I had never cut a dado, ripped a board with a table saw, or drilled more than a handful of pocket holes but I was determined to get what I thought was the coolest door in the business – I documented the entire process so that I could help people like you do the same. Murphy doors that compare in design and finish are well over $1,000. I literally sold my N64 Gold Ocarina of Time cartridge to pay for the material, for you non nerds – that is about $300 (best game of all time though). I decided that the design wasn’t too complicated, my budget minded brain could not justify the markup that companies were charging for finished hidden bookcase doors.
#Hinge for hidden bookcase door full size
Most of the videos online were for smaller attic style doors and while they were helpful, I found it difficult to find comprehensive instructions on full size secret door conversions, similar to the Murphy door. I kept adding finished versions of the bookshelf door into my cart then removing them, a vicious cycle. I looked up the cost of multiple kinds of hidden door kits, from budget hidden door bookshelf ikea designs to elaborate solid oak builds. I debated for months about building one on my own outswing hidden bookcase door and scoured the internet for outswing hidden door plans as well as hidden door ideas. A bookcase with hidden door is an awesome way to separate a space.
He told me that his was a Murphy Door Bookcase and after learning the cost of their finished models I went to the next logical and frugal question, How do you make a hidden bookcase door? Instructions out there were vague but after researching how much a secret door cost to make I became hooked (hint, it wasn’t that bad!). I asked, how do you make a hidden bookcase door? The next of course being, How much are secret bookshelf doors? I was blown away by the design, how it converted a door to a utility room into a awesome secret passage. A buddy of mine has a Murphy Door bookshelf in his basement.
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