Build Under Cabinet Drawers

How to build under cabinet drawers and increase storage maximize every inch of your home with this diy that will only cost you a few hours and a few hundred bucks.

Build under cabinet drawers.

Shallower than those dimensions. Because the drawer front drops about an inch below the drawer you ll have a built in lip on the underside for a finger pull. Build the drawer box using wood glue and 1 pocket hole screws keeping all the sides square. Use a corner assembly square for this or a corner clamp.

Narrower and 1 4 in. Glue and nail a plywood base cut to size of the drawer box. Just nail them together photo 2. I m betting you can as well.

We ll be using 1 2 cabinet grade plywood for all parts of these drawers including the bottoms. If you want to install two drawers under one wide cabinet build a single cradle with both drawers sharing one of the cradle sides and the cradle base. If you re using finish nails rather than a nail gun predrill so you don t split the plywood parts. Measure the cavity under the cabinet and cut a piece of 1 4 in.

To sidestep that precision work build each drawer first and then build a cradle around it. Learn how to build kitchen cabinets and install the drawers using drawer slides. I know i can always use extra storage. Our drawers are as easy as they get.

Build the drawer frame. You won t need any drawer pulls. Let s stick with those since it makes sizing your drawer super easy too. Most traditional side mounted drawer slides require 1 2 clearance on each side of the drawer.

This is the drawer box base.