Adding Doors To Metal Shelves

Sliding doors for large shelving units.

Adding doors to metal shelves.

Standard doors dont fit i hoped ikea doors would be the solution but to no avail they were too long. If you can recess the door measure from the inside of your frame. Consider making a pair of doors for shelving units made of real or composite wood. Width from inside edge to inside edge leaving a little space for the hinges.

How do i add glass paneled doors to built in shelves. Any ideas for adding doors that are not going to be too costly. Measure the unit s width including the frame and divide the total in half for the width of each door. This instructable will show you how to build sliding doors for large bookcases.

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. 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. 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. The cheapest doors they had were 600.

Because i needed something that would circulate air flow i knew i wanted to use the radiator metal sheeting i love this stuff. 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. Bottom of the top of your frame to the top of your lowest shelf or the top of your kick plate. I am doing this project myself dh won t assist.

Do the same for shorter shelf segments. Also measure the depth of the recess so you get your door the correct thickness. Gather glasses and bottles of wine liquor and mixers in this boozy bookcase.