Renovation Videos
Fix it, build it, learn it.
Every project we cover, with its parts in order.
Published: 10 Dec 2025
The creator turns his son's builder-grade closet into a custom built-in with cabinets, drawers, a desk with a laminated butcher block top, overlay doors, trim and a hidden drawer.
Published: 2 Oct 2025
A homeowner builds a his-and-her built-in closet on a blank wall in a master bathroom, using a 2x6 base, 3/4 in. plywood boxes joined with pocket holes, IKEA dressers, and 2 in. primed pine trim.
Published: 29 Jul 2025
Part 2 of a fireplace project shows how built-ins with storage were added beside a fireplace.
Published: 10 Jan 2025
A homeowner builds a wall-to-wall wardrobe in an 11 by 12 ft guest bedroom office using two IKEA PAX wardrobes and three BESTA units around a sleeper sofa.
Published: 2 Nov 2024
Monica from The Weekender turns three pre-built Lowe's bookshelves, each 3 ft wide and 6 ft tall, into arched built-ins for a homeowner named Tim.
Published: 25 May 2024
Final installment of a laundry room makeover in which upper cabinets are built: open shelving and doors under a soffit, plus three cabinets above the washer and dryer.
Published: 1 May 2024
A comparison of a store-bought closet organizer assembled in just over 3 hours against a custom plywood closet tower built from scratch for a deeper 38 in. closet.
Published: 9 Mar 2024
A dark, sparsely furnished laundry room is gutted, patched with mesh tape and joint compound, painted white, and fitted with four base cabinets on the right wall, an open-shelf cabinet beside the…
Published: 10 Feb 2024
Chris of HandyDadTV helps a friend, Joe, build a permanent built-in around an Amantii TRD-33 electric fireplace in a living room, using two IKEA HAVSTA cabinets and two BILLY bookcases.
Published: 2 Dec 2023
A hallway closet with hard-to-open, loud double doors is emptied, stripped of its doors, shelves and trim, and filled with custom built-ins.
Published: 17 Mar 2023
Clayton of The Weekend Builder builds closet shelving units from 3/4 in. MDF using grooves routed into the side pieces, glue and brad nails.
Published: 12 Jan 2023
A Home Depot walkthrough for building built-in bookshelves.
Published: 10 Dec 2022
Part 1 of a two-part laundry room build shows how to make cabinet boxes from pre-finished maple plywood, using dados, glue and pocket holes, plus a nook, clothes hanger and separate toe kicks.
Published: 7 May 2021
Shows how to build a DIY walk-in closet from 3/4 in. MDF shelves with MDF strip supports instead of brackets.
Published: 8 Dec 2020
The creator builds shiplap built-in side cabinets and floating stained shelves on both sides of a fireplace she had previously built.
Published: 27 Feb 2020
Mr. Build It builds plywood built-in shelves for the area under a staircase, using 3/4 inch maple plywood, mitered face frames and wood glue.
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