Adding Molding To Plain Cabinet Doors

Paint the cabinet molding and embellishments the same color.

Adding molding to plain cabinet doors.

Adding decorative molding to basic cabinets is an easy affordable way to make a big impact in your kitchen. Here is how to update kitchen cabinets without replacing them by adding trim to the cabinet doors. We purchased the molding above from lowe s. 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.

Adding trim to cabinet doors. This is an easier way to give your flat cabinet door a makeover. The first step in the molding process was picking out the molding. Use a miter box to cut the molding strips to size.

I promised a few weeks back in my laundry room reveal that i would show you some of the problems and creative solutions we had along the way. Add interest to a plain cabinet door by parading pretty trimwork around the door s perimeter. You can attach it to the edges around the perimeter or flat on the face of the door. A beautiful upgrade today s tutorial is for adding trim to a cabinet.

Measure your cabinet door to determine how much molding you ll need. And these drawers once plain and boring. Dress up your plain cabinets with molding around the top to make them more sophisticated. Are you wondering how to update your kitchen cabinet doors for cheap.

Adding trim to cabinet doors has obviously been done before. We need something simple and on the thinner side. See how you can diy shaker cabinet doors from your existing doors. I actually thought you just now added the crown molding until you showed the transformation over the years at the end.

And is it just me or does the crown molding stand out more now. There are lots of choices. We used a spare piece of wood and marked 1 from the edge with chalk. Ace hardware expert mike jakubowski walks us.

I am thinking about doing this to our flat faced cabinet doors and drawers too and i have a couple. Base cap molding is intended to be used to dress up plain baseboards like if you have a house where simple 1 x 3 s or 1 x 4 s were used as baseboards but it can be used for so much more. Be sure to factor in the size of the four embellishments for the corners. This trim is almost as versatile as the panel molding above that i love so much and it s also sold by the linear foot.