Cabinet for American Girl Dolls

Step 2 Add new holes for shelf

The pre-drilled holes for the shelves were not at a good location to get an optimum height for the doll. Space is at a premium and I did not want to waste too much just to use the holes given me. My girls have a stand for their doll and an interior height of 19 3/4" seemed to fit best (this gives a little extra height for the dolls to be on a stand and also have a hat on). I ended up drilling a set of holes 3/8" down from the existing hole which was 20 1/2" from the top. The brad point drill bits are really nice for drilling into and not chipping the hard melamine surface. Unfortunately, the long center tip doesn't allow sufficient depth for the shelf supports to seat all of the way in. Thus I drilled all of the holes a second time with a normal bit. For these holes, I used a drill press with a stop set so that I did not accidentally go all of the way through the side walls drilling these holes. A masking tape flag on the drill bits works just as well if using a hand drill.