Storage Mods

When were were in Leesburg, Florida, in January we stopped at Pat's Sales and bought 4 cabinet doors. Three were previously used and dirty, and one was new and unfinished. One of the used ones had a glass panel. Total for all 4 plus tax was under $35.



Here are before and after photos. The new unfinished door had the best match. The color of the others looks better in person than in the photos.


Space between this panel and the kitchen drawers was just big enough to store bug stuff.



The open space above the fridge is an ideal place to store cereal, crackers and other boxed items.



We'll put a shelf inside this "new" cabinet in the bedroom. I can already imagine a 15" flat screen TV mounted to this door.

I'll put bigger, more detailed photos of each project in our Picasa site (in signature below) in the next couple of days.

Tater

Very nice Tater! The added shallow cabinet is sheer genius. FR could and should take notes!

TC

Nice job

I like the shallow cabinets next to the drawers. I may have to figure out if that will work for us too.
Am going to bring the Cat home next week. We might have one last snow event to deal with this coming weekend. Hopefully will be done then.
Will start my long list of mods. Probably take all summer to get them all done. Oh well. No hurry I guess.

Very nice, I can't wait for me to get my cat home.
I have a door I bought and have not used.

Very Sharp!!

Looks good, well done.

VERY NICE!!!!

Looks great, may have to look at our unit and see what we can do.

We're very happy with the narrow cabinet. But, if we were to sell our Cat and get another, I don't think Scruffy would want to put in another cabinet. It was very difficult. He's right handed, but he had to do all of the back side work left handed. Fortunately, he has a drill bit that is magnetic and has a cylinder on the bit that holds the screw in place. Also, much of the work was blocked from sight, so he did a lot by feel. At one point it was a two person job. When he was screwing the "L" brackets to the main cabinet, I had to hold the side boards in place from the front side.

Obviously, it isn't impossible.

Tater

Love the shallow cabinet idea!!

That spot has always been a sore area for me because it seems like the thin laminate panel always seens to get pushed in and I have had to refasten it twice. Having a solid door would solve that problem and add some storage.

Being a cabinet maker, I will see if I can devise a way to make the installation easier and relay the findings to the rest of the group.

Forum On!!

We used the thin panel for the back of the cabinet. As it was, we would have had to cut it into pieces to get it out, if we wanted to. As an afterthought, we should have taken a little time to remove the drawer hardware and the thin panel between the drawers and undersink area.

While your studying this mod to try to make it easier, how about having a look at the area under the entertainment center. We'd like to make a cabinet that would hold one or two 12-packs of soda pop. Thanks.

Very Nice/Smart job!!....Gives me an Idea......Like Scruffy and Tater said.. for that area under the entertainment center...

Tater and Scruffy

A good place to store your soda pop or adult beverage is to build a shelf in the trash compartment under the trash can if you aren't using it for something else. Jim