give it a vintage look. We buy it in any color, and then paint it the color of choice. The faux tin is an amazon find (of course 😉 ) You can find it HERE! We love this stuff! It’s plastic. HERE is the paint color we used on the faux tin! HERE is the paint color we used on the cabinet! We used our Ryobi hot glue gun for this part.

Attach the panels using hot glue or strong craft glue. You can really use any material on this part to get the look you want or even just paint it to match the rest of the door. We love the look of pressed tin! It adds a lot of character to your woodworking pieces. These are faux tin panels that we found HERE on Amazon. The final step before attaching the door is adding the tin panels. This is 1/4″ plywood we used for the back of our cabinet door. Attach the to the frame using wood glue and 1.25” pocket hole screws.Ĭut the back panel of the door to size and attach it to the back of the frame using wood glue and staples through the back and into the frame. These are 1×3 pine boards spaced every 18”. We used our Ryobi 18v drill for this part.Īttach the divider boards next. Then, attach those shorter boards to the longer boards using wood glue and 1.25” pocket hole screws through the 3/4” pocket holes. Add 3/4″ pocket holes on the back side of the the shorter boards. Moving on to the door! Create the frame of the door first. You want the edges of the frame to be flush with the edges of the 1×6 cabinet body. We used our Ryobi 18v brad nail gun for this part. Once the frame is built, attach it to the front of the box using wood glue and 1.25” brad nails. After adding 3/4″ pocket hole screws to the back of the shorter 1×2 pieces, attach them to the longer pieces using wood glue and 1.25″ pocket hole screws. You can use shelf pins to place your shelves where they fit your storage needs best! Attaching the face frameĬreate the face frame next. If you use the Kreg pin hole jig, you can even make these adjustable shelves. On this step you can also cut some additional boards to add shelves if you would like them inside your cabinet. Then, we attached the board to the top and sides of the box using wood glue and 1.25” pocket hole screws. We used the Kreg Pocket hole jig to create 3/4” pocket holes on each short end and along one longer end. These will be the boards that you will use to hold the cabinet to the wall. It really is like having an additional hand to hold it for you! Attach the support boards Just slip the pin on the Right Angle Clamp into a pocket hole, close the clamp, and it draws the pieces tightly together. We used a Kreg Right Angle Clamp for this part… We LOVE this thing! Go check it out HERE! The Right Angle Clamp makes projects with 90° joints faster and easier than ever by giving you the helping hand you need to hold the parts in position as you drive in the screws. You can face the pocket holes out on this because they won’t be seen once the cabinet is hanging on the wall. We used our Kreg Jig Pocket hole jig to create our pocket holes for this cabinet. Attach the shorter ends to the longer ends using wood glue and 1.25” pocket hole screws through 3/4” pocket holes.

#Freestanding broom closet how to#

Be sure to download and print the cut list and FREE PLANS by clicking HERE! How to build a storage cabinet We love it… It’s hiding all our cleaning supplies and it’s so pretty at the same time. How cute did this storage cabinet turn out guys? DIY Utility Storage Cabinet