in the corner and lost for years if we don't fix it I'm afraid we're gonna lose
something more than a pizza loving Elmo
we might actually lose a kid back there but after removing all the clothes in
the junk it was time to get these wire shelves out you might want to just start
ripping these out but don't do that if you do that you're gonna leave big holes
in the wall believe me I've done it before but there's a simple trick to
pulling these out that's gonna make it go really smoothly and you'll just have
a small hole to fill if your closet has a vertical support like this one you'll
need to remove that first by unscrewing the clips now the shelves are attached
to the wall my series of clips and brackets start by removing the angled
supports below and here's the trick for easy removal use a pair of pliers to
grip the nail head and pull it out and then you can do the same thing to the
wall anchor and since the nail isn't there expanding it anymore it'll come
out cleanly remove any clips that are screwed into the stud and then you
should just be left with the open J style clips along the back and you can
pop the wire shelving out of these clips with a few quick pulls or with a mallet
now these J clips are a little trickier since you can't just grab the nail head
so use a putty knife or a screwdriver to pry the nail out of the recess first
then you can go ahead and grab the nail and remove the wall anchors just like
before and this method works really well and it just takes a little patching and
sanding to get the wall prepped afterwards and I didn't show the in
brackets because those are very easy to remove they're similar to the angled
supports below with a blank slate I grab some plywood from the store and I
started building I'll talk more about the plywood selection in just a bit
though I broke down the large sheets to make them more manageable using my track
saw and some rigid foam insulation on top of my table saw in the new outfeed
table and you could continue making all the cuts with a circular saw but using a
table saw if you have one is going to be way easier
now the first piece that I'm building is the base of the center unit which will
have four drawers and be like a small dresser I cut the parts for the carcass
and then I took the sides of my bench for some notches
I made the layout lines for a toe kick on the front of the dresser and instead
of having to cut out and remove the baseboards I'll cut a notch in the back
to go around the baseboards at the bottom the cabinet will rest right above
both of these cutouts so won't have to be modified a jig saw makes quick work
of the toe kick one thing to note though when you're cutting tight curves of the
jigsaw it helps to have a nice thin blade I started off with this larger
blade and it couldn't make the turn on that first notch I cut when I switched
over to this thin one and it worked way better I'll have a link to this as well
as all the things that I used today down below in the description the sides are
joined by the bottom and four supports which will also help to attach to the
top and secure the cabinet to the wall I cut the parts to size and then I went
over to the bench for some more joinery I'm using pocket holes for the cabinet
for quick sturdy joints and I finally upgraded my old K4 to this k5 jig it
is definitely faster to use in more convenient with that front lever versus
the rear one I mentioned the new outfeed table earlier and I got to take
advantage of the extra width that I built into it now assembling on my
mobile workbench wouldn't work because it was just too skinny but the new
outfeed table worked great because of the extra width I gave it I secured the
bottom with pocket screws and then I flipped the cabinet over and I secured
the top supports as well using large clamps to hold everything tight the back
supports got attached to the sides and I also put two screws through the top and
the bottom to hold them in place as well now this prevents any bowing and
separation when I'm gonna be securing it to the wall I pulled the carcass off the
table and I started in on the drawers for the cabinet and we decided to go
with four medium sized drawers which would be perfect for folded pants shorts
or scooby-doo theme tighty whities which were all my jam in the eighties but
underoos were pretty sweet too I cut the parts to size to account for
the full extension drawer slides that I'll be using I've got a whole video
showing how I size and I make these simple drawers if you want some more
details on that now the drawers go together with pocket
screws which will hold well into the three-quarter inch plywood
these drawers here I wanted to show you real quick the plywood that I'm using
this is 3/4 inch radiata pine I was at Home Depot and I was looking at the
different types of plywood and you might be confused when you're looking at those
there's all the way up to like 55 bucks and I think this one was close to 27 or
29 I'll have that right down here dollars and basically you can get away
with the cheaper stuff because I'm gonna be painting this so if you're gonna be
staining it you're gonna have to go up higher on that scale of the plywood for
this project I need three sheets of 3/4 inch plywood from mine and saving $20 a
sheet is gonna save me 60 bucks overall and that is a huge savings so remember
