DIY swing cabinet. 1000 photos, step by step instructions

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A guide from several examples of how to do do-it-yourself hinged cabinet. What is the advantage of this particular option? Firstly, it’s convenient. It is easier to get clothes when you open the door, you see all things, since you get a complete overview of the wardrobe. Unlike sliding systems, swing doors do not hide one side of the cabinet contents. Secondly, on the swinging doors of the cabinet you can hang accessories, such as bags, scarves, belts and other things.

In the article you will find how to do:

  1. Modular swing cabinet
  2. Double wing cabinet
  3. DIY pencil case
  4. Dressing room with fitted wardrobes
  5. Wall cabinet for wardrobe
  6. Built-in wardrobe in the bedroom
  7. Set of bedroom furniture

 

How to assemble a swing cabinet

how to assemble a swing cabinetThe idea of ​​this project is to show how easy and inexpensive do it yourself. Once you understand how simple it is, and how the cost of producing your own product can be cheaper than buying ready-made built-in modules, you can consider this project for all your bedrooms.

DIY manufacturing cost (not including accessories) compared to the price of the finished design much cheaper, plus you can develop your own design that will meet all your needs.

Accessories You can buy, install them is not a problem. Adding them to the cabinet not only simplifies assembly, but also provides all the latest space-saving features.

 

how to assemble a swing cabinethow to assemble a swing cabinetHow to assemble a cabinet with doors yourself shown below on step by step photosTo find out more, you can use the link under the gallery and go to the site where there is a complete instruction.

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Modular swing cabinet

modular swing cabinetThis wardrobe for bedroom with hinged doorsand made of melamine, a good option in terms of economy, this material is much cheaper than boards covered with natural wood veneer.

Benefits:

  • no special care is needed;
  • cheap and practical.

disadvantages:

  • easy to scratch;
  • poorly tolerates the effects of household chemicals.

The design is quite simple, the author assembled the entire cabinet for five days, working only after lunch. The hardest part of all this is this is planningtherefore, anyone with a basic skill can make this or similar furniture. See assembly procedure below for step-by-step photos.

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Double wing cabinet with shelves

double wing cabinet with shelvesInstallation of built-in cabinets is a fairly simple project, when you have all the dimensions of the parts and the necessary materials. If you doubt your skills to solve a project of this size, you can use this information. Below in the gallery in the drawings shows the assembly order hinged wardrobe for the bedroom.

Use the link and read the detailed instructions. This is the basic built-in cabinet design, which can be changed to any size, and additional components are added as needed. All sections are fastened with wood glue and 3.5 x 40 mm screws. Base supports are optional, but give strength to the design.

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Double-wing wooden cabinet

double-wing wooden cabinetHere is an example how to make simple wooden cabinet with shelvesthat will look great in any room of your home!

Really it is universal design. It fits perfectly into the interior of the living room, dining room or bedroom. Suitable even for the bathroom, if it is, of course, large enough, you can store linen, towels, all that. This cabinet is made with adjustable shelves, but if you want to hang clothes, just instead of shelves, install a bar for hangers and screw the hooks. Basically the whole construction assembled from plywood, but it is at your discretion, can be made from boards, but will cost more. In addition, even from plywood, the cabinet is quite heavy. How to make a cabinet yourself, you can read on the website, the instruction is very long and detailed. There is also a list of tools and necessary materials. A master class see below on step by step photos.

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Here is another similar example, how to make a two-door swing cabinet with do-it-yourself shelves.

two-door hinged cabinet with shelvestwo-door hinged cabinet with shelvesThe dimensions of this cabinet are 185 cm in height, 62 cm in width and 32 cm in depth. Universal design, can be used as a cabinet for the workshop, under the pantry, for clothes. Quite a few options. In addition, the design is easy to modify to increase the size if necessary, to make, for example, the cabinet deeper, and then add drawers. You can also add additional shelves, if you want to. The cabinet is quite versatile and can be customized for any of your needs.

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Double-leaf cabinet drawing

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Double-leaf cabinet 100 photos

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Tricuspid cabinet drawing

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Case a case with a glass door

See how to make practical wardrobe pencil case for bedroom with modern doors!

cupboard pencil case with glass doorcupboard pencil case with glass door Tall and narrow design takes up little space, which is very convenient for a small room.

cupboard pencil case with glass doorYou can make open shelves or with glass doors! Can use as wardrobe in the bedroomwill also look good in the hallway or bathroom.

To make do-it-yourself pencil case, you will need:

  • 2 boards 1x12 245 cm long
  • 1 board 1x12 3 m long
  • 3 bars 1x2 245 cm long
  • 3 boards 1x4 245 cm long
  • Hinges or mount for the front frame.
  • Acrylic glass, nails, sandpaper, glue, primer.
  • Mirror clips

How to make a cabinet, you can read in a small but specific instruction on the site, a link under the gallery.

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Wardrobe pencil case drawing

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DIY wardrobe room

DIY dressing roomIn principle, this is not even a closet, but a small room in the bedroom, like a pantry. Since bedrooms usually have a built-in wardrobe, they look natural and simply form part of the room. But not always, in this case it was just a big room, as you see in the photo. If you have a similar situation, you can make a dressing room with fitted wardrobes do-it-yourself bedroom, that is, a small room made of drywall. Of course, there are different options, for example, for a narrow space it would be more suitable built-in wardrobe, but in this case it’s more practical to build such a closet. There will simply be more space.
The main work is to make walls and hold lighting, if you have never done such work, it is more practical to invite a master. And the arrangement of the cabinet can be done by yourself. The system of shelves, rods for hangers, hooks, all this can be done at your discretion. In this case, this built-in closet was planned for kids roomTherefore, the design is appropriate. Of course, the instructions and step-by-step photos are not very detailed, but you can consider this option just as an example for inspiration.

