Adding Trim To Old Cabinet Doors

Add molding or trim to the doors.

Adding trim to old cabinet doors.

Adding trim to cabinet doors has obviously been done before. There are lots of choices. Remove all the hardware from the cabinet doors. I was shocked how easy this came together.

You can get as decorative as you want by adding trim. You can attach it to the edges around the perimeter or flat on the face of the door. Cut two of the plywood strips to the height of the door and apply wood glue to the backside of each. After lots of research and planning i created a plan.

Here here. Prep cabinet doors for trim. And a wider view of the whole kitchen. Did you put any protective coat on the new white paint.

How to add trim and paint your laminate cabinets. I just came across your site. Trim of any type makes cabinet doors appear expensive. Use a router to remove the center panel then sand and paint if desired.

Thanks for all your pictures. Have the glass cut to size adding an extra half inch on each side. Sand the doors lightly to remove any dirt and gloss from the old finish. If you want space you can use you can also buy thin cabinets that will fit in the area and paint all the cabinetry to match.

And step one would be removing them from the cabinet bases. Then clean the doors with tsp cleaner or regular dawn dish soap. Did you sand down the cabinets before priming and painting. Here is what our terrible cabinets looked like before.

Update an old cabinet door by adding a glass panel. You can order panels from a glass shop selecting between clear frosted seeded or ribbed glass for a unique look. Before added the mdf trim to the cabinet doors the doors need to be prepped so they are ready for paint. 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.

Check out some examples. I am really thinking about giving the cabinets a face lift like you have done. I have similar old 1960s cabinets. What i ended up doing is transforming my flat doors into shaker style cabinets by simply adding trim to the doors.

I briefly considered making completely new doors but as you might expect that can cost quite a bit. Adding trim to cabinet doors.