How to Build a Custom Look Open Shelf Cabinet

I am blessed to be able to flip homes with my family.

It offers me the chance to work with my husband, son

and family; develop a career I never thought I would have;

and spread my creative wings.  I like to add special

designer touches to each home to give it a personal feel. 

A few days ago, I shared the details of how I created

a Custom Chalkboard.  Now, I want to show you what is

under the chalkboard – a Custom Look Open Shelf.

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When I flip a home, I generally rely on stock cabinets.

Our homes sell between $125,000 – $135,000.

So there simply isn’t a budget for custom cabinets.

That said, I do a few things to give them a custom feel.

Adding crown moulding is one thing. The difference is like

night and day.

I also try to create open shelving if the floor plan and

space permits.  This kitchen offered the perfect location 

for an open cabinet which created a cute Coffee Station. 

This project was about as easy as you could imagine.

The secret is that I used an UPPER cabinet which was only 12″ deep.

I wanted this section of cabinet to be slightly higher than the

remainder of the kitchen countertops/cabinets.

So I purchased a 30″ tall cabinet, and created a simple

2″x6″ base to sit it on – for a total of a 36″ height.

Some basic quarter-round moulding gave it a finished look.

For the top, I had our countertop contractor cut a remnant 

piece of granite that would create the perfect surface for

coffee, or even wine. 

So for the price of a stock cabinet and some remnant granite,

I created a Custom Look Open Shelf Cabinet.

So how did a stock cabinet become an open shelf cabinet?

Simple, I took the doors off.

😀

Once the cabinet was in place, I added the custom chalkboard

above to complete the total look. 

The beauty of this project is that you can create an accent

cabinet anywhere, and almost any size.

 I will be adding these cabinets in my Farmhouse Style Kitchen

very soon and I can’t wait to get started on that project.

Do you have a place in your own kitchen for a cabinet

like this? Or, do you have another area where this project

would add additional storage? I’d love to hear where you

would use this. 

Thanks for letting me share.

xxoo, Barb

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