How to make cabinets like this?

[chriship]

Most of the cabinet videos I've watched show each cabinet as a distinct piece, fixing them together at the sides. If you're using say 18mm ply, this creates a double thick 36mm ply sides at each new cabinet. There is a place called Uncommon Projects which seem to do cabinets with only a single ply side and I'm wondering how they're done. Is it just a much larger cabinet with vertical pieces fitted in? Must make installation a lot trickier no?

Website for reference: https://www.uncommonprojects.co.uk/

 

[Lons]

There are several ways to do that and it's not difficult however the doors have to be accurately inset into the frames otherwise they won't open like the overlay doors usually found on normal kitchen cupboards. There are good reasons for the latter, easier fix, doors can be adjusted and cheaper to make.

The example you show looks very nice but I wouldn't personally want it in a house where kids hang off the doors and drawers. My wife would hate those open shelves which she regards as dust traps.

 

[deema]

Yoi can see the size of the wall mounted cabinets, the run consists of four units, the two main units are larger than conventional. It’s an efficient use of materials, and for me, would take less time to fit than smaller units. It reminds me of the original way kitchens were made / what I’ve seen of American kitchens where a base is built for the counter cabinets and then they are just sat on top of it rather than having adjustable legs. For me it’s a better way to build if your bespoke.

I had a rental property where the family allowed one of the kids to pull a drawer out to stand on it to reach the counter top. After initially repairing it a couple of time and getting annoyed, I sat back and thought about it. I upgraded the drawer runners to take 60Kg and made a top that fitted over the drawer to create a step that also stopped the drawer from retracting. No more issues! A separate booster step in the kitchen for the child would have been a nuisance for the family, but something the size of a large chopping board was easy for them to find a home for when not used. They were very grateful and I no longer had any issues with broken drawers. If you have kids, and making it yourself might be something worth considering.

 

[Fitzroy]

The wall cabinets do have a double thick side, each cabinet is however double width so you have less of these.

The wall cabinets are i think the same, you can see the double thickness on the right hand side between the last cabinet and the tall unit. Other pictures on the website you can see this double thickness on their floor cabinets also, suggesting that they are simply making wider carcasses rather than anything cleverer.

If you wanted that look you could use the same approach as a in frame kitchen using plywood for the exposed frame.

Fitz

 

[niall Y]

I would agree with the others on the way the upper cabinets have been fabricated. One thing that does not appear to be exactly as it seems are the yellow doors on the cabinets.

They are dropped in rather laid on as noted, but they only seem to be set inside one upright, or none at all. This is indicated by some of the shelf contents disappearing behind the doors,

Based on this observation there is also the possibility that these could well be sliding doors, though in some instances one would have to slide the doors both ways to fully access the contents behind.

Also there are no apparent handles on the doors so they could have a 'push to open'. mechanism and be hinged at the top, or one could rely on using the edge/edges of the doors as handles. They would also have to incorporate some form of stay or gas strut to keep them open.

 

[Spectric]

My wife would hate those open shelves which she regards as dust traps.

Just an excuse, the real reason is that with doors you just tidy up and throw everything into a cupboard and shut the door, instant tidyness !

 

[Shavingsnotdust]

I'd put money (if I had any) on those doors being sliding - there are no handles so you just hook a finger round the far end and slide. They look nice, but the more I look the less practical they seem: if I want to be able to see what's on a shelf simple open shelving will do, and if I want to keep the dust out then I need doors which shut fully. I'm also slightly dubious about the height of the top two shelves for which you're going to need to stand on something... As for the carcasses, they definitely have a double thickness side.

 

[Shavingsnotdust]

Just an excuse, the real reason is that with doors you just tidy up and throw everything into a cupboard and shut the door, instant tidyness !

And another thing...if you actually used that hob without an extractor to fry anything you'd get a film of grease build up on every surface to which the dust then sticks, resulting in that gooey finish referred to by a older friend of mine as 'queer tack' (the old-fashioned meaning of the word).

 

[Distinterior]

And another thing...if you actually used that hob without an extractor to fry anything you'd get a film of grease build up on every surface to which the dust then sticks, resulting in that gooey finish referred to by a older friend of mine as 'queer tack' (the old-fashioned meaning of the word).

If you zoom in @Shavingsnotdust , you can see the extractor mounted within the cabinet above the Hob......It does appear to be rather low and close to the Hob surface though...!??

 

[Lons]

Just an excuse, the real reason is that with doors you just tidy up and throw everything into a cupboard and shut the door, instant tidyness !

I'll let you tell her that Roy. I wouldn't want the agro.

 

[HOJ]

fixing them together at the sides. If you're using say 18mm ply, this creates a double thick 36mm ply sides at each new cabinet

Not that difficult, you can still make them as single units, but have a carcass side which is set back from the front edge of the adjacent one, for the door to close onto, for example:




Various ways to deal with the top rail as well.

 

[chriship]

Thanks all. I think you're right @HOJ and thanks for the image.