Finishing the Wine Storage Cabinet Portion of My Pantry

There it is! I finished the wine storage cabinet portion of my pantry, and I'm excited to show you the work that went into getting to this point. If you recall, we left off with just the lower cabinet. Well, let me tell you, building the upper cabinet was a breeze - almost as easy as building the lower one.

I built the upper cabinet using the same technique as the lower one: butt joints, glue, nails, and fasteners. I used corner clamps to make sure everything was square before screwing it together. Then, I added two cleats: one across the bottom front to attach the upper cabinet to the lower one, and another across the back at the top to secure the cabinet unit to the wall.

Before priming and painting, everything was sanded and filled to smooth out any imperfections. And, as you can see from my trusty rockbook attachment called the square cheick, I always make sure to square up my cabinets before attaching the backs. This keeps the cabinet square and ensures a proper fit.

Now that we've got our two cabinet portions built, it's time to attach them together. First, I lined everything up to ensure the fronts were flush. Then, I used three screws to drive down through the cleat into the bottom cabinet to secure the two together. This was crucial to get my cabinet level and plumb before attaching it to the wall.

But wait, there's more! Before I could attach the upper cabinet to the lower one, I had to block out some 2 by material to bump it over a little bit on the angled wall. This gave me room to leave some space for a wall treatment that I'll be doing later on.

Now, about my countertop - yes, I scratched it up a bit during the process. Don't worry; I'll fix it eventually. While preparing my face frame stock by running wide pieces of poplar through my thickness liner was important, it's essential to ensure all the material is the same thickness before ripping it down to size. It's much easier to work with thicker stock than thin slices.

To remove any saw marks from my face frames, I ran them through the drum sander in both directions. This helped me achieve a smooth finish and eliminated any rough edges or splinters. Next, I attached the face frame pieces together using a combination square to ensure the same overlay on each inside edge. The glue held everything in place while the nails provided additional support.

For attaching the face rings, I used an 18-gauge nail gun - the glue did most of the work, but the nails helped keep things stable until the glue dried. And let me tell you, there's nothing like spreading some silicone spreader to smoothly apply glue without it dripping all over the place. This trick saved me from having a mess on my hands!

Measuring and cutting each rail individually was a bit of a challenge, but using a block of wood and a hammer helped me shimmy them into place until they were level and flush with the shelf top edge. The wider rail I used is for a future ladder - you can never have too many storage options in my pantry!

Finally, after all that hard work, it was time to sand the entire face frame smooth and fill any remaining holes or imperfections with wood patch. This was the most important step in the whole process - taking care of any blemishes or flaws before painting them away.

Now, with my primer almost dry and only a light sheen left on the grain, I just had to knock it down one last time using this trusty old sanding block. And voila! The painting was done, and we could remove the painter's tape from the countertop. With all that hard work behind us, we can finally put some wine glasses away in our new pantry.

