Retrofitting china cabinets?

[Bogertophis]

I will add that there are PLENTY of things I won't tackle, & that any confidence I had to tackle the projects I've described evolved gradually: from first buying unfinished furniture many years ago & finishing it myself (mostly to save $ over buying expensive "real wood" pieces, & being unwilling to waste any $ on cheap particle-board junk that falls apart), then being an animal-lover, I had to learn to build my own cage tops (wood & 'hardware cloth') for aquariums I used for small pets (rodents first, later snakes). Long before I got into snakes, I ended up with a pair of chipmunks* that I needed to build a huge cage for from scratch- it wasn't perfect but it served the purpose quite nicely, & with each thing you do, you learn more ways to do things. (*FYI, the chipmunks were NOT taken from the wild, & I was overseas when I acquired them, not in the U.S.- by some miracle of circumstances, I was able to bring them back with me, & they lived out their natural lives with me.)

When I got into keeping snakes, I found available "cages" to be less than ideal- & this was some years back, when snakes weren't common pets at all, so I found myself seeing existing furniture in new ways, to make it work as a framework for what I wanted. I am certainly no skilled carpenter- just willing to do what I can with a few tools, like a jigsaw & a drill. I know my limits too- when to out-source help, as I did with the cabinet doors that had glass windows.

Snagrio- If you're a total beginner with all of this, you're probably better off not trying to do this- I only answered because you started this thread, not trying to pull you into a project that's too much for you. Saying it "can" be done, isn't the same thing as saying "you should try it..." Okay? As Hugsplox pointed out, things don't always work quite the way you expected either, & then it's either "on to plan B" or giving up. I don't give up, lol. Not without a big fight but I research a lot first, & the more experience you have with a wide variety of materials & projects, the better.