that when you're buying plywood if you're going to be painting it you can
go more towards that cheaper option get the same apply or even the radiata pine
like I did look for some good sheets that don't have a lot of warp to them or
flat if you can find them you'll be saving some money and you can invest
that in drawer slides or other hardware for the project after the boxes were
together I cut four drawer bottoms from quarter-inch plywood I glued and nailed
the bottoms in place and this makes the drawer even stronger as it locks
everything together I finished out each drawer by routing a 45 degree chamfer on
the edges of the bottom this hides that quarter-inch plywood bottom when viewed
from the side and gives it a floating panel look now before installing the
drawers I went ahead and put a couple coats of white paint on the first
several inches of the inside of the cabinet which is all you're ever gonna
see when it's in use and after the paint was dried I installed the full extension
slides using a small spacer for the bottom slide after that one was in I
used an offcut of the drawer parts to space the rest of the slides and
I attached them up on both sides with the slides in place I could put the drawers
in and attach them to the slides right there in the cabinet and I prefer this
method of installing the drawers but you could also use a drawer slide jig to put
them in as well if you're more comfortable with that but if you want
all the measurements for these drawers in the entire unit I do have plans
available you can check the link down below in the description and get custom
cut diagrams parts lists and step-by-step instructions to help you
along the way next I cut the drawer fronts to go on the outside of the boxes
and the top for the cabinet I'm using a plywood top with a solid wood trim on
the front to give it a more custom look I use the panel to mark the length of
the trim and then I cut it to size to fit
I attach the trim with pocket screws but you could also glue and nail it in place
as well now before moving to the hutch I put a coat of paint on the cabinet in
the top so it could be drying why I build the rest now the hutch is just
under four feet tall so I cut a full length section in half with my track saw
then I rip the sides down hmm hi yes table saws work much better with
the blade above the table while I was cutting the sides I also went ahead and
rough cut the parts for the top the back supports and the three adjustable
shelves that will go in the hutch and then I pulled out Fred to cut all the
parts to final length now since the sides are so long I
couldn't use a stop block or the fence on my table saw so instead I stacked
them together and I flushed up the end opposite of the blade now I could cut
both parts at once based upon the mark on the top panel and this gives me two
identical pieces you could do the same thing gang cutting with a circular saw
as well I cut the top and the shelves to final size as well and they ended up
just longer than my sled so I had to mark them and cut them as well instead
of using the stop block the supports for the back of the hutch are similar to the
ones for the cabinet they'll be attached with pocket holes along with the top
piece these will be facing the top or the back of the closet so you don't have
to worry about plugging any of these pocket holes since they won't be seen
now you could make thick shells for the hutch but I prefer adjustable shelves
because you never know when you might want to adjust that shelf just an inch
and a quarter higher but honestly I'll put these in place and then never move
them again let me know in the comments do you actually move adjustable shelves
or you kind of like me and want the flexibility for peace of mind but never
use it now after drilling the Shelf pin holes I painted the sides in the top
before assembly and it's way easier to roll the parts as panels versus working
into brushing into corners and when they were dry I clamped the top between the
sides and I secured it with pocket screws and because the paint wasn't
fully cured just yet I used wax paper between the sides and the clamp heads
now this keeps the Klan's from sticking to the sides under pressure or embedding
any small wood chips into the soft finish I added one back support to the
top of the hutch securing it to the top panel as well
and I put another one right there at the bottom you know the way to the hutch is
gonna transfer to the base cabinet but you still want to secure it tightly to
the wall with these pieces and next I wanted to add a little visual heft to
the hutch so I grabbed some more of the poplar trim that I had before to make
some face frames I'm gonna be using this inch and a half hardwood to finish off
the front of the hutch it's really gonna give it a nice feel it's gonna make it
look more substantial and just really be nice if you don't want to do that route
you could also just edge band this or paint right over it if you don't want to
use any solid edge wood you can do that too and it's gonna look fine
I cut the top trim so it over hung on each side then I attached it to the
hutch with glue and some me nails and then I used a long piece of trim and I
marked it and cut it to length to fit beside the hutch
I used a combination square to measure and set the distance between the top
