Designer cabinet doors on a budget

I made these doors for this old bookshelf. Let’s not talk about how I got these doors hung because I’m no expert in that. But I am an expert in design. So here’s how to make this awesome design on any cabinet doors. Each cabinet door dimension is 66.5”x17.5”

Difficulty	Time	Cost of materials
Medium	2-3 hours	$20 Plywood

What you need

Mitre saw
¼” plywood (2×4 ft board)
Tablesaw or have the hardware store cut down 12 strips to 1.5” x 24”
Wood conditioner
Wood stain
Sander
P220 sandpaper
23 gauge pin nailer
¾” pin nails
Level
Pencil

Build your star

Using your table saw, cut down 3 strips of wood 6” wide
You’re going to be making 8 parallelograms that have a 45° on each side
Set up a stop block by clamping a piece of wood to your mitre saw. This ensures each they will be same size. Mine are 8.5” long each
Set your mitre saw to 45° and make your parallelograms
Sand the edges smooth using p220 sandpaper
Use wood conditioner and stain to give it a Beautiful colour
Find the centerpoint of your cabinet vertically and draw a horizontal line
Now you can start nailing up the pieces using that line as a guide

Cut the strip detailing

Cut plywood strips that are 1.5 inch wide each. You will need 12 strips. I Use my tablesaw to cut these quickly but you can also have the hardware store cut them or use a circular saw
Now cut all your edges to 45° on one side
Sand, wood condition and stain all of them
Lay all your pieces close to your cabinet
Now line up your first piece with the top of your shelf mark to the edge of the outside
Make a straight 90° cut
Use your pin nailer and a level to nail the first strip
Now for the next one below it you will need to use a spacer. I used a ¼ “piece of scrap plywood as my spacer. Butt it right under that strip and then squeeze up your next strip right under it. Ensure the 45° line is continuous and mark at the end where you need to make a 90° cut
Keep doing this for all your pieces until they’re nailed and completed