Still looking for studio cabinet options (considering shelf help)

Issues are going effectively on the dwelling health club, and meaning I am getting nearer and nearer to the beginning of the studio undertaking. The most important (and most spectacular) a part of ending my studio shall be constructing the cupboards. This room is large and would require lots of cupboard space to be a helpful, organized and environment friendly room for me.

I’ve checked out so many cupboard choices over the previous yr and have not discovered an possibility I actually like. I checked out all the pieces from IKEA to varied RTA (able to assemble) corporations. Nothing I’ve discovered to date appears proper.

Then the opposite day somebody talked about Shelf Help in a remark, and I made a decision to test it out. Shelf Assist is just not precisely an RTA service. It is merely an organization that may reduce your plywood on your undertaking and ship it to you. And that. They don’t present face moldings, crown molding, baseboards, every other trim, backing boards, doorways or drawer fronts. They provide solely the plywood for carcasses reduce to your specs.

I do know from expertise that the worst a part of any cupboard constructing undertaking goes to Dwelling Depot, selecting plywood, loading plywood, bringing it dwelling and unloading it, attempting to get it into place and reducing every bit. individually to express specs. . It is so unbelievably time consuming and again breaking. Subsequently, this firm’s service eliminates all that preliminary hurdle that often accompanies any cupboard constructing undertaking.

So I made a decision to make use of their design instrument to design my cupboards precisely how I needed them and see how a lot that possibility would value. I’ve three separate zones of closets I wish to construct, so let’s begin with…

The closet on the entrance to the room

That is the cabinet that shall be on the left wall as you enter the room from the breakfast room. The cupboard shall be almost 16 inches deep, 96 inches tall, and 72 inches broad. Right here is the mockup I made earlier with the IKEA Pax cupboards…

The Shelf Assist customization instrument allows you to select what number of bays (I selected three) and what number of sections there shall be in every bay. I do not know if that is precisely how I might prefer it, however it’s virtually there.

After which the subsequent step allows you to preview how it might look with crown molding, face frames, paint, and many others.

You may even add door fronts. However remember the fact that they do not present any of that. That is simply so you’ll be able to preview what the completed undertaking will seem like. They’re simply supplying the plywood for the carcasses.

It is a fairly large closet, and the plywood for the carcasses alone is available in at $775.00.

I’ve to confess it is onerous for me to consider paying that a lot after I know that if I did it myself it might be lower than half that value. However let’s transfer on…

Cupboards within the “Workplace” Space

These are the cupboards which can be on the wall behind my work space. These cupboards will flank a window and I would like deeper cupboards on the backside and shallower cupboards on prime of them.

Once more, simply so that you perceive the place they might go, right here is the earlier mockup I made utilizing IKEA cupboards…

One factor I did not like in any respect in regards to the IKEA possibility is that I really need the underside cupboards to be deeper than the highest ones. I could not discover an IKEA possibility that gave me the look I needed.

With Shelf Assist, I configured the decrease cupboards that flank the window to be 45 inches broad, 32 inches excessive, and 20.25 inches deep.

And as soon as the drawer fronts have been in place, it might look one thing like this…

Higher cupboards positioned proper on prime of decrease cupboards would be the identical width however shall be 64 inches excessive and solely 15 inches deep. (I see I entered the unsuitable depth, so I am positive that may reduce the associated fee.)

That is in all probability not how these doorways will look. They’re very tall and thin. However there shall be doorways on the higher cupboards.

Once more, since they might flank the window, I would wish two decrease cupboards and two higher cupboards. I would wish to reconfigure for the shallower depth on the higher cupboards, however it might be round $1682.50 for that wall.

Entrance wall cupboards

And that brings us to the final closet zone, which is the entrance wall (i.e. the wallpapered wall) of the studio. On that lengthy wall (about 19.5 toes) I need a financial institution of cupboards on every finish after which a decrease cupboard proper within the center.

Right here is the mockup utilizing IKEA cupboards for this wall…

However I had the identical drawback with these cupboards that I had with those within the “workplace” space of ​​the room. I would like the decrease cupboards to be deeper than the higher cupboards and I have not seen any IKEA choices that would offer the look I would like.

With Shelf Assist, the decrease cupboards at every finish of the wall will look one thing like this…

And with drawer fronts, they’ll look kind of like this…

Similar to within the “workplace” zone, these higher cupboards may also sit proper on prime of the decrease cupboards and shall be slightly shallower at 15.25 inches deep.

On this one, the viewer allowed me to position just one door on all sides. This has a cleaner look, however it’s in all probability not the ultimate look I might go for.

After which for the central closet, that may be the association.

And with drawer fronts, it might look one thing like this…

So the plywood for that wall of cupboards would are available in at $1,812.25.

So all collectively, for the plywood and having all of the items reduce to spec and delivered to my door, the worth for the whole studio comes out to $4,269.75. Along with that value, I must purchase all of the crown molding, baseboards, wooden for face frames, doorways and drawer fronts (or the supplies to do it myself), primer and paint.

Truthfully, I am unable to resolve if it is a whole lot or not. I do know it is a ton of cupboards and if I had them customized constructed it might in all probability value $15,000 if no more. So with myself doing this, and if I constructed my very own doorways and drawer fronts, I might in all probability be an extra $1,500. (Perhaps. I actually do not know. With lumber costs as they’re, I discover it quite a bit tougher to estimate than it was.) So I might estimate that I might end all these cupboards for a complete value of $6,000 – $7,000.

After I have a look at it that approach, for a lot cupboard space and so many cupboards customized made to spec, that value does not appear outrageous. And it is quite a bit lower than what I might spend if I paid another person to construct all of it for me.

But it surely’s so onerous for me to spend that a lot cash after I know I might do it myself for lots lower than half of that. On the identical time, they might be doing the identical issues to me which can be an obstacle to me beginning the undertaking as a result of it appears too overwhelming. Additionally, it is a backbreaking job coping with a lot plywood after I’m working alone. If I had a helper (like a husband who might do the heavy lifting for me or no less than assist me unload, load, put issues away, and many others.), it may not appear so daunting. However I haven’t got it. I’ve a husband who’s the largest supporter and cheerleader on the planet, however he struggles to make use of the TV distant so he has no bodily assist to supply.

What do you assume? Would you do it?

EDIT: As I used to be reviewing these plans once more, it dawned on me that I might save much more cash by not separating the drawer bays into sections. When including drawers, there is no such thing as a want for plywood bases separating drawer sections. It may be a big open compartment for drawers. If face frames are used, that is the place dividers are added for every drawer house. Undecided if that is sensible to everybody, however it does in my thoughts. 😀

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