Okay. Here’s the status on the bathroom cabinet doors:
The first door I made–a few weeks ago–fit perfectly, however, the other doors were not square; the frame itself was not square; so, I ended up taking all of the doors apart and starting over. The first thing we did was square up the frame. Since only one part of the frame was out by 1/8″, we moved it over by tapping it with a hammer and a scrap piece of wood (so we would not damage the frame) to even it up.
Once that was done, I tore apart my old doors by cutting along the joints where they were glued together. By doing this, I was able to reuse the stiles on the old doors, as the rails on the new ones.
Broken-down doors
This time I built the doors differently. I used an excellent tutorial by the very talented Sandra at Sawdust and Paper Scraps. You really should check out her blog–she is amazing and her blog is a constant go-to resource of mine. Thanks, Sandra!
My first attempt at the doors, I made the cuts at a 45 degree angle. Very much like a picture frame. This time around, I went with a traditional 90 degree cut. Like I said, I used the stiles from the old doors as the rails for the new doors. I cut new stiles out of new stock.
Then I had to router the new stiles so the panel could fit. When routing the ends of the rails, I secured it against a larger piece of scrap wood with a clamp to keep it even, and to keep it from getting sucked into the router blade.
Then, I cut some very small pieces out of a furring strip. These will be used to join the rails and stiles together.
This is where the small furring strips go:
Since our garage is jammed full of motorcycles, lawn equipment, and all kinds of junk, I don’t have room for a proper work table. Which is why I am using the top of a freezer to assemble my doors.
Once everything was joined together and squared up, it was time to clamp them up to dry.
Once the glue had enough time to dry, I could dry fit the door.
As of this post, I have completed two doors. Now I’m off to make the other two. Hopefully this project is coming to an end. I have so many other things I want to tackle, and I’m really tired of this bathroom reno…
UPDATE: All four doors are done! Tomorrow we dry fit, hang, and paint.
Is this load bearing? 
Good for you and you salvaged some of the old doors.
Always a good thing! No trips to Home Depot today!
One thing always leads to another, doesn’t it! Good luck with the reno, and here is to hoping that you can start tackling some new things soon.
It certainly does! I guess there is always a learning curve when trying something new, but I am really burned out on these cabinets!
It is funny you mentioned no trips to Home Depot. My husband, the licensed plumber, cannot do a plumbing project in the house without going to Home Depot at least three times a day! Me, I am the planner and will always see to it that I will have the stuff I need first. Him, he buys it AS he needs it.
LOL! I know what you mean!
Once, (over 25 years ago) we changed a faucet in the kitchen of our first home… it didn’t fit the sink holes. So, we bought a new sink to upgrade and make the faucet fit… it didn’t fit into the counter hole. So we decided we wanted tile. While we were at it we removed the breakfast bar to place the dishwasher next to the sink, and thereby get rid of the dead space in the corner… by the time we were done, we had completely redone the kitchen. Well that is with the exception of the big hole in the vinyl flooring where the breakfast bar and DW used to be. We had run out of money. Sad to say, but we lived with that hole for many years.
You seem to have it very together and you’re doing an impressive job! ~ Lynda
Isn’t it funny how a simple job can turn into something much more? Speaking of vinyl flooring, of all of the projects my husband and I have tackled in 18 years of marriage, installing vinyl flooring is the one thing we said we will never do again! And we haven’t–we leave that to the pros!
SWEET! Sorry to hear you had to cut your first doors apart and start over but glad they worked out the second time. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to start over on things too. We’re human.
Thanks, Sandra! Your tutorial came in very handy! Now its on to tackle the hinges.