And that's how I finished building my wine storage cabinet portion of my pantry - one step at a time!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enso there it is I finished the uh wine storage cabinet portion of my pantry so I'm going to show you the work that I did to get to this point this week if you recall we left off with just the lower cabinet I built the upper cabinet the same way as I built the lower cabinet butt joints glue nails and fasteners um I used Corner clamps to make sure that everything was Square as I screwed it together then I added two cleats one across the bottom front so that I could attach that upper cabinet to the lower cabinet and one cleat across the back at the top that I would use to secure the cabinet unit to the wall everything was sanded and filled before I primed and painted it and I did sand in between my coats of primer and paint I love this attachment from rockbook called the square cheick it goes on your tape measure and help squaring up your cabinets a lot easier and I always square up my cabinet before I attach the back the back keeps the cabinet Square I'm just nailing this one in place and now it's time to carry the sucker upstairs and get it in place I recruited my daughter Madison to help me with this task an extra pair of hands and some extra muscle comes in very handy especially towards the end of the day when you're getting tired thank you nice now it's time to attach these two cabinet portions together first I lined everything up making sure the fronts were flush then I used three screws to drive down through the cleat into the bottom cabinet to secure the two together I want to make sure my cabinet is level and Plum before I attach it to the wall but before I do that I had to block it out with some 2 by material to bump it out so that I could scoot it over a little bit on that angled wall because I want to leave some room to the left of the face frame for a wall treat that I'm doing later yeah I scratched up my countertop but I'll fix it later I prepped my face frame stock by running wide pieces of popler through my thickness liner I like to make sure all of the material is the same same thickness before I rip it down to size it's easier to run wider pieces through the planer than a bunch of little sticks I planed and ripped a whole bunch of 1 by Two Face Fray material then I ran it all through the drum sander I ran it through in both directions on the face and the edges to remove any saw marks I'm attaching this face frame piece by piece in place I'm using a combination Square to ensure that I have the same overlay on each each Inside Edge I'm using glue and an 18 gauge nail gun to attach the face ring the glue is what does the job the nails just hold the face Fram in place while the glue dries the trick is keeping the glue from dripping all over the place until you get the pieces of face frame in place I find that spreading it with your finger or uh silicone spreader does wonders for smearing it onto the cabinet so it doesn't dry all right and slide I measure and cut each rail individually and then install it I use a block of wood and a hammer To Shimmy it up into place I want to make sure that it's level and flush with the shelf on the top Edge uh this wider rail is for a ladder in my future I sanded the entire face frame I wanted to make sure that the joints were all level and fles and that the face frame was smooth then I used my favorite wood patch and filled all the nail holes and went over the uh joints this is probably the most important step in the whole process this part right here where you're sanding filling holes taking care of any imperfection and blemish that the paint is going to just augment paint it and going it just slap you in the face there's a nail hole so even though I only see a little pinhole I know that as soon as I prime I'm going to see it sometimes I hope oh the primer will fill it but it doesn't so just take the time put some more patch on there and wait again and then standand again M then it's time to Prime and of course while we Prime we must sing that's just how it goes so now that it's primed it's just lightly raised the grain so I'm going to this is a super old sanding block and I'm just knocking it down and it literally only takes that much effort Prime sand paint and then remove the painters tape from the countertop and this baby is done we can put some wine glasses away good thing my shelf is level I'm really happy with how it turned out and I'll see you back here next time with my progress on the pantry see you thenso there it is I finished the uh wine storage cabinet portion of my pantry so I'm going to show you the work that I did to get to this point this week if you recall we left off with just the lower cabinet I built the upper cabinet the same way as I built the lower cabinet butt joints glue nails and fasteners um I used Corner clamps to make sure that everything was Square as I screwed it together then I added two cleats one across the bottom front so that I could attach that upper cabinet to the lower cabinet and one cleat across the back at the top that I would use to secure the cabinet unit to the wall everything was sanded and filled before I primed and painted it and I did sand in between my coats of primer and paint I love this attachment from rockbook called the square cheick it goes on your tape measure and help squaring up your cabinets a lot easier and I always square up my cabinet before I attach the back the back keeps the cabinet Square I'm just nailing this one in place and now it's time to carry the sucker upstairs and get it in place I recruited my daughter Madison to help me with this task an extra pair of hands and some extra muscle comes in very handy especially towards the end of the day when you're getting tired thank you nice now it's time to attach these two cabinet portions together first I lined everything up making sure the fronts were flush then I used three screws to drive down through the cleat into the bottom cabinet to secure the two together I want to make sure my cabinet is level and Plum before I attach it to the wall but before I do that I had to block it out with some 2 by material to bump it out so that I could scoot it over a little bit on that angled wall because I want to leave some room to the left of the face frame for a wall treat that I'm doing later yeah I scratched up my countertop but I'll fix it later I prepped my face frame stock by running wide pieces of popler through my thickness liner I like to make sure all of the material is the same same thickness before I rip it down to size it's easier to run wider pieces through the planer than a bunch of little sticks I planed and ripped a whole bunch of 1 by Two Face Fray material then I ran it all through the drum sander I ran it through in both directions on the face and the edges to remove any saw marks I'm attaching this face frame piece by piece in place I'm using a combination Square to ensure that I have the same overlay on each each Inside Edge I'm using glue and an 18 gauge nail gun to attach the face ring the glue is what does the job the nails just hold the face Fram in place while the glue dries the trick is keeping the glue from dripping all over the place until you get the pieces of face frame in place I find that spreading it with your finger or uh silicone spreader does wonders for smearing it onto the cabinet so it doesn't dry all right and slide I measure and cut each rail individually and then install it I use a block of wood and a hammer To Shimmy it up into place I want to make sure that it's level and flush with the shelf on the top Edge uh this wider rail is for a ladder in my future I sanded the entire face frame I wanted to make sure that the joints were all level and fles and that the face frame was smooth then I used my favorite wood patch and filled all the nail holes and went over the uh joints this is probably the most important step in the whole process this part right here where you're sanding filling holes taking care of any imperfection and blemish that the paint is going to just augment paint it and going it just slap you in the face there's a nail hole so even though I only see a little pinhole I know that as soon as I prime I'm going to see it sometimes I hope oh the primer will fill it but it doesn't so just take the time put some more patch on there and wait again and then standand again M then it's time to Prime and of course while we Prime we must sing that's just how it goes so now that it's primed it's just lightly raised the grain so I'm going to this is a super old sanding block and I'm just knocking it down and it literally only takes that much effort Prime sand paint and then remove the painters tape from the countertop and this baby is done we can put some wine glasses away good thing my shelf is level I'm really happy with how it turned out and I'll see you back here next time with my progress on the pantry see you then\n"