Attaching Shaker Style Drawer Fronts

A step by step tutorial on how to build shaker style drawer fronts for your cabinets.

Attaching shaker style drawer fronts.

The shaker drawer front comes in a variety of wood species and sizes. If you don t have a finishing nailer you could just insert some screws from inside the drawers to fasten the drawer fronts. We are continuing on with our closet makeover and finishing it off with the drawer fronts. Attaching pulls to shaker style flat drawer fronts a cabinetmaker gets advice on securely fastening drawer pulls to 1 4 inch plywood drawer front material.

Patrick holcombe shows us a cool little tool that makes the process fast and easy. Shaker drawer front method 2 cut a rabbet. The short coming to leaving the void is the customer. The stylish and popular shaker style drawer front is the perfect companion to the shaker cabinet door.

Therefore you can t follow a standard approach for hardware placement. I decided i wanted a shaker style door just like my kitchen cabinets. I m building new drawers and doors for my kitchen using a basic shaker style 2 rails 2 stiles and a 1 4 plywood insert. Fastcap drawer front installat.

To finish the drawers off i lightly sanded the edges to make them smooth. Update your kitchen or bathroom with these customizable drawer fronts today. This is an easy way to build drawer fronts plus it s cheap about 20 without the hardware. I have found all the above to be true.

This strongly secured the shaker style drawer fronts to my drawers. Attaching drawer fronts can be frustrating. Drive a 2 screw through the bolt hole as shown drawing the drawer box tight against the false front. I ve got a tricky one.

Then pull the drawer box out clamp the drawer front to the box at both ends to keep it from rotating and attach the front through the pre drilled holes. Shaker cabinet doors and drawers come in all shapes and sizes. In some cabinets the top drawer can have a slab style while the lower drawers are shaker face front. The problem i m facing is how to attach the drawer fronts to the drawer boxes.

And there you have it the whole back of the drawer is flush. If the pull s screw is too short. Attach the second piece of plywood to the center panel with wood glue. Finally remove the 2 screw and install the pull.

Attaching the handles to the drawer fronts. This is a completely different sized drawer front but still the same shaker style.