Adding Molding To Flat Kitchen Cabinet Doors

This is an easier way to give your flat cabinet door a makeover.

Adding molding to flat kitchen cabinet doors.

Be sure to factor in the size of the four embellishments for the corners. The first step in the molding process was picking out the molding. You can attach it to the edges around the perimeter or flat on the face of the door. The first problem was that there was no lip on the cabinet in which to add molding.

Adding trim to cabinets. She updated her flat slab cabinet doors with molding and a fresh coat of paint and the difference is remarkable. Add interest to a plain cabinet door by parading pretty trimwork around the door s perimeter. See how you can diy shaker cabinet doors from your existing doors.

I am thinking about doing this to our flat faced cabinet doors and. We need something simple and on the thinner side. Measure your cabinet door to determine how much molding you ll need. Paint the cabinet molding and embellishments the same color.

Make a kitchen cabinet door similar to making a picture frame. There are lots of choices. November 5 2015 by admin 55 comments. Design build apply wood finish this article explains what a diy er needs to know about building kitchen cabinet doors.

If you re looking to update your kitchen but can t afford new cabinets then brandi from don t disturb this groove just may have the perfect idea. You will not be adding molding to the faces of the cabinets or drawers only to the sides of the cabinets and fronts of the doors. Are you wondering how to update your kitchen cabinet doors for cheap. And i know i would go positively cuckoo with a kitchen of naked cabinets and all the drawer stuff all over the house so i decided to split this up into the span of what became three days.

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. There is not enough room on drawer fronts or cabinet face frames. The frame measures the exact same size as the sides and front of the cabinet. The doors started out looking like this.

The next step in adding cabinet molding was deciding where to place the molding on the cabinet. We used a spare piece of wood and marked 1 from the edge with chalk. Here is how to update kitchen cabinets without replacing them by adding trim to the cabinet doors. Adding trim to cabinet doors.

We purchased the molding above from lowe s. From drab to fab. Use a miter box to cut the molding strips to size.