Convert Cabinet To Trash Drawer

Measure up from the bottom of the cabinet sides and mark the height you ve just found the trash can height plus one inch with a pencil.

Convert cabinet to trash drawer.

Then measure the height from the bottom of the cabinet to the top of your drawer slide plus another 1 8 for clearance. Use a level to extend that line across the width of the inside of the cabinet wall. Total cost was less then 20. In this video you can see how i was able to convert a kitchen cabinet into pull out wastebasket.

Great way to save space and hi. Next you need to attach the drawer to the bottom of the door on the backside. Measure the distance from the bottom of an adjacent cabinet door to the bottom of the interior cabinet. We happened to have a permanent shelf so he removed the entire shelf using a jig and 3 cuts.

That number is how high on the cabinet door you need to attach your drawer. You will be using that line as a guide for placing the two strips of wood which will hold the drawer hardware. If you are making multiple drawers and want to have rails between them as in the cabinet to the right of the one i modified here simply make the rails out of the same material as the rest of the cabinet face and attach them with pocket screws.