12/09/2021
I made shaker style doors for the bathroom vanity.
I had only ever made shaker stye doors once before, and it was for one of my first-ever builds five years ago. The method I used then, as a beginner, was fairly easy using pocket holes and screws, but I knew that was probably not the “ideal” way to make them.
So I watched youtube videos and found the way most cabinet makers construct shaker style doors—tongue-and-groove on the rails and stiles. I hesitated. Sometimes I resist trying something new. Maybe I should just do it the easy way that I already know?
After a little back and forth in my own head, I decided I might as well give the new method a try. I probably would have made the doors quicker if I would have just stuck with the old way I was comfortable with. But I learned a new skill. And the doors didn’t turn out too bad. :)
A few days later I was trying to decide what to do with the old mirror that had been in our bathroom inside a honey oak laminate (😬) frame. I found some scraps of walnut in my garage and realized that with my newly-developed tongue and groove skills I could make a mirror from the old one instead of throwing it out and buying something new.
Sometimes (or perhaps, almost always) I resist learning something new, but I don’t think I’ve ever regretted when I actually do. 🙂
