Free Door and Window Plans

Door Projects
Split a door in half, install a sliding door or take the rattle out of your doors. Recently, Virginia Hampson of Blacktown, NSW, emailed us looking for a way to turn an ordinary door into...

Create An Elegant Latch From A Simple Spinner
Spinners have been used for years to keep barn doors shut. I've redesigned the spinner for my cabinets from the simple but effective exterior latch to a refined and almost completely hidden mechanism...

Charming Chime
Cheap plastic chime covers should be heard and not seen—not so with this Mission classic Often, the reason I decide to head out to the shop and build a project is that something suitable can’t be purchased at a reasonable price. On a recent trip to my local home centre, I was disappointed with...

Window Shelf Planter Plan
The foundation of the planter is constructed of 2-by-2 lumber. We used pressure-treated pine, but cedar or redwood are also good choices. The first step is measuring the width of your pots just below the top lip.

Casement Window Project
Believe it or not, traditional casement windows with opening lights, or sashes, can be made in the small workshop with just the basic hand-held power tools and some basic joints. Add some transoms, mullions...

Replace An Interior Door
Karen Harper has been hard at work repainting and wallpapering her family's ranch style house. What she would like to do next is replace the plain hollow core doors in her hallway with something more attractive and substantial...

This Old Door
Giving new life to a worn-out relic On closer inspection this dilapidated garden shed, built from scrap material, is actually quite sturdy and provides plenty of storage space for garden tools and outdoor furniture. But, with its peeling muddy brown paint, broken windows and warped door— which...

Replace Cellar Door
For this next HouseCall, Ron was invited to Bennington, Vermont where the winters come early. Beth and Matt Smith needed some help and advice on one final outdoor project for the season. It seemed the old wooden door to their cellar was in pretty bad...

Replace Exterior Door
Dia and Tate Eggers, of Holland, Michigan had an exterior door that had been showing signs of substantial rotting in the doorframe for nearly four years. This caused them concern but they didn't know how to handle the problem on their own so it just...

Single Leaf Door
Even though price is a significant issue when it refers to choosing the wood for your wood working plan, it must be admitted that cheap wood can also suit perfectly in modern constructions, as they are aesthetically more acceptable as time goes by.

Oakville Garage
Eighteen different layouts of garages and workshops can be built with help from this set of plans. You can build the 16’ wide Main Garage at 22’, 24’ or 26’ depth and add Expansion Sheds, of matching depth, to either side to have exactly the design you want. You can also build the Main Garage now and add Expansion Sheds at any time in the future.