How should I add legs to cabinets - upcycling
I’d like to repurpose these two kitchen cabinets I already own and make them into a piece of furniture. My idea is to fix the cabinets to one another, add a top and legs, so they are a long shallow freestanding cabinet. I’d like to put legs (or even possibly rolling casters) on them. I’d like for it to be able to hold a tv on top and store anything inside (books or plates) so to be able to hold heavy weight. Can you advise on what type of leg and/or leg mount to use? And how
to attach? or how you might go about attaching the cabinets to one another !
In the pictures I have flipped the cabinet over so that you can see the bottom where the legs will attach.
each cabinet is 36wx30hx13d so finished will be 72” long
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4 years ago
PROBeverlyFLADeziner
4 years agoIKEA sells a variety of legs for cabinets.
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/stubbarp-leg-white-10293564/
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4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoJeanne Cardwell
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BeverlyFLADeziner
4 years agoUse Hangman to mount to wall.
https://hangmanproducts.com/products/professional-french-cleat-hanger?variant=233494764
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4 years agobry911
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoSo this really is not that hard of a problem. You can use any of Ikea's Capita legs and/or any version of them from a big box store. You want a leg with some type of mounting plate. You want to mount the plate on the sides, back and front rather than the bottom. Here are a couple of mounting plates and you can see how they can attach to the vertical frame rather than bottom.
If you are concerned that too much metal will show at the bottom, just attach a small thin piece of wood with glue and clamps to those vertical panels (no need to reinforce the hole bottom, any 3/4 strip will do fine). In any method you choose, you really want to the weight transferring from the panels to the legs, rather than having them transfer to the bottom of the cabinet and then to the legs.
The cabinet will need to be attached to the wall to avoid any tipping risk, as you will have a pretty narrow center of gravity, that attachment will probably eliminate a lot of strain on the legs so in the end, don't over-engineer this. It is an hour project with a trip to the local big box store. If it doesn't look the way you hope after you attempt it, take the legs off and donate the cabinets.
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4 years agoI put casters on the Ikea cabinets on either side of my range so I can move stuff out to clean the rock wall. It was easy and they have stood up very well for 12 yrs loaded with my pots and pans.
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4 years agoI would build a platform to sit the cabinets on.
If you want casters, obviously you would need to modify the above. And add reinforcement to the bottom of the cabinets so they can be securely attached to the base.
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