Adding Doors To Metal Shelves

Consider making a pair of doors for shelving units made of real or composite wood.

Adding doors to metal shelves.

Gather glasses and bottles of wine liquor and mixers in this boozy bookcase. How do i add glass paneled doors to built in shelves. Nicer doors will need to be cut right up to the edge say if you re adding glass to a door. Any ideas for adding doors that are not going to be too costly.

This instructable will show you how to build sliding doors for large bookcases. Measure the unit s width including the frame and divide the total in half for the width of each door. Also measure the depth of the recess so you get your door the correct thickness. 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.

Bottom of the top of your frame to the top of your lowest shelf or the top of your kick plate. 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. Do the same for shorter shelf segments. It s not cheap but i was able to get two doors out of one sheet and only had four doors.

Make nonparallel 45 degree miter cuts to the short ends of one of the extra shelves and angle it inside the bookcase using screws to secure one end to the middle shelf and the other to the unit s side. Standard doors dont fit i hoped ikea doors would be the solution but to no avail they were too long. I am doing this project myself dh won t assist. Width from inside edge to inside edge leaving a little space for the hinges.

Because i needed something that would circulate air flow i knew i wanted to use the radiator metal sheeting i love this stuff. 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.