Studio Office Cabinet Progress – Building Out The Cabinet Boxes & Running Electrical For The Sconces

I made fairly a little bit of progress on the studio workplace space cupboards yesterday, and it’s getting actually thrilling to see this space come collectively. I confirmed you the opposite day that I got all of the doors and drawer fronts finished. I put in most of them and took an image so we may get an concept of how this completed space will look. It nonetheless takes some creativeness to examine it, however right here was my progress…

So with these completed, I needed to take away the entire doorways and drawer fronts to work on the cupboard packing containers and get these completed. I began by including 2″ x 2″ lumber to the aspect of the left cupboard to fill within the area between the left cupboard and the wall. I hooked up this utilizing screws that I screwed via the shelf pin holes (I used holes that I used to be positive I wouldn’t want for my shelf placements) inside the cupboard and into the two″ x 2″ wooden. This 2″ x 2″ wooden piece provides me a floor to connect the ultimate trim piece later.

I did the identical factor on the opposite sides of the cupboards. However on the opposite three sides, I hooked up two 2″ x 2″ items of wooden, one flush with the entrance fringe of the cupboard and one other in direction of the again, as a result of these will likely be used to connect the plywood to cowl the edges. Once more, I hooked up these utilizing wooden screws that I screwed via the shelf pin holes inside the cupboard, via the cupboard, and into the wooden. However the vital half with these was to ensure that the entrance 2″ x 2″ piece was completely flush with the entrance fringe of the IKEA cupboards.

I repeated that course of on the opposite aspect…

After which I repeated that course of another time on the surface of the fitting cupboard.

With these strips hooked up, I may connect the plywood piece to the surface of the fitting cupboard. I hooked up this utilizing 1.5-inch 16-gauge nails, and I nailed it proper to the two″ x 2″ wooden items. You’ll be able to see that I reduce the plywood items a little bit taller than the cupboard to present me one thing to connect trim and crown molding to in a later step. And as soon as once more, I made positive that the entrance fringe of the plywood was completely (or as completely as doable) flush with the entrance edges of the two″ x 2″ wooden and the entrance fringe of the IKEA cupboards.

Since I made a decision so as to add sconces to the window aspect of every cupboard, I had so as to add junction packing containers to the plywood panels earlier than I may connect these. I used shallow outdated work packing containers for this in order that they might match inside the world between the plywood and the aspect of the IKEA cupboard. I didn’t wish to have to chop via the within of the IKEA cupboard for the standard dimension junction field to suit. I measured and marked the place I wished the field to go on the plywood panel, after which used the field as a template to hint round to mark the place to chop.

I made positive to get it excellent as a result of I solely had one likelihood at this. If I messed this up, I’d have to chop an entire new piece of plywood.

I used my Dremel Multimax oscillating noticed to chop the opening for the field. You can additionally use a drill and jigsaw, or perhaps a router. With the opening reduce out, I hooked up my outdated work field, which simply screwed to the plywood.

I forgot to take an image of the junction field earlier than standing the panel upright and working the wire via it, however you’ll be able to nonetheless see it fairly clearly right here. You’ll be able to see that outdated work junction packing containers sit on high of the floor (drywall, or within the case, plywood), making it very simple to easily screw the field into place. New work packing containers sit behind the floor materials (usually drywall), so that they’re not helpful for a undertaking like this.

I made a decision to make use of heavy responsibility extension cords (with the bottom wire) to wire the sconces. To be able to use the extension wire, I had to make use of my wire cutters to chop off this finish.

The wiring needed to be completed earlier than I hooked up the plywood panel to the cupboard. So I ran the wire behind the panel and thru the junction field.

The opposite finish of the wire got here out on the backside of the plywood panel…

You’ll be able to see right here that it simply ran straight down behind the plywood and into this area between the cupboards.

After which utilizing a 1-inch drill bit, I drilled a gap within the again spacer in that part, and threaded the wire via that gap.

After which I ran the wire on this area behind the cupboards, however above the spacers/braces that I used to connect the cupboards to the wall. I positioned a scrap 2″ x 2″ piece of wooden on high of the cupboard the place the countertop will ultimately go in order that you could possibly see how a lot area the wire has to journey via. It’s fairly a big area (about 2″ x 1″), so you’ll be able to see that nothing will likely be constricting the wire as soon as the countertop is in place.

As soon as the wire was in place, I used to be capable of nail the plywood panel onto the aspect of the cupboard.

At that time, right here’s what the fitting financial institution of cupboards seemed like with the two″ x 2″ lumber and plywood panels added to either side of the cupboards.

Right here’s a peek at one of many sconces. I couldn’t maintain the sconce in place and take an image, so that you’ll simply should think about it up on the aspect panel the place the junction field is. And naturally, I might want to paint and gold leaf the sconces to match the pendant lights on the mural wall.

With that aspect panel in place, I wanted to complete up the aspect panel on the left aspect. The wire from the fitting aspect ran behind the cupboards all the best way throughout the again beneath the window.

After which I ran that wire, plus a second wire (extension wire), via a gap that I drilled in that again spacer, identical to I did on the opposite aspect.

After which I ran these up behind the plywood panel, and thru the junction field.

That second wire (extension wire) then ran behind the left cupboard, and thru this entry panel that I needed to reduce at the back of the center cupboard on the left aspect.

You’ll discover that on the primary extension wire, I reduce off each ends in order that I used to be simply left with the wires. However on this second extension wire, I solely reduce off the tip the place the sconce will likely be wired, however I stored the tip with the plug. That’s as a result of, after I end wiring up this outlet behind this entry panel, the sconces will plug into the outlet. I’ll management the sconces with a remote-controlled outlet.

After these wires had been run on this aspect, I used to be capable of nail the plywood panel into place.

In order that’s the progress up to now! I used to be so excited to get all of this completed. Working via the logistics of wiring up these sconces took me a little bit of time to determine, and it’s at all times such an enormous aid when a plan works out. 😀

Right now, I’ll be engaged on the bridge with the cubbies. In case you’ll bear in mind, that is the imaginative and prescient…