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This is the first time I've posted a project here in years!
I just finished installing a cedar-lined cabinet that I made for our closet, which is barely big enough to qualify as "walk-in."
The carcass is made from melamine, for the lining, back and doors I used 1/4" cedar plywood which I was able to get locally. It was the right choice for the back but for the lining the planks you can get at home centers may have been a better choice. The plywood was quite expensive and it's only cedar on one side. Fitting the big pieces inside was tricky.
The cabinet is 43"w x 80" high x 24" deep. I had to carry it in pieces up to the second floor for assembly, and then it took my two adult sons and me to get it into the closet, it barely fit. The carcass took most of two full sheets of melamine so it probably weighs close to 200 lbs.
There are only doors on one side because it's going in a blind corner, so it has a panel on the right and doors on the left. The panel and doors are the same construction, both are Shaker style. For the stiles, rails and trim I bought aromatic cedar boards as rough lumber, planed them and then cut to size. The panels are the same 1/4" cedar plywood as the lining. Construction is very simple with a 1/4" dado on all four edges of the frame and a 1/4" tenon on the rails. Assembling the right panel, which is almost 7' long and four panels, was a bit of a trick.
Note that the panels were all cut from single piece of plywood and the grain is continuous across the face.
I just finished installing a cedar-lined cabinet that I made for our closet, which is barely big enough to qualify as "walk-in."
The carcass is made from melamine, for the lining, back and doors I used 1/4" cedar plywood which I was able to get locally. It was the right choice for the back but for the lining the planks you can get at home centers may have been a better choice. The plywood was quite expensive and it's only cedar on one side. Fitting the big pieces inside was tricky.
The cabinet is 43"w x 80" high x 24" deep. I had to carry it in pieces up to the second floor for assembly, and then it took my two adult sons and me to get it into the closet, it barely fit. The carcass took most of two full sheets of melamine so it probably weighs close to 200 lbs.
There are only doors on one side because it's going in a blind corner, so it has a panel on the right and doors on the left. The panel and doors are the same construction, both are Shaker style. For the stiles, rails and trim I bought aromatic cedar boards as rough lumber, planed them and then cut to size. The panels are the same 1/4" cedar plywood as the lining. Construction is very simple with a 1/4" dado on all four edges of the frame and a 1/4" tenon on the rails. Assembling the right panel, which is almost 7' long and four panels, was a bit of a trick.
Note that the panels were all cut from single piece of plywood and the grain is continuous across the face.
Loring in Katy, TX USA
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