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How to make wardrobe shelves

how to make wardrobe shelvesThis wardrobe in the dressing room approximately 150 by 180 cm and ceilings 245 cm high.

Obviously, all these sizes will differ based on the size of your closet and which shelves you want to make. Here you can read some recommendationsthat helped in the manufacture of shelves specifically for this cabinet, but ultimately you decide what is best for your things.

how to make wardrobe shelvesThese shelves have a depth of 30 cm, but probably 35 cm will be better. From the materials you need 2 sheets of MDF and 7 boards of 2.5 m each.

how to make wardrobe shelveshow to make wardrobe shelvesHere instead of plywood used MDFIt’s cheaper and looks just as good (sometimes better) if painted.

The first thing to do is to cut the vertical parts. With these cabinet sizes, these will be blanks of 30 by 245 cm, we needed six of these pieces - three for each side. (One vertical part goes against each wall and one vertical part in the center, for each side of the cabinet.)

Read more about all the nuances of manufacturing and installing shelves for the cabinet on the author’s website. Below you can see drawings and step-by-step photos of how these shelves were installed.

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Here is another example how to install corner shelves in a built-in cabinet for clothes in the dressing room do-it-yourself.

how to install corner shelves in a built-in wardrobehow to install corner shelves in a built-in wardrobe Step-by-step photos show individual moments, but you’re better off. read the description of the process on the site author, there all stages are disclosed in more detail.

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Wall cabinet for wardrobe

wall-mounted wardrobeAn interesting solution if you need an incomplete floor-to-ceiling cabinet. It shows how to design and make set of three cabinets in blocks for two sides.

wall-mounted wardrobeThis is convenient if you need free space on the floor, and vacuuming is, of course, easier. Decision to make wall cabinetsfixed from above to a certain height from the floor. It is clear that each interior cabinet design will be different, so if you decide to make a similar DIY wardrobemost likely you will have to resize it to suit your needs. In this case, these are two hanging cabinets with two shelves and two crossbars for hangers, and the middle section with one low bar and three shelves.

wall-mounted wardrobeCabinet assembly. Since the cabinets will be installed side by side and nothing can be seen from the outside, everything can be assembled using glue and screws. Pre-drill all the holes to ensure the exact location of the holes for the screws, and assemble the body in parts using screws and glue.

prompt: Use two screws at the end to install the two side panels at the top for assembly. Because it is very difficult to hold the panel and the shelf together, align them in a square and rotate the screw through two hands, it will be very useful here dado and clamps. Before mounting on the adhesive, measure the angles diagonally to make sure that the cabinet is square.
Uniform mounting of suspension rod brackets is a bit more complicated and requires clamping device.

How to make a wall cabinet for clothes, see below for step-by-step photos.

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Wardrobe with walk-in closet

wardrobe in the dressing room with shelvesSee an example of how to make simple do-it-yourself wooden cabinet with open shelves for the dressing room.

For this cabinet you will need:

  • Plywood 1/2 (1)
  • Plywood 3/4 (2)
  • 5 and 8 cm screws
  • Drill
  • Sandpaper for wood
  • Lacquer
  • Metal rod 1/2

The first thing to do is cabinet baseconsisting of several racks and grounds. For supports, strips of wood 5 cm wide were used.

If you are interested, small instructions can be read on the website.

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DIY dressing room drawing

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Do-it-yourself wardrobe in the bedroom

do-it-yourself wardrobe in the bedroomSo, from this walkthrough you will learn how to do do-it-yourself wardrobe in the bedroom. To implement this slightly unusual, or rather, non-standard project, the author took 26 days. The entire assembly is made of plywood with laminate. This takes a lot of time, usually the laminate is used on top of other finishes, as it is more durable. The surface covered with the laminate is waterproof, so the effect of moisture in the environment does not create any problems in the assembly. One of the main problems was that none of the shelves not absolutely direct. You can read about all these nuances in a very detailed instruction on the site, the link is under the gallery. In addition, the author of this project did detailed step by step photos, 132 photographs show the entire process in full detail, so it will not be difficult to figure it out.

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Built-in swing cabinet drawing

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Oak bedroom furniture

oak bedroom furnitureInstructions from eighty step-by-step photos, how to make bedroom furniture set. This includes three classic fitted wardrobes with doors, a bed, a round table on one leg, two soft chairs and a bedsidea drawer with drawers. Wardrobes and bed are made of oak boards and plywood. Furniture designed and made in Marko studio, detailed instructions with a description of the process, recommendations and interesting details can be read on the site.

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Wooden cabinet with doors

wooden cabinet with doorsThis beautiful cabinet with upper glass doors and a high crown was made to order at Marko Studio. You can look at the process of professional work of masters at step-by-step photos in the gallery, where all stages of manufacturing and assembly of a structure are shown in detail.

If you decide to make such a cabinet with your own hands, there is a studio website detailed instructions, find the link below under the photos.

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How to make a bedroom furniture set

how to make a bedroom furniture setThis is not an easy project. The set includes two cabinets with shelves and drawers, a desk, a bed, a chest of drawers. The furniture was custom made in workshop Marko Studio on professional equipment. But if you have experience in carpentry and you plan to make a cabinet or other DIY home furnitureThis master with very detailed step-by-step photos can come in handy. You can also read the description of the process on the site; useful tips and tricks.

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Made by Marko Studio

Wardrobe for a bedroom

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Corner swing cabinet drawing

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Swing cabinet sketches

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Drawer Drawings

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