Today’s project

No matter how large your home is or how many closets you have, when it comes to storage, bathrooms always seem to pose a challenge. One popular solution is the use of antique medical cabinets to add storage (and style) to the powder room. Unfortunately it’s also an expensive solution.

This gleaming do-it-yourself version of a classic doctor’s cabinet includes the glass-fronted display space, generous storage capacity and bright white finish of the originals, but without the expense of an antique. Although designed to complement a bathroom, with a natural or dark finish the cabinet also works well in the kitchen or dining room.

What you need

Made from plywood and standard dimensional lumber, the project requires only straight cuts and features a two-part design consisting of a storage unit below and a display cabinet above.

What you do

Construction is simple: the two cabinets are assembled and finished separately and stacked and fastened together when complete.

The finished project measures 68 inches tall by 24 inches wide by 14 inches deep (the small footprint allows it to fit almost anywhere).

How to order the plan

The Bathroom Cabinet plan, No. 915, is $9.95 and includes step-by-step instructions with photos, full-size traceable patterns, construction diagrams, a cutting layout, a complete shopping list and cutting schedule and a toll-free help line for project questions.

A package of curio furniture projects, No. C116, is $22.95 and includes plans for a curio table, a glass-fronted bookcase and a small display cabinet. A catalog picturing hundreds of do-it-yourself projects is $2. Please include $3 for postage and handling (except catalog-only orders) and allow about two weeks for delivery.