One door or two?

[sprior]

I built this cabinet base for a utility sink in my workshop, but I'm a little up in the air about doors.  The cabinet is 20 inches wide, should I go with a single door or two?

 

[barnowl]

Two.

One 20" door means you have to step back while you open/close it, to clear the swing.

2-10" doors, you won't.

 

[festoolviking]

Hi

Why not go for two drawers? The bottom one with a front to cover the opening and the top one without a visible front. That way it will be easier to reach everything inside without having to get down on your knees everytime.

[wink]

Festoolviking

 

[sprior]

Can't do drawers because there's going to be plumbing and a pump in there, so the useful space is going to be in front and used for tallish cleaning supplies.

The reason I'm on the fence is because 20" seems like a pretty large door and maybe a more modern feel (which I'm not sure I'm into), but 10" doors seems small.

I suppose I should just go for the double doors.

 

[semenza]

I think 10" doors will look fine on that. Try a quick mock up with cardboard. Draw panel lines  and see how it looks.

Seth

 

[oldie]

What about 'bi-fold' cabinet/kitchen unit doors?
Have appearance of two doors, but will open to one side.

Richard

(edit: added word.)

 

[jmbfestool]

Or or or just to add another option!

Do one door bigger than the other!!!

So make one door bigger as the main door and the other you don't need a knob/handle as you open that one after .

Jmb

 

[ajones]

Forget the doors... If its going to sit on the floor I would have one deep draw, possibly  with internal divisions

 

[oldie]

How about a 'tambour' door?

http://www.e-woodshop.net/images/IMG00115-20090929-1407.jpg
http://www.woodcabinetdoors.com/catalog/subtemplate.asp?category=Cabinet+Hardware&subcategory=Wooden+Accessories&catnum=NPAG&place=1
http://shop.sterlingauto.co.uk/complete-tambour-door-roller-shutter-kit-for-camper-van-etc-500mm-x-500mm-247-p.asp

Anyone could bend down to get it up easily, whilst
allowing unrestricted access.

Richard.

 

[sprior]

I built two doors and put them on tonight.  In the process I learned why the euro style hinges at the big boxes are cheap - what a pain to adjust.

 

[JoggleStick]

Two doors looks good....
Looks like a proper cabinet, not just a box with a door stuck on it....

 

[oldie]

+1

Love the finish - really lets the grain show itself off.
(the sinks not bad either - looks nice and deep, with lovely taps and nozzle.)

Presume doors can be opened ok - so clean and uncluttered.
Think that knobs of any sort would spoil the 'minimalist' appearance.

Richard

 

[sprior]

Thanks.  The story behind this project was that I bought a cheap but decent laundry sink from Home Depot for $130 and had just bought the LR32 kit the week before so I was REALLY in the mood to build a cabinet.  Since the sink was going in my workshop and was below the sewer stack it needed a pump, so that was the perfect excuse to build the cabinet to hide it and store some cleaning supplies.  The laundry sink came as a package with the faucet, basin, and metal legs.  The faucet looks decent, but is cheap plastic though it works fine.  The legs were easy to leave off and sit the basin on the cabinet.

I bought a sheet of prefinished maple plywood so all I needed to do for finishing was edge banding.  I built the toe kick, cabinet box, and doors from about 3/4 of the sheet of plywood.

Your comment about the clean front panel has changed my mind - I had a pair of wood knobs I was going to mount high up on the doors, but now I think I'll cut a slim piece of contrasting wood and mount it so that it sticks proud of the top edge of the doors to provide just a touch of interest and a small lip for opening the door without stooping down.

 

[Kev]

Your comment about the clean front panel has changed my mind - I had a pair of wood knobs I was going to mount high up on the doors, but now I think I'll cut a slim piece of contrasting wood and mount it so that it sticks proud of the top edge of the doors to provide just a touch of interest and a small lip for opening the door without stooping down.

Yeh - you'd be annoyed with any sort of knob the first time you catch something on it [wink]