Hey there! Thanks for stopping by to learn how to build cabinets around washer and dryer. Over the past six months, I've been busy renovating my fixer-upper home out in Montana. It has been a lot of work, but the reward of getting exactly what I want is going to be worth it. One thing I needed in the laundry room was a little organization around the washer and dryer, so here is one of the first projects!
Make your Cuts
The DIY cabinets we make are the typical size of high-end cabinets. It is 30 inches wide and 12 inches deep. The beauty of building your own closets is that you can better adapt them to your space. Cut the plywood to the desired size to create the frame of the cabinet. You make two side panels, top, bottom, and back. I recommend using a table saw for this process. Once the tabletop is cut, you can cut the ends to the desired size with a dwarf saw.
Assemble the Cabinet Box
The next step is to assemble the four sides of the cabinet. We do this using pocket holes for today’s project. Dig four pocket holes in the ends of the top and bottom horizontal boards. The blue tool in the picture is called the Craig template.
Cabinet Making
Attach the boards together using 1 1/4 inch pocket hole screws and wood glue. The horizontal planks are placed inside two vertical planks. To install the front frame to be attached in the next step, you need to set the top of the bottom horizontal panel to 1 3/8 ′ ′. I will glue about 1/8 inch to the bottom horizontal panel on the face frame.
Attach the Cabinet Back
The back is 3/4 inch plywood and is housed inside four exterior boards. Pocket holes are drilled in the back of the cabinet. Use 1/4 inch long pocket holes to attach the card. Touch the rubber mollusk to align it perfectly.
Create doors
The doors of the cabin are made of 2 1/2 thick wooden boards 3/4 wide. I grooved the inside of the rails and elbows using a 1/4 inch slotted cutter. 1/4 inch thick plywood panel cushion for the front of the door.
Attach the Cabinet Back
To give the cabinets a more modern look, I used 1/4 inch hinges glued together. The door handles 10-inch hose handles. The template I typically use when installing the equipment wasn’t big enough for larger handles, so I made a special template to make sure the weighing devices fit properly with the screws.
Install the Cabinets
Determine the height at which our cabinets will hang. I hung the cabinets 54 inches off the floor, which is pretty simple. Attach the registration board to the wall to hold it in place when installing the cabinets. Look for the teeth on the wall and fasten the cabinets with the screws on the wall.
Enjoy your New Cabinets!
I hope this guide inspires you to build or install cabinets in your own home! Learning how to build cabinets is a process and time consuming, but the skills you learn will be worth it. For those who prefer to buy cabinets, you can usually buy cabinets from large order stores or specialty cabinets. Hand-hung cabinets are very easy and can definitely be done for manual labor.