Cabinetry projects

Cabinetry projects made by contributors to Canadian Woodworking are presented with complete step-by-step instructions, photos with explanatory text, and project drawings and lists.

  • Make a whiskey cabinet

    This whiskey cabinet can store your prized spirits and a few special glasses, and also features extra storage and display areas.

    March 3, 2024
    James Dobson
  • Cabinet pulls

    Make integrated cabinet pulls

    Metal pulls can be obtrusive and take away from an otherwise simple, sleek look. Integrated pulls allow you to keep the lines clean yet still open and close doors and drawers with ease.

    October 6, 2023
    Rob Brown
  • wall cabinet with sliding door

    Build a wall cabinet with a sliding door

    This simple wall cabinet is easy to build, and the single sliding door offers a good opportunity to add colour, texture or another decorative touch.

    May 31, 2021
    Rob Brown
  • Spoon carvers cabinet

    A spoon carver’s toolbox

    It’s important to have a place to store your tools. While this toolbox was specifically designed to hold spoon-carving tools, there’s no reason you couldn’t design it to hold other tools, whether for traveling storage or for shop storage.

    February 28, 2021
    Steve Der-Garabedian
  • shop cabinet

    Custom shop cabinet

    Eliminate bench top clutter for good with a couple of these inexpensive and easy to build shop cabinets.

    January 13, 2021
    Rick Campbell
  • fly tying chest

    Fly-tying chest

    If you're a fly fisherman and a woodworker, there's no better project than a fly-tying chest. With lots of storage for smaller items it will make your fly-tying easier. And mix it up with some colourful woods for drawer fronts, and you have yourself a trophy project.

    February 13, 2020
    Steve Der-Garabedian
  • bathroom vanity

    Build a classic bathroom vanity

    The clean lines on this vanity look great, and it can be adapted to work in almost any bathroom. You can change the width, use a different colour finish, or even change the profile on the doors and drawers to suit your taste.

    December 3, 2019
    David Bedrosian
  • Japanese inspired desk

    Japanese-inspired shop storage

    It’s nice to have at least some of your shop storage solutions look fantastic. This cabinet is inspired by the tansu that have been hand crafted in Japan for centuries.

    May 13, 2017
    Rob Brown
  • Build a pie safe

    If you’re in need of extra storage space, a pie safe may be the missing ingredient. Before refrigeration was commonplace, they were used to keep bugs and insects away from food, but today these traditional pieces can still play an important role in a home.

    September 13, 2012
    Rob Brown
  • Heirloom tool cabinet

    Sure, you can hang all your tools from sheets of pegboard, but that doesn’t do much for the atmosphere of your shop. A wall-hung hand tool cabinet will help organize your tools as well as show off your skills.

    May 13, 2012
    Rob Brown
  • Two-Drawer Cabinet

    Whether it’s for protecting our valuable tools and organizing our shop space or bringing order to a home office or kitchen, we all need a simple space to store our stuff

    March 13, 2011
    Mark Salusbury
  • Router bit cabinet

    Without them your router is an expensive paperweight, so protect your investment in high quality bits by storing them in this elegant wall cabinet. 

    September 13, 2009
    Michael Kampen
  • Recycle centre

    With stories about landfill sites nearing capacity appearing regularly in the news, it’s hard not to be aware of the growing need to divert some of this material by recycling whenever possible. Build this simple rolling recycling station to keep your recyclable material sorted and your garage or utility room tidy.

    March 13, 2008
    Michael Kampen
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