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Build your kitchen cabinets yourself
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The DIY Kitchen Cabinet Guide
From measuring your room to the final toe kick — plan, design, choose materials and install your own cabinets. Plus a 243-question answer hub and free printable worksheets. Read the guideBuild it yourself — the DIY guide
Search a task, or tap a card — each jumps straight to the answer.Try “assemble”, “level”, “hinges”… results filter as you type.
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AssemblyAssemble a cabinet→Watch the 3-drawer base go together in 3D.
LevelingLevel an uneven floor→Adjustable feet to a level line — no shims.
Wall cabinetsHang uppers solo→The ledger & support trick that frees your hands.
DoorsEven door gaps→Set the reveal with the three-way hinge screws.
Fix itSomething went wrong→Door won't stay shut, screw spins, gap at the wall.MeasureMeasure your kitchen→Three wall heights, diagonals for square.
ChecklistInstall-day checklist→Printable, tick-as-you-go, official order.DesignerUse the 3D planner→Video quick start, then every button and shortcut.DesignerDraw your countertops→Trace, measure, seams and cut-outs, to 1/16″.DesignerDesign it together, live→Invite your contractor in: watch, point, chat and call.SizesStandard cabinet sizes→Every dimension — and how to read B18 or W3030.AppliancesFit the appliances→Hood height, fridge gaps, dishwasher into stone.GlossaryWhat does that word mean?→Reveal, scribe, stile, blind corner — 72 terms.Free tools5 best free design tools→IKEA, Planner 5D, HomeByMe, SketchUp & ours — compared.CountertopsQuartz vs granite vs…→Six countertop materials and how each one fails.CabinetsWhich cabinets to buy→RTA, stock, semi-custom, custom — and framed vs frameless.Mistakes12 layout mistakes→Fridge doors, dishwasher corners, the missing filler.AIAI kitchen design, honestly→What it does well, and where it quietly lies.VoiceDesign it by talking→What the assistant can see, and what it may never decide.PhrasebookWhat to say to her→Five questions that always work, and one habit that fixes the rest.Voice toolsVoice AI, surveyed→Five things called voice design — four can't see your kitchen.Voice commandsTell her to move it→Every command that changes the design, and every refusal.Voice helpWhen she goes quiet→Nine failure modes, the free minutes, and what happens to your voice.ColoursCabinet colours→Five families, undertones, two-tone rules, and why showrooms lie.HardwareKnobs, pulls & where they go→Sizes, placement rules, and the template that saves the door.CornersThe corner problem→Blind, diagonal, carousel or nothing — what each costs in access.IslandsThe island, by the numbers→Clearances, seating overhang, services, and the floor-tape test.Small kitchensSmall kitchen layouts→What to give up, and what those inches buy you back.SinksSink & the cabinet under it→Mounting types, sizing the base, and the holes cut at the shop.LightingKitchen lighting→Under-cabinet, task and ambient — layer by layer.SequenceThe order it gets done in→Every step, why it sits there, and the countertop wait in the middle.WalkthroughAn empty room to a saved plan→One kitchen designed out loud, from the first wall to a name.2020 filesOpen a .kit without 2020→Top view, elevations and the item list from the dealer's file — free, nothing uploaded.PDFEdit & sign a PDF→Sign, note, merge, stamp, brand it — free, nothing uploaded.Next stepWhat should I do next?→Not a language model — the design engine, one step at a time.UnstuckWhy won't this move?→When the software is the problem — and the sentence that finds it.TabletDesigning in the room→A room drawn by voice, a wake word, and what a browser still does better.CeilingCabinets to the ceiling→Taller doors, stacked boxes, or crown — and the gap above.Sink & windowSink off-centre under the window→Where the leftover inches go, in four ways.Hinges & slidesHinges and drawer slides→Overlay, cup bore, soft close, and how slides fail.OrganisersPull-outs, bins & dividers→Sized to the cabinet — decide before you order.PaintingPainting cabinet doors→What holds paint, what peels, and why.RefaceReface or replace?→A ten-minute inspection that settles it.EmissionsWhat is in a cabinet box→Formaldehyde, certifications, and that new smell.Build itBuild your own boxes→Shop dimensions, the 32 mm grid, and what to buy instead.DrawingsReading a cabinet drawing→Plan, elevation, symbols, and the sign-off list.
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