Sawdust Girl® https://sawdustgirl.com Renovation, cabinet building and woodworking plans and tutorials. Build like a Girl® Sat, 01 Jan 2022 16:33:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://sawdustgirl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/cropped-SG-site-icon-32x32.jpg Sawdust Girl® https://sawdustgirl.com 32 32 How to Make a Storage Bench and Cabinets for Your Side Entry https://sawdustgirl.com/mudroom-storage-bench-and-cabinets/ https://sawdustgirl.com/mudroom-storage-bench-and-cabinets/#comments Sun, 12 Sep 2021 21:22:00 +0000 http://sawdustgirl.com/?p=20288 As you know, I’ve been working on getting my house ready to sell. For one of my most recent projects, I built a storage and upper cabinets in my side entry. I plan to add drawers under the bench at some point to hold shoes but, for now, baskets will do. I also plan to add ... Read More about How to Make a Storage Bench and Cabinets for Your Side Entry

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]]> https://sawdustgirl.com/mudroom-storage-bench-and-cabinets/feed/ 12 Choosing Cabinet Door Hinges https://sawdustgirl.com/choosing-cabinet-door-hinges/ https://sawdustgirl.com/choosing-cabinet-door-hinges/#comments Sun, 08 Dec 2019 12:00:32 +0000 http://sawdustgirl.com/?p=10944 There are a lot of factors in choosing the right cabinet door hinges. The type of cabinet and door being at the top of the list. Followed closely by the type, style, and function of the cabinet hinge. With as many options as there are available, there’s surely a hinge that will work for every possible ... Read More about Choosing Cabinet Door Hinges

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]]> https://sawdustgirl.com/choosing-cabinet-door-hinges/feed/ 55 How to Hang a Cabinet using a French Cleat https://sawdustgirl.com/how-to-hang-a-cabinet-using-a-french-cleat/ https://sawdustgirl.com/how-to-hang-a-cabinet-using-a-french-cleat/#comments Tue, 28 May 2019 16:50:29 +0000 http://sawdustgirl.com/?p=19514 Using a French cleat is probably the easiest way to hang a cabinet on the wall when working alone.  You secure one half of the cleat to the wall and the other to the cabinet and then simply set the cabinet onto the cleat.  Done!  It is as simple as that — but I have a few ... Read More about How to Hang a Cabinet using a French Cleat

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]]> https://sawdustgirl.com/how-to-hang-a-cabinet-using-a-french-cleat/feed/ 29 How to Paint Plywood Edges https://sawdustgirl.com/how-to-paint-plywood-edges/ https://sawdustgirl.com/how-to-paint-plywood-edges/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2019 12:00:47 +0000 https://sawdustgirl.com/?p=35649 Previously I shared a post about how to paint MDF and get smooth edges. I wanted share a tutorial for painting plywood too. If you build with plywood with the intention of staining or clear-coating it, you would use edge banding. However, when painting plywood, edge banding is not necessary. You can get a beautiful ... Read More about How to Paint Plywood Edges

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]]> https://sawdustgirl.com/how-to-paint-plywood-edges/feed/ 25 How to build and attach a cabinet faceframe https://sawdustgirl.com/how-to-build-and-attach-a-cabinet-faceframe/ https://sawdustgirl.com/how-to-build-and-attach-a-cabinet-faceframe/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:50:46 +0000 http://sawdustgirl.com/?p=16683 In the last posts I explained three methods for building cabinets and basic techniques for cabinet building.  This post applies to building and attaching a cabinet face frame which is the next step to building a cabinet.  There are several methods I use to ATTACH the face frame but I generally always BUILD the face frame ... Read More about How to build and attach a cabinet faceframe

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