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A NOTE TO OUR READERS: All do-it-yourself activities involve a degree of risk. Skills, materials, tools and site conditions vary widely. Although the editors have made every effort to ensure accuracy, the reader remains responsible for the selection and use of tools, materials and methods. Always obey local codes and laws, follow manufacturer instructions and observe safety precautions. Contents CHAPTER 1 Kitchen & bathroom Kitchen cabinet rollouts Built-in bath cabinet Great Goofs Above-cabinet shelving Organize your knives Kitchen organization tips CHAPTER 2 Home office & technology Ultimate office organizer The outlet, reinvented Technology tips Magnetic office supplies holder Label-palooza! Add home office outlets CHAPTER 3 Bedroom, closet & entryway Small-closet organizer Traditional coat & mitten rack Super stuff sacks Coat & hat rack Triple your closet space! Entry organizer Storage above windows and doors Picture-hanging perfection Under-bed rollout CHAPTER 4 Garage & basement Upgrades for the garage mechanic Flexible garage storage Tips for the garage Storage tips Simple utility cabinets Magazine storage bins Plywood organizer Handy folding table CHAPTER 5 Outdoor organization & storage Garden shed Weatherproof plant labels Backwoods repair kit Shed plus shelter Pine garden hutch Window planter CHAPTER 6 Tools & materials Tool tray tower Job-site organization tips Space-saving workbench Shop organizing tips Utility trailer upgrades A folding sawhorse with a built-in shelf Keep track of stuff CHAPTER 7 Shelves & bookcases 3-tier basket stand Super-simple DVD holder Leaning tower of shelves Hanging shelves Flat-screen TV bookcase CHAPTER 1 Kitchen & bathroom Kitchen cabinet rollouts Building rollouts in cabinets with center dividers Built-in bath cabinet Great Goofs Above-cabinet shelving Organize your knives Kitchen organization tips Specialized storage, swinging trash, upright spray bottles Kitchen cabinet rollouts WHAT IT TAKES Time: 4 hours Skill level: Intermediate B ase cabinets have the least convenient storage space in the entire kitchen. Rollouts solve that problem. They make organizing and accessing your cabinet contents back-friendly and frustration-free. If you’re stuck with cabinets without rollouts, don’t despair. Here you’ll learn how to retrofit nearly any base cabinet with rollouts that’ll work as well as or better than any factory-built units. It’s really very easy. Once you take measurements, you can build the rollout drawer (Photos 2–6), its “carrier” (Photos 7–9), and attach the drawer slides (Photos 6 and 7), all in your shop. Mounting the unit in the cabinet is simple (Photos 10–12). You’ll also learn how to construct a special rollout for recycling or trash (Photos 14–15). The project will go faster if you have a table saw and miter saw to cut out all the pieces. A circular saw and cutting guide will work too; it’ll just take a little longer. You can build a pair of rollouts in a Saturday morning. What wood products to buy These rollout drawers are made entirely of 1/2-in. Baltic birch plywood. Baltic birch is favored by cabinetmakers because it’s “void free,” meaning that the thin veneers of the plywood core are solid wood. Therefore sanded edges will look smooth and attractive. If your local home center doesn’t stock Baltic birch, find it at any hardwood specialty store. If you choose, you can make the sides of the rollout drawers from any 1x4 solid wood that matches your cabinets and then finish to match (use plywood for the bases). But if you use 3/4-in. material for the sides, subtract 3 in. from the opening to size the rollout (not 2-1/2 in., as described in Photo 2 and Figure A). The drawer carriers (Figure A) are made from pine 1x4s for the sides (Photo 7) and 1/4-in. MDF (medium-density fiberboard) for the bottoms (Photo 9). The MDF keeps the drawer bottom spaced properly while you shim and attach it to the cabinet sides. It can be removed and reused for other carriers after installation. If MDF isn’t available, substitute any other 1/4-in. hardboard or plywood. Side-mounted slides are the best choice among drawer slide options. Their ball-bearing mechanisms and precise fit make for smooth-operating drawers that hold 90 lbs. or more. Shown here are 22-in. full-extension side-mount drawer slides that have a 90-lb. weight rating. That means they’ll be sturdy enough even for a drawer full of canned goods. Full-extension slides allow the rollout to extend completely past the cabinet front so you can access all the contents. You can find slides at any home center or well-stocked hardware store. Measure carefully before you build Nearly all standard base cabinets are 23-1/4 in. deep from the inside of the face frame (Photo 1) to the back of the cabinet. So in most cases, 22-in.-long rollout drawer and carrier sides will clear with room to spare. Check your cabinets to make sure that 22-in. rollouts will work. If you have shallower cabinets, subtract whatever is necessary when you build your rollouts and their carriers (see Figure A). Then measure the cabinet width. The drawer has to clear the narrowest part of the opening (Photo 1). When taking this measurement, include hinges that protrude into the opening, the edge of the door attached to the hinges and even the doors that won’t open completely because they hit nearby appliances or other cabinets. Plan on making the drawer front and rear parts 2-1/2 in. shorter than the opening (Figure A). Shown here are drawers with 3-1/2-in.-high sides, but you can customize your own. Plan on higher sides for lightweight plastic storage containers or other tall or tippy items, and lower sides for stable, heavier items like small appliances. Drawer slides aren’t as confusing as they may seem At first glance, drawer slides are pretty hard to figure out, but after you install one set, you’ll be an expert. They’re sold in pairs and each of the pairs has two parts. The “drawer part” attaches to the rollout while the “cabinet part” attaches to the carrier. To separate them for mounting, slide them out to full length and then push, pull or depress a plastic release to separate the two parts. The cabinet part, which always encloses the drawer part, is the larger of the two, and the mounting screw hole locations will be shown in the directions. (Screws are included with the drawer slides.) The oversized holes allow for some adjustment, but if you follow the instructions, you shouldn’t have to fuss with fine-tuning later. When mounting the slides, you should make sure to hold them flush with the front of the rollout drawer and carrier sides (Photos 6 and 7). The front of the drawer part usually has a bent metal stop that faces the front of the drawer. Assembling parts and finishing the rollouts

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