By Saruul Herz

Since we ordered our Plykea Oak fronts, I've been looking for doors for our upper cabinets. My plan for these doors was to have some depth and painted finish to contrast our Oak fronts. In addition, these doors needed to come in custom sizes for our hood cover.

My search came close with Semihandmade's DIY Quarterline doors. It was a beautiful line with its simple, minimal styles & rails, but it wasn't available in custom sizes (at the time, but now they are!).

So I decided to do an Ikea hack with their Sinarp fronts. It was the only door Ikea had that was entirely veneered (front and back) and edged in solid oak, which means it's easier to refinish than other laminated options.

Here is how it went.

Also, drying these doors in our tiny garage was challenging, so I devised a quick DIY paint drying rack for this project. Check out the short reel here. 

The morning after the last coat went on, I was impressed with how it all turned out, and I knew this was not my last hacking project. I would love to know if you hack one of these doors and see how it turned out.

Happy hacking!