r/cabinetry

Everything new except left the shell the same. Should i replace the floating shelves with cabinets?

Been wanting to try making a slab/fo-shaker door for awhile not sure if there’s a real name? I’ve never seen it before but I’m pretty happy with how it turned out 🙌

Remodeled my laundry room and entry way off the garage including cabinets to match some cubbies I built last year (last picture). Cabinets are all birch plywood and poplar face frames. Did all the work myself outside of installing the quartz and building the cabinet doors as I don’t have the tools or the time.

The filler piece at the top wasn’t quite long enough. It needed to be 96.5”, and I ended up doing this weird termination. Now I’m wondering if I should attempt to extend the piece with a mitered extension and just blending it in with the color matched touch up pen. Or should I just leave it alone?

The filler piece is a removable panel to access mechanicals above the cabinets.

Cabinet was built together but I want to remove the right side so the dishwasher does not stick out as much, any suggestions if it will be too difficult or a pain in the ass?

EDIT - The sink will be centred to the window. This is just a draft, not sure why it was like that. We are just mindful of the hourly billing by designer. 😅

Do we go single cubboard between the window and range and potentially single cupboard to the right of range to give some more berth for a larger range than the stove top?

First off not my work, pictures others posted on social media. When you have “upper” cabinets resting on countertops do you put backs in or painting the wall to match?

If you do put in a back is it free floating at the bottom?

The cabinets I have built in the past always had doors so I would just build them like an upper cabinet with a bottom that has a groove for a back with nailers behind that, but since I want to see the countertop I have been trying to figure out the best way to secure the bottom part of the back panel. Also if there isn’t a back how are the sides kept from moving around? I was thinking of securing from the underside or having some space between the cabinets that I could have a little sleeper piece fastened to the countertop and then attach the sides to it.

I’m designing a freestanding cabinet that, when closed, should look like a compact solid volume, roughly 60 × 60 cm, with all sides visually closed.

When opened, the different box elements should unfold and become aligned next to each other, almost like a flat panel, revealing the entire interior of the cabinet, as shown in my sketch.

I’m currently trying to understand the best mechanical system to achieve this transformation from closed → fully open. I was looking at cantilever toolbox linkages, articulated arms, four-bar linkages, telescopic mechanisms, etc., but I’m not sure what type of linkage would allow the boxes to follow the required trajectory and end up completely aligned.

Does anyone know a specific hinge, linkage mechanism, articulated arm system, or existing reference that could achieve this kind of movement?

All the cabinets in my new place are sticky.

I’ve used soap and water to get a lot of the grime on them from the previous owners, but they are still sticky. Some spots, like in the second photo look like scratches but they are from a clean microfibre cloth.

Customer did an AI render for potential cabinetry in TV alcove. The render though doesn't suit the angle they'll want to have the TV at and the cabinets will need to come out further. The render also hallucinated a bit with the shape of the wall on the left. I have a top down drawing with dimensions in cm attached. Also a photo of the room as it currently is, which should give an idea of how far out they will want the TV to sit. They were not keen on mounting the TV to a bracket. Even if they were it would have to be one of those extra large swivels to get the right angle. These can be ugly and prevent the TV from being centred properly and I tend to avoid them as best I can.

Has anyone any good examples of similar setups they could share? Or any good ideas on how to tackle this somewhat awkward space?

At the minute I'm feeling the best thing would just be a straight line of cabinets running across. But angled to match the TV viewing angle. Avoiding any kind of L shape or corner cabinets if that makes sense?

I really appreciate any suggestions. Unfortunately previous injuries prevent me from sitting at a computer for any period of time and drawing up detailed sketches in CAD. So it's always fun then trying to communicate ideas to potential customers!

How much of a hassle would it be to remove these uppers with panel board on the other side? Reasonable DIY or should I contract out?