Old Cabinet	New Cabinet South
New Back Bath Cabinet & Bins

As I said in the earlier page, the small South side cabinet was a missed opportunity to improve the usefulness of the overall bathroom.   The old cabinet had flimsy doors with inexpensive hinges, the new doors will have full overlaped, flat panel doors with mitered face frames and concealed hinges.   The old cabinet was built to miss the light switches, didn't include a towel bar, and the internal shelves were too far apart (tall).   I have never liked the switch position in this bath too far from the door (I know the electricains had to nail the box to a stud).   I want to move the switches and include them as part of the new cabinet right near the door facing.   I will also extend the sides down and include a towel bar.   The cabinet will be lower and miss the future door to the fir down storage area.

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Frame pieces (sides and shelves) cut out.

Sides and shelves slotted for biscuits.   Also note the lower front corner is rounded, blind holes drilled for the towel bar and I need to cut the hole in the left side for the switches.

The groove on the left of this shelf is for the bottom of the tilt out bin's front to pivot in.

Support bars are cut and beveled, one goes just above the towel bar and another under the top shelf.   It would also be possible to put one above the tilt out bins.

Tilt out bin fronts, note the bottom (on top) is rounded.

Cabinet in glue clamps.   Note the pair of ClampIts keeping everything square.

A little closer look at the back of the cabinet, you can see the stop blocks at the front (bottom in pic) and under the second shelf up.   On the far side, you can also see the rabbet cut for the back.

Frame assembled.

Support/stop blocks around switch box.   This is what the switch box will mount into.

Support bars being glued just under top and bottom shelves at the back.   The back panel is laying on the bench in the foreground.

Assembled South Cabinet, with back glued in, ready to paint.

Frame and bins first coat of paint.

Tilt bins and towel bar.   You can see the switch box cover on the left.

Please see the Tilt Bins Page for more details on how they're made.

Bins sides, back, and bottom being painted.

Cutting door frame pieces on my new miter sled.   The frames of the doors are made just like the drawer and slider fronts on the Vanity.

Door panels being glued in.

Panels glued in.

Door panels being painted.

Note: Since the panel is 3/16" thick I glued extra strips at both edges on the back, one for hinge the other for handle.

Door handles machined.   For more info on how I make these plese see my page on drawers and handles.

First coat of poly.

Cabinet without doors.

New South cabinet ready to install.

Door open.

One bin open.

Closer look at bin open and switches installed.

New South cabinet sitting on top of the new vanity.