Adding Molding To Cabinet Doors

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.

Adding molding to cabinet doors.

A very simple and quick update is to add molding or trim to the cabinet doors. It s hard to believe these are the same cabinets original to this house. And here s what that little cabinet above the fridge looks like now. 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.

The first problem was that there was no lip on the cabinet in which to add molding as the doors ended so did the top of the cabinet. And then on occasion i also use the panel molding that has the rabbet on the back. 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. And of course there are the basics quarter round and shoe molding.

With the four sides of the frame mitered attach the lip molding to the cabinet door first with a thin layer of glue then secure it with a nail gun image 1. You can attach using short nails but for doors that are thin you want to use a strong adhesive. Are you wondering how to update your kitchen cabinet doors for cheap. Use wood putty to fill in the gaps at the mitered corners and to fill in any nail holes.

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. 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. See how you can diy shaker cabinet doors from your existing doors. I used this in my kitchen remodel but that s pretty much the only place i ve used it.

I used this to make the cabinet doors and drawer fronts in the condo bathroom. Set up your doors on saw horses or somewhere easy to move around them on all sides. That were then painted a creamy yellow a decade ago when we moved in then updated with white paint and some crown molding a few years back and now today. Adding trim to cabinet doors has obviously been done before.

If you won t be painting over the doors completely remember to stain or paint the trim to match. Liquid nail is a great product because it s strong and will last. After the putty has dried sand prime and paint the cabinet doors image 2.