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Modifying a Built-in Cabinet  The eleven-foot tall built-in cupboard in our kitchen was the only original 1897 element in that room. It was bare bones -- without its doors on the top or bottom. We displayed some dishes in it, but it took up a lot more space than it saved. And we were desperate for more space in the kitchen -- so desperate that we began to contemplate taking out the cupboard, epseicallyl since it didn't seem we'd ever find the right doors for it. Finally, we decided to compromise. We would save the built-in but modify it. That way we could fit our new low-profile fridge inside the cupboard and still get use from its shelves on the other side. 
Modifyin the built-in was like pieceing together a puzzle. We had recently acquired some narrow, vintage glass-fronted doors. One of them fit the left side of the modified cabinet perfectly . . . if I finagled the right brace a bit (see blue lines below). I also cut down a drawer and made a second one from scratch to fit the new cabinet on the right side. We think the finished product look almost like it was built that way. 
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