Adding Doors To Metal Shelves

I am doing this project myself dh won t assist.

Adding doors to metal shelves.

This instructable will show you how to build sliding doors for large bookcases. I had a pair of ikea pax shelves that i bought a while back and thought i would go back to ikea to get some doors for them. Do the same for shorter shelf segments. Also measure the depth of the recess so you get your door the correct thickness.

Any ideas for adding doors that are not going to be too costly. How do i add glass paneled doors to built in shelves. Consider making a pair of doors for shelving units made of real or composite wood. Because i needed something that would circulate air flow i knew i wanted to use the radiator metal sheeting i love this stuff.

Standard doors dont fit i hoped ikea doors would be the solution but to no avail they were too long. Nicer doors will need to be cut right up to the edge say if you re adding glass to a door. Bottom of the top of your frame to the top of your lowest shelf or the top of your kick plate. Gather glasses and bottles of wine liquor and mixers in this boozy bookcase.

Width from inside edge to inside edge leaving a little space for the hinges. Fedmax metal storage cabinet 71 tall lockable doors and adjustable shelves 70 86 tall x 31 5 w x 15 75 d great steel locker for garage kitchen pantry office and laundry room gray 4 1 out of 5 stars 259. Measure the unit s width including the frame and divide the total in half for the width of each door. Made from 3 8 pvc these wire shelving enclosures are easy to install and can help add privacy durability and security to your wire shelves quickly and easily.

If you can recess the door measure from the inside of your frame. The cheapest doors they had were 600. 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 i like that little detail so i pondered how to modify the bookcases and eventually decided to use my jigsaw to cut mdf trim like this.