After adding the trim pieces to all the cabinet doors sand the edges of the trim to make everything even.
Add trim to laminate cabinets.
So i pulled out a drawer and marked on the trim how long the piece needed to be.
See the picture below for the before and after sanding.
And a wider view of the whole kitchen.
How to add trim and paint your laminate cabinets.
Cut angled trim pieces and attach them from corner to corner to create diagonal lines that form an x.
The melamine cabinets with oak trim looked so sad next to the bright white and stainless steel.
Adding insult to injury our blue laminate countertops with oak trim were being upstaged by the contact paper covering the countertop of the new cabinet.
Because i m a little cray.
Then sand prime and paint the cabinet door.
Add two more pieces perpendicular to the first trim piece to create a cross figure and glue them in place.
This way works well for me.
Day 3 the other half.
Here is what our terrible cabinets looked like before.
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Use wood filler to fill any gaps between trim pieces.
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.
You may have seen that i challenged myself to update our blue master bathroom on a strict budget.
This is not new information.
If not you can check that post out here.
Like knobs in done.
Flat front laminate cabinet doors are so plain and basic.
Adding trim to cabinet doors has obviously been done before.
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.
Day 2 i did half the cabinets got the knobs on back on hinges done.
Sand the mdf shaker cabinet doors.
Then it s time to fill in all the holes and gaps with wood filler or spackling paste.