Building Kitchen Cabinets Made Simple

This is a great reference book. I also purchased Bob Lang's "The Complete Kitchen Cabinetmaker" book and The New Yankee Workshop Kitchen Project DVD set. I found all 3 essential when building my kitchen cabinets. Here's why. The Paolini book provides a very good overview as well as a focus on joinery and the mechanics of cutting and assembling. Simple, basic techniques such as pocket hole and screwed butt joints are covered. These techniques may not necessarily be the "best" techniques but the title of the book does set the expectations; "Made Simple". It's a good introduction. The Paolini book is illustrated with color photos and the DVD video provides a lot of information that can't be shown as well in photos or words. I agree with the other reviewers, the DVD is just as good, if not better than the book. The Bob Lang book is more focused on the details of cabinetmaking. It does have a good overview as well, face frame vs. frameless, joinery options, material choices, etc. However, I found that the detailed dimensioned drawings the best part of the book. He also gives his opinion of what dimensions work well for him, such as face frame rail and stile widths and drawer dimensions. Color photos would be a big improvement over the black and white photos, but the photos are clear. I would recommend buying both books. While there is some overlap in information there is sufficient detail in each book to make the purchase worthwhile. The Norm Abrams DVD was great but a bit expensive at $100.

This book laid out the essentials of cabinet making in a fashion relatable for those with little or no knowledge of woodworking. If you are thinking of starting to learn woodworking in general or cabinet making in particular, this is a very helpful guide to use for planning equipment purchases. It also covers techniques for solid box building.

This book provides simple methods for cabinet construction. Paolini provides information on how to measure, cut, join, fit and finish the carcass, drawers, and doors. Pros; the information is well organized and written in a way that can be easily understood. Paolini describes a range of tools that can be used for cabinet construction and provides approachable methods. Cons; Expect just the basics - there isn't much information about dimensions or design or options, the content is about construction mechanics. Likewise, you'll only get basic information on drawers and doors and finishing. There's just enough content to allow you to build your first cabinets so that you can then learn more about all of these subjects. I agree with the other reviews about the DVD. Being able to see all of the techniques and steps was very valuable. The video shows all of the steps and information in the book in a way that really helped me understand what is in the book.

I have been woodworking as a hobby for about 15 years now and have completed many projects. Cabinets have been among the projects that I have built. I liked this book because it was so back to the basics and all instructions were clear and concise. I am always open to different approaches and making things simple. My need was not for kitchen cabinets, but 2 freestanding cabinets and a computer desk with attached cabinetry for my office. The methods and instructions in this book were helpful. The video is an added bonus and allows you to see the book in motion. This isn’t for you if you are a master craftsman, as you would probably be writing books like this. But, if you are a beginner, or a woodworker that hasn’t built that many cabinets – I recommend this.

We are looking to build new kitchen cabinets in the not too distant future, so in addition to a week long cabinet building class in Indiana, I have been acquiring various books on cabinet building. I like how this book lays out the process step by step. I also like the DVD that accompanies the book. However, unless you are looking for an instructional book on building cabinets with nothing but pocket holes and staples this probably isn't the book for your. I'm not saying that the cabinets demonstrated in the book are inferior just that the only fastening discussed was using staples followed by pocket screws. Just my opinion.

This book is well written, and most of all I like that they are concerned with the details that many other books aren't. I don't want to build the cheap cabinets that slop together with big gaps between doors and crappy joinery that you often find at big box stores. I figure if I'm going to go the the time and trouble of building them, they should look special, and this book is an invaluable resource and good for ideas. One thing I would have liked is a discussion of gap tolerences and trouble shooting things like working with blind corners in full overlay etc.....but you can't expect everything from one book. I have several cabinet books and this is by far the best.

Information is well organized and easy to follow. The author provides very well thought out list of steps on how to build cabinets. Both euro and face frame cabinets. The book doesn’t go into design or explore lots of alternatives. If you want a deeper dive then Robert Lang’s book is a better option. I bought them both and refer to both equally. This is my first attempt at building kitchen cabinets and feel pretty confident thanks to the authors. I’ll let you know how it works out

Looking forward to making some of these.

Material completo e passo a passo para quem trabalha ou quer aprender sobre marcenaria. O material no cd acaba sendo um bonus

Very informative book and DVD. Will come in handy when I build my new kitchen

Excellent ouvrage !!! Le livre est accompagné d'un dvd (lisible sur les lecteurs dvd européens) qui reprend l'entièreté du contenu du livre. Seul bémol: tout est en anglais. Mais le dvd à lui seul permet de comprendre près de 75% du contenu rien qu'en regardant. Si je ne comprenais pas l'anglais je serais tenté de réaliser moi-même ces meubles de cuisine grâce au seul dvd. Gregory Paolini est prof de menuiserie aux USA et plusieurs vidéos de lui sont visibles sur son site [...] ainsi que sur youtube. Un bon investissement qui se complète par son autre ouvrage (accompagné d'un dvd!) pour installer les meubles réalisés grâce au premier livre.

Good exemple and picture. Personaly youtube help me more for my project.