Build Under Sink Cabinet

If you want to install two drawers under one wide cabinet build a single cradle with both drawers sharing one of the cradle sides and the cradle base.

Build under sink cabinet.

Step 1 take appropriate measurements. The room is just under 81 wide and the washer is 36 wide. Shop the best selection of under sink organizers to help with your storage and organization needs. That leaves us with 45 in width for the cabinet.

With fast shipping and everyday low prices view top selling storage and organization solutions for every room in your home. The sink is 42 wide so the cabinet needs to be more than 42 but less than 45 wide so this definitely made it hard to find a cabinet that would work. Use a measuring tape to measure the area under a bathroom sink so you can determine appropriate cabinet height width and breath. Building this unit requires just over half of a standard 4x8 sheet of sanded pine or birch plywood a 23 1 4 inch by 30 3 4 inch piece of 1 4 inch thick plywood for the cabinet back to give the unit structural integrity and a piece of 1x6 cut to 23 1 4 inches in length for the false drawer front.

Under cabinet storage tools and materials. Measure the height 4 inches off the floor to the base of the sink to determine how high the cabinets should be. An adventurous soul might try to build a tilt out drawer in place of the false front for storing small sink related items like sponges and steel wool but the false drawer front is the standard. But if the sink s plumbing runs through the bottom of the cabinet the drawers will have to be shorter.