Building My Wife Her Dream Mudroom

hey guys welcome back to another episode on the channel here today we're tackling this mud room here it's right next to the garage and it already has a mud room it's fine if you really can't think about it we just don't like the cluttered stuff the kids drop their backpacks but we also have this little closet here that doesn't have a door it doesn't have anything we just use it as like a catch-all so today's video we're going to take this poor link use of a mud room and turn it into that six individual lockers tons of overhead storage and even a cabinet with electrical port for the vacuum i'm going to show you exactly how i did it let's get into this video let's go [Music] let's get started we're going to start taking everything down put it away break everything apart and knock down this wall let's do it [Music] now the fun part demo uh use a knife to cut the caulk lines around everything that seemed there and then after that we can use our stiff putty knife and then start breaking 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going to do is i'm going to scratch the angle idea and then instead i'll make either the two cubbies that are here extra long so we can put you know space in here or this cub you'll be extra long possibly on this side uh we're gonna start working with cabinets only makes sense to work on the base cabinets first and then kind of build it up i have a couple of schematics that i've kind of drawn up here to make my life easier this part is gonna go in where the closet used to be and then this is gonna go on the outside i got four cubbies here and i'm gonna have another two there with one extra long one this little space right there is going to have this butt up against it creating that l [Applause] [Music] the dimensions for the first cabinet are all done i used a little sharpie to indicate exactly where my pocket holes are or which pieces of pocket holes are going to go so i'm going to start mass producing those pocket holes and then putting them together with inch and a quarter screws and wood glue [Music] all that's left right now is to attach these little supporting brackets up here and up here and therefore we can actually secure this into the studs of the wall without having to come out this one's looking good let's start building this cabinet [Music] all right the last of the bottom is done let's go throw it in for attaching everything i'm going to be using the shims they're going to come both on that side of the wall and underneath here make sure everything is leveled and balanced now we just trim off the shims with our oscillating tool and then we'll start building the towers i'm gonna take a cut here this is my 13 inches deep of a locker and then this comes at 21 inches so essentially this will be a corner corner cabinet i'm going to use a little bit of table saw and then finish off the cornering part with a detailed uh recipe saw that should be well not every sip song we're not demo anything scroll saw or jigsaw i can't think straight i'm sorry a little pro tip when you're using like a circular saw or anything like that on a cross cut on plywood lay down some tape on both sides therefore that will prevent the tear out and go nice and slow because this is a corner cabinet i don't like that it's going to be exposed decided i'm going to kick the top and bottom part out and just put a full filler piece in the back that way this angle will be one solid piece all that's left for cabinets at least the carcasses is the top parts [Applause] [Music] i did put a divider down the middle reason why this is too much of a span that things will start sagging down just a strong rainforest i'm going to take the top cabinets down now that i know everything fits and we're going to install the bench top that's going to go on top here i figured out what i want to do with this little cabin right there we're going to turn it into like a broom and mop holder so we're going to have our like dyson vac and all that stuff now it needs an outlet to charge luckily on the other side of this wall is a refrigerator outlet so i'm going to put a new outlet there after the bench is done let me show what i'm using for bench material so these are pre-fabricated or pre-laminated sheets of pine i bought two of them they're pricey they're like 50 bucks we're gonna cut it 45 degree there use pocket holes and glue to secure it chop off this end and i'll move it over here because this has to be longer and they don't make it longer than this okay so while this is drying the glue let's go install our electrical plug and just like that we're going to feed our cables through on the other side to tether into the kitchen everything's sanded to 220 grit everything's looking beautiful we're talking with the mrs about this thing we're going to use and i've learned my lesson give her example the same wood species this is a cut off i wrote down some of the stains that i had she is a big fan of this one right here this is a semi-transparent original oak i believe that's what it's called which means it's going to get lighter as we apply it here we'll do one quick application let it dry and then install it i am going to secure all these loose pocket hole slots already here i'm going to use my square here make sure it's nice and square then we'll secure the top make sure it's trimmed out and then we'll put the outlet in [Music] and just like that we got power for our vacuum since the top cabinets are not secured yet i figure i'm gonna take the time right now throw some pocket holes around and then we'll start installing these cabinets and then start making our face frames we're gonna take this two by two put it behind here because the next cabin is going to hit it right in the corner and that'll basically tie all these two together it's finally face frame time i'm using 1x2 this is poplar it's a little bit more dense than the select binding you'll see we're going to start cutting things up and then we're gonna attach all the pieces together with pocket screws and wood glue and then attach that sucker to those cabinet carcasses so we got our glue here we have our clamp that's gonna just push these two joints flush together and most importantly the square so we're gonna make sure nothing is out of whack here [Music] first face frame is done measure corner to corner it should be the exact same number this is a perfect setup how good is this look it's finally starting to come together it looks like something that's a fancy piece of furniture that's a tight fit boy [Music] we can officially scratch face frames off the list we're done with them let's start moving on towards the drawers the drawer carcasses as these themselves we'll use half inch maple plywood and we'll put it together [Music] [Applause] [Music] all right our first drawer is officially done keep in mind half inch material you got to use the one inch pocket screws [Music] six drawer carcasses are done let's go through and place and see how they look getting