You did such a beautiful job on this! I wasn't even interested in this plan until your brag post caught my eye. I would love to build this but, I'm kind of nervous because it will only be my second build and the instructions don't include the drawer or the doors. Did you use the general instructions for building your doors? I love the color I would use this in my dining room with a drawer, I have a shallow space on one wall that it woud fit perfectly.
Rhonda
It was only my fourth project, so I would not be too frightened about tackling this plan, but the doors were definitely the trickiest part. After I finished building the frame, I built the doors to size using leftover 1x2s and beadboard plywood. I measured the doors so they would leave about 3/16 space between the edge of the door and the window in a full inset. However, I spent approximately one full night confused and frustrated because I bought the wrong hinges. Now that I understand from trial and error the differences between cabinet door/hinge design (I found a webpage describing the differences between inset and overlay hinges here: http://www.rockler.com/articles/understanding-hinges.cfm), if I had to do it over again, I would probably design overlay doors instead of inset doors (which seem to be a little off). If someone else could add more suggestions about building and installing doors, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for the link I will definately read it before I build. I love how everyone shares their experiences here, good and bad!
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