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How to Build a Medicine Cabinet
Video: How to Build a Medicine Cabinet

In this post, you’ll learn: – How to build a medicine cabinet Well I wanted to show you this medicine cabinet completely finished and painted, but I think it may be a little while longer before it gets warm enough to spray paint it.  Maybe I’ll just brush paint it with a few coats instead. […]

February 26th, 2015
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Let’s Build a Medicine Cabinet Part 1

In this post you’ll learn: – The first steps to build a medicine cabinet For a few years now I’ve been itching to build a medicine cabinet.  I’m not really sure why.  I guess I never liked the idea of paying a couple hundred bucks for a small painted box.  They’re pretty simple after all. […]

January 28th, 2015
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Media Center Plans Now Available

Well it’s been a while, but our latest set of woodworking are now available.  To get access to the plans, just click the button below.   Click Here to Get the Plans   The media center plans includes: – A complete shopping list – Cut sheets for all the plywood components – Cut list for all […]

December 2nd, 2014
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Cabinet Door Hinges and Drawer Slides

In this post, you’ll learn all about – Cabinet door hinges – Cabinet drawer slides – What you need to consider when selecting this type of hardware After nearly a year of part time work, our home office remodel is finally finished.  Stop back on Wednesday and you’ll get a close up of our newly […]

November 9th, 2014
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New Video: Making Built-In Cabinets

In today’s post, you’ll learn: – How to make built-in cabinets – How to make a beaded face frame – What the build process for a cabinet looks like After spending the better part of a week and a half painting our home office, I’m finally down to the last couple of detail jobs.  Although […]

October 20th, 2014
How to Build Shaker Cabinet Doors with a Router

In this post, you’ll learn – How to build shaker cabinet doors with a router – How to inset the doors into a face frame for a high end look If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, then you’ve probably seen me write about building shaker cabinet doors before.  I’ve built them for […]

October 9th, 2014
Office Countertops

In this post, you’ll learn: – How to configure a cabinet for installation and counters – How do get a deep, rich stain Well, we’re down to the wire in our home office project.  Officially, all I have left to do is add some trim beneath the crown molding, install the baseboard trim and do […]

October 5th, 2014
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How to Scribe a Cabinet

In today’s post you’ll learn: – How to Scribe a Cabinet In an ideal world, all walls and floors would be square and true (and all mortgages paid off).  Since that never seems to be the case, you need to know how to modify your cabinets or built-ins to account for uneven walls.  If you […]

September 25th, 2014
Cabinet Painting 101
Cabinet Painting 101

Happy Monday! In today’s post you’ll learn: – The best way to paint cabinets – The approach I’m taking to paint my cabinets Before I get started with today’s post, I want to remind you that we are running a survey to collect your feedback regarding our blog.  I’m going to keep it open until the […]

September 21st, 2014
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6 Cabinet Building Challenges

If you’ve been following along with out blog lately, you know that we’re knee deep into our home office renovation.  This project has taken us the better part of nine months and we’re finally a couple weeks away from putting it to bed.  I’m in the middle of assembling our new built-in cabinets that we […]

September 11th, 2014
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