Adding Decorative Trim To Cabinet Doors

One day i was waiting at the paint counter at lowe s there was a bucket of yardsticks and i was thinking that i should buy wood trim that size because it s exactly the look i had in mind flat shaker style and the width of the boards were still small enough for the tiny drawers.

Adding decorative trim to cabinet doors.

The frame measures the exact same size as the sides and front of the cabinet. How to add trim and paint your laminate cabinets. You can attach it to the edges around the perimeter or flat on the face of the door. She showed me a pin that led to one life to love s diy beadboard panel doors after seeing the photo i knew it would be a great diy upgrade to make.

There are lots of choices. This step completes the addition of trim to the kitchen. Adding trim to cabinet doors. If trim is being placed on the cabinet doors that are lying flat the trim should be covered with a plastic wrap.

Use tape to label the backside of your cabinet door and the inside of your cabinets so you know where they should go when you re ready to hang them back up. After adding the decorative panels to the sides of the bathroom vanity using 1 4 inch plywood i used the small cabinet trim on the front edge of the vanity to cover the raw edge of the plywood. Learn how adding wood trim to kitchen cabinets is not as hard you might think. I used it on my headboard attached as a small frame for the vinyl and nailhead trim.

And a wider view of the whole kitchen. Adding trim to cabinet doors has obviously been done before. See the picture below for the before and after sanding. The first problem was that there was no lip on the cabinet in which to add molding.

If it is a wooden trim simply nail it to the cabinet. After adding the trim pieces to all the cabinet doors sand the edges of the trim to make everything even. Then it s time to fill in all the holes and gaps with wood filler or spackling paste. To make the cookie cutter sliding door a little less abrasive i made a cornice to go over.

Here is what our terrible cabinets looked like before. This will assure the bond is firm. As the doors ended so did the top of the cabinet. When my sister brought me on to the topsail beach condo renovation she had a laundry list of diy projects she wanted me to complete one of them was dressing up the hollow flat doors with moulding panels.

After 10 minutes press again. Place a weight on it and leave it for 10 to 12 hours. Trim of any type makes cabinet doors appear expensive.