Add Doors To Bookcase Diy

Nail about every six inches both down the sides of the bookcase and across the shelves.

Add doors to bookcase diy.

For now i m liking the clean lines. Drill guide holes for each screw you will use. Sfgirlbybay victoria smith saved to library research bookcase door hidden bookshelf door bookcases. I had been looking for something about this size for a while.

My next new again project is simple way to add sliding doors to an existing bookshelf or ikea kallax. I was just going to add the doors and leave it at that but a lot of built ins like these are actually base cabinets with shallower bookcases set on top of them creating a ledge where they meet see my pinterest board on bookcase and built in inspirations here. Your stash of harlequin romances should stay your little secret but that means hiding what is in your bookcase. Add 3 inches to both measurements.

Use an impulse nailer to secure the back of the bookshelf into place. Read more about new again. Just bought a bookcase throw some doors on that. Each month we make over.

Measure the width and length of the bookcase opening where you wish to hang the doors. Today i m walking you through how to easily and inexpensively add doors to a. For now i m liking the clean lines. Screw the hinges onto the doors.

You see i had these really cool long narrow windows. A full bookcase is a happy bookcase but sometimes you do not want everyone to see what exactly you are reading. An ikea kallax hack or how to add sliding doors to. If the opening is 36 by 72 inches the measurement would be 39.

I could build a it did. This bookshelf is actually the expedite which was replaced with the kallax several years ago new again is an ongoing series shared by some of my best most talented blogging friends. In the future i might add trim to the doors. Place a door in an open position over the bookcase and mark the screw holes inside the bookcase.

So if you have any extra space in the kitchen or any other room and need storage consider getting a generic bookcase many people already have one in the house and turn it into an armoire pantry tv cabinet or anything else you might envision. Adding doors to a bookcase i found this bookcase or cabinet at a garage sale this past week.