started on the doors i'm using three inch one by three uh pieces for the outside frame which is style and rail now this rail part here that's what you have to do a little bit of math so the way we're going to do this is we're going to take our 20 inches and then we're going to subtract five inches why five because one by three the actual number is two and a half inches we're also going to have a little tongue and groove that's on each side three eighths of an inch on each side all we do is subtract .75 putting this at what is that 14 and one quarter and that is going to be the cuts that we do on our miter saw that allow for us to put things on the router so for the raised panels the middle part we're gonna be able to get two out of here i'm gonna rip it all down and get things ready for the router we're ready to start using the router it's a three piece router kit there's piece one this is piece number two it's a different color i know it's a different brand and then number three one creates the styles the channel right in the middle the other creates the rails that's the cross members and then this is a raised panel door which is the middle part it creates a nice little beveled edge so you can go right in the middle [Music] all the styles are done let's do the rails [Music] the real bit's done let's do the panel [Music] not gonna lie though probably one of the most terrifying experiences i've ever had woodworking was using that panel bit it's just so big and when you get the rpms where it's supposed to be it screams we're gonna put the glue on the tongue and groove there i am not gonna put any glue on the inside this has to be able to move expand and contract or else it will warp our door now we have good pressure not too much because you don't squeeze the glue out last thing we need to do is check corner corner folks who have a beautiful door that's a professional grade let's bust some more out [Music] so the door set overnight i'm going to start sanding all the glue off getting nice and smooth and then i'm going to hit it with a round over bit just to give it a nicer look and we'll just start busting things out these are the lower drawers one thing's irina wanted to do is she wanted to do an idea where we would cut a notch out to keep it consistent i'm just using my tape lay it right there about half there trace it and i'm also going to lay down the tape on these things using my jigsaw now the reason why i'm going to lay dye tape because this jigsaw is probably going to do some tearing out on the back side this will keep it to a minimum and it'll look real nice folks doors are all ready sanded to 120 i got my uh latex primer ready here i'm gonna put it in my hvalp sprayer i'm gonna dilute it roughly about ten percent we're gonna get a nice coating on there and we'll try to cycle them as much as we can after they dry we'll definitely give them a light sand with like 220 maybe and then we'll start with the paint [Music] paint time the color we're going with is this olive kind of looking color it is by benjamin moore the color is called intrigue it's in a satin finish the product is more important than the paint color this is a waterborne acrylic alkene what it is is instead of like a latex paint where it's going to wash off over time with dirty hands or whatnot with this it's an oil based molecule surrounded by a water-based molecule so you can dilute it with water run it through an h2o piece sprayer which we're using the five inch sprayer just for better control and then once the water evaporates you have the solidity of an oil-based product which is super tough gonna mix it up and start spraying [Music] i'm hitting it up with just 220 grit very lightly just because once you put the primer on it starts rising all the little hair follicles of wood grain so once you cut it down when the paint goes on it's going to be like smooth as butter i took the liberty and wood filled any of the gaps that'll be there that would be more seamless now i'm going to hit it with 120 grit get it ready for painting and then we'll start masking everything off [Music] uh one of the things i have to do is put the filler pieces here and over there originally i was gonna get it sized in perfectly but now i feel like the easier way to do is just put a piece like that and it looks kind of two-dimensional and i appreciate that because the doors are gonna go flush with it thinking ahead [Music] folks today is the day we're finally going to get start installing all these doors drawers drawer faces went to the hardware store picked up my drawer slides got 12 of these and uh got 24 of the hinges maybe i spent 300 bucks and that's terrifying to me that's how much hardware it costs now what we're going to do is we're going to start installing these hinges first we're going to flip the sucker over we're going to use this little jig that you can buy at any hardware store it comes with a forstner bit we're just going to line it up put where our holes are drill bore out of this hole so the drawer hinge can go in secure with the screws and then we'll just attach it to the face frame you want to pre-drill your face frames or else these core screws will split the hardwood [Music] i can't mount this door here because there has to be enough of a gap it starts hitting this door never knew that but if you guys are doing it give yourself a spacing you'll prevent i'll have to figure something out here issue number two well i have to move my light so this is my little configuration for that uh corner cabinet there's a special hinge that they sell so i'm gonna follow these little instructions it's a little unorthodox because i have to create my with the forstner bit a hole that overlaps or comes off the edge but other than that it's my first time installing it i'm gonna see what i can do by following directions [Music] [Applause] [Music] before [Music] one of the last modifications i need to make and it's a silly one i knew i was gonna do in the beginning i was just too lazy when i was building these is i have to cut out a half circle on top here to kind of match this and i already traced it out and use a jigsaw put tape on the inside part just so nothing tears out do a quick little cut around and then i'll brad nail this on and then screw it from the inside and then would fill any of the holes just so go a lot smoother i'm going to finish doing that slap on all the door pulls and hooks and what have you and i'll show this big reveal check this out [Music] all right let's talk about the budget for this mud room the plywood costs 400 the face frames for the cabinets were 150 the doors ended up being 493 dollars the drawers were 174. the hardware which included everything was 300 and the pain and primer was 60 making this project happen for 1 57 hey that is it for me this week thanks so much for sticking around watching yet another one of my videos if you bring the channel and you like videos like this or any other kind of 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