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April 3, 2017 | by Alicia

Easy Modern Shaker Sideboard Plans

Have you ever wanted to make your own furniture? Nick developed the plans and built this Modern Shaker Sideboard, and it’s easy enough that even the novice woodworker can do it!

Modern Shaker Sideboard Free Plans for the Novice Woodworker and sideboard tabletop decor.

Over the past few months, we have been working towards creating a dining room that fits within our home’s modern farmhouse style. The first change in this most recent makeover came in the form of a beautiful new DIY farmhouse dining table and window bench with storage. Next came the addition of board and batten wainscoting, which added so much detail and character to our walls. But the space was still missing something. In most of these posts, you’ll notice that I excluded photos of the far wall. I simply hadn’t found the perfect piece of furniture for it yet.

Modern Shaker Sideboard Free Plans for the Novice Woodworker and sideboard tabletop decor.

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Because that particular wall in our dining room is a blank canvas – it has nothing to distinguish it or create a visual break from the rest of the space – I knew I wanted a large piece. Something that would help fill in that emptiness. I also knew I wanted a piece of furniture that provided additional storage – we are always for maximizing storage space in our home!

Modern Shaker Sideboard Free Plans for the Novice Woodworker and sideboard tabletop decor, tulips

So I started searching high and low for just the right piece. I looked at thrift stores and online classified sites. I browsed my favorite shops, both online and local. But anything that caught my eye was much too expensive and out of our price range, and none of them seemed to fit exactly what we had in mind!

Modern Shaker Sideboard Free Plans for the Novice Woodworker and sideboard tabletop decor, glass lamps, round mirror

That’s when Nick jumped in with the offer to build just what I was hoping for. He was a little hesitant at first, as he’s still honing his carpentry skills, but I was more than happy to take him up on his offer. I knew whatever he built would be beautiful.

Modern Shaker Sideboard Free Plans for the Novice Woodworker and sideboard tabletop decor.

He began sketching out plans to meet my needs – both aesthetically and practically – and once we had a design we were happy with, he set to work. The end result is this absolutely gorgeous modern farmhouse sideboard buffet.

Modern Shaker Sideboard Free Plans for the Novice Woodworker and sideboard tabletop decor, glass lamps, round gold mirror

Even though I had complete faith in Nick’s ability to build us a beautiful piece of furniture (he has after all done a lot of DIY projects around our home), I was still awestruck by how amazing the sideboard turned out. He had never built a large piece of furniture like this before complete with shaker doors. We chose to paint it white and add simple matte black hardware, so it has a crisp clean look.

Modern Shaker Sideboard Free Plans for the Novice Woodworker and sideboard tabletop decor, round gold mirror in diningroom.

Now I have even more storage for extra dinnerware and our little one’s craft supplies. I find that storage space has become more and more important to us since having kids. It just makes it so much easier to hide things away and keep them out of little hands!

Modern Shaker Sideboard Free Plans for the Novice Woodworker and sideboard tabletop decor in the diningroom.

 

CLICK BELOW TO DOWNLOAD THE PLANS FOR OUR MODERN SHAKER SIDEBOARD

And if you don’t feel up to building your own, here are a few of our favorites…

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We’ve had a lot of questions about this piece in our dining room, so we are glad to finally be able to share the plans with all of you. We hope you enjoyed it, and if you try these plans out for yourself, we would love to hear about it!

Alicia xo

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Comments

  1. Dianne says

    April 3, 2017 at 1:30 pm

    Just gorgeous!

    Reply
    • Alicia says

      April 4, 2017 at 9:33 pm

      Thank you, Dianne!

      Reply
  2. Holly says

    April 3, 2017 at 7:16 pm

    You have such a handy hubby! He did an awesome job! It fits right into your space with you white and airy look. I may even attempt to give this project a go!

    Reply
    • Alicia says

      April 4, 2017 at 9:33 pm

      Didn’t he do so great, Holly! I just love how it turned out. Let us know if you give it a go! 🙂

      Reply
  3. Susan says

    April 7, 2017 at 8:21 pm

    Wow, I’m impressed, such a wonderful job! Looks beautiful in your room too.

    Reply
    • Alicia says

      April 9, 2017 at 8:10 pm

      Thank you, Susan! Nick did a really great job, I think! 🙂

      Reply
  4. Eva says

    April 8, 2017 at 8:16 am

    Love the style! When we downsized, I had to give up my china cabinet and have been “casually looking” ever since. This could be the one! Thank you ?

    Reply
    • Alicia says

      April 9, 2017 at 8:11 pm

      Let us know if you build it, we would love to see how it turns out! 🙂

      Reply
  5. Ebony says

    April 10, 2017 at 7:10 pm

    This is beautiful! I would love the plans, however when I click on the link, nothing downloads.

    Reply
    • Alicia says

      April 10, 2017 at 9:53 pm

      Hi Ebony,

      I am sorry you’re having issues with our download. I just tested the link and it is working for me. Do you perhaps have a pop-up blocker enabled? That might prevent the download from opening. Please let us know if you are still having problems and we can email the plans to you directly. 🙂

      Reply
  6. Brenna says

    September 18, 2017 at 4:54 pm

    We are going to try to build this with the plans provided. Missing a few things……What hardware did you use and what paint, or how did you finish it? I am going for the same look so I wanted to use the same process.

    Reply
    • Nick says

      September 21, 2017 at 11:59 am

      Hi Brenna,

      We used the hardware listed on page 3 of the downloadable plans. You can actually click to see what drawer slides and hinges we used. If you’re looking for the exact same pull hardware, we got them from our local Home Depot and you should be able to track down similar, if not exactly the same, hardware.

      As for the paint, we primed with BIN primer to seal in any knots that may come through, and then painted using Benjamin Moore Advance paint in the color “simply white”. It gives the piece a nice even finish!

      If you need anything else, please don’t hesitate to contact us! And we’d love to see pics of your final product!

      Nick

      Reply
  7. Aminah says

    September 19, 2017 at 12:04 pm

    I love the design of this, your husband did a great job it turned out beautiful!
    Just a quick question, how much is the estimated cost for the lumber and paint?

    Reply
    • Nick says

      September 21, 2017 at 12:01 pm

      Hello Aminah,

      The estimated cost to build this piece was about $250 included everything except the hardware. The hardware from Home Depot was another $15 or so.

      We’d love to see pics of your final product if you decide to build one of these for yourself!

      Nick

      Reply
  8. TeriG says

    January 6, 2018 at 11:28 pm

    Beautiful, what are the dimensions of the final piece? Thank you!

    Reply
    • Alicia says

      January 11, 2018 at 12:49 pm

      Hi Teri,

      The final dimensions are 65.5 x 16 x 35

      Reply
  9. Melanie Steed says

    October 18, 2018 at 5:29 pm

    What was the cost for materials to make this?

    Reply
    • Nick says

      October 19, 2018 at 9:51 am

      Hi Melanie,

      If I remember correctly, it finished off around the $200-250 mark with all of the hardware.

      Nick

      Reply
  10. Katherine says

    August 10, 2019 at 3:55 pm

    Where is the link for the plans? I’d love to build this.

    Reply
    • Nick says

      August 11, 2019 at 9:10 pm

      Hi Katherine, you can access the printable version of these plans by following this link! If you decide to build this, we’d love for you to send us a photo of the final build!

      Reply

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