Adding Trim To Cabinet Doors Before And After

As the doors ended so did the top of the cabinet.

Adding trim to cabinet doors before and after.

The first problem was that there was no lip on the cabinet in which to add molding. How to add trim and paint your laminate cabinets. I briefly considered making completely new doors but as you might expect that can cost quite a bit. Design build apply wood finish this article explains what a diy er needs to know about building kitchen cabinet doors.

Adding trim to kitchen cabinets sometimes the smallest and least expensive changes make the biggest impact. This step completes the addition of trim to the kitchen. This will assure the bond is firm. If trim is being placed on the cabinet doors that are lying flat the trim should be covered with a plastic wrap.

And what used to look like this. It discusses wood selection finish selection and types of hinges and hardware. After adding the trim pieces to all the cabinet doors sand the edges of the trim to make everything even. 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.

Now looks like this. After 10 minutes press again. Painful and gave them some character with a little trim. So what looked like this before.

And these drawers once plain and boring and desperately in need of a new paint job now freshly painted and full of life. Sand the mdf shaker cabinet doors. I was shocked how easy this came together. Here is what our terrible cabinets looked like before.

Skinny baseboards and flat front cabinets. See the picture below for the before and after sanding. If it is a wooden trim simply nail it to the cabinet. Now looks like this.

The frame measures the exact same size as the sides and front of the cabinet. After lots of research and planning i created a plan. We built a frame that would sit on top of the cabinet and that we could attach the trim to the frame above the cabinet. Place a weight on it and leave it for 10 to 12 hours.

And a wider view of the whole kitchen. What i ended up doing is transforming my flat doors into shaker style cabinets by simply adding trim to the doors.