trim piece and the side panel then I could use that set up to evenly spaced
the trim all down the length of the panel just put in the combination square
and place on the side I repeated the process on the other side attaching it
again with glue and my nailer now the nails do leave a little divot so I
filled those with wood putty and then I came back and painted the trim to match
the hutch and next I switched back to finishing up the cabinet now the top
gets attached from underneath and then I could mount the drawer fronts I drilled
the holes for the hardware that I'll be using and these holes will let me easily
space and mount the fronts as well typically I start from the bottom but
since that top trim is flush I want to make sure that I got the reveal line at
the top right and then work down from there I used an eighth of an inch spacer
on the top of the drawer front and then I screwed that front to the drawer box
temporarily with some pocket screws now with it held in place I could open the
drawer without the front moving and then permanently secure it from the inside
through those holes that I drilled earlier in the drawer box I had to
finish it off I remove the front screws drilled all the way through the drawer
box and installed the drawer poles in those holes this is by far my favorite
method of installing drawer fronts and lets you hone in on those perfect
reveals without a lot of fuss and in just a few minutes I had all the
hardware attached in the cabinet was done now the last part of the organizer
system was the shelves and supports to hold them as well as hold the closed
rods I cut the pieces to rough size and then
got to painting all right before taking this upstairs I put the hutch up here
just to see how it looked and I realize that I have a small issue that I didn't
consider and that's this front here so I'm gonna be attached to the wall in the
back through these cleats but on the bottom here there's no support to hold
this from moving and I don't really have a way to screw it in from underneath
because of the sides so what I'm gonna do is get a dowel and I'm going to drill
into the top as well as into the bottom of this upper side here and have that
for just a reference pin basically so that if it gets bumped it's not gonna
move all around I flushed up the hutch with the back and the side of the
cabinet where it would be when it's installed and then I put tape on each
piece and I drew a line across these pieces on each side this will help align
the holes accurately and then I measured in 3/8 of an inch and I drilled a hole
for the dowel pin using a piece of blue tape to let me know how deep to drill
the key when drilling the holes and the cabinet in the hutch is trying to get
them as straight as possible and if they are tilted in any direction then it'll
throw off the alignment or possibly even not make them fit at all I used a small
square to check the progress of the hole to make sure I was going true but if you
do get off a bit you can always widen the hole or worst case plug it and read
drill it this worked really well though and it gave the front of the hutch that
support that it needed so it wouldn't move around if it was ever bumped so I
finally made my way upstairs to install this inner console and while I'm
anchoring it to the wall I'm gonna fix this squeaky closet hinge that I found
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check them out I think you're gonna find something that you could use in your
shop or household now the bass cabinet went in fairly smoothly other than
having two used wall anchors because apparently 32 inch on center studs is
the thing in this closet but the hutch was a little bit of
another story there was a sizable hump in the wall right in the middle of the
hutch on the right side I used a compass to match the largest
gap between the wall and the hutch and then I ran it along the edge of the
entire length of the side to show where I needed to remove material then I took
the hutch down to the shop when I sanded to the line with my belt sander and when
I brought it back upstairs it wasn't a perfect fit but it was good enough to
line up those down pinholes and be sure it was flushed to the back wall after
leveling the unit I secured the hutch to the wall again using wall anchors and
from there I could attach the upper and lower shelves using a cleat on the hutch
back wall and side wall I made the top shelf flush with the top of the hutch
for a continuous upper shelf for some long-term storage I also went with two
Bay's of short hanging on each side of the hutch since my son doesn't need any
long hanging right now but you could easily remove the lower shelf on one
side and use that side for upper long hanging and have a shoe rack or just
other shelves and bins below it I installed some brackets to hold the
metal rods and then I cut the metal rods to size and put those in place after
installing the center shelves Susan decorated it for some Beauty shots and
we were in business this thing was looking great this is the last time it's
ever going to look this nice we're doing it larger closet and renovation soon and
the videos gonna be right there when it goes live but if you want to build this
one I do have plans available there's a link down below in the description for
you to check out and I'm gonna catch you in the next video