Adding Trim To Cabinet Doors Before And After

And a wider view of the whole kitchen.

Adding trim to cabinet doors before and after.

Here is what our terrible cabinets looked like before. You can attach it to the edges around the perimeter or flat on the face of the door. If trim is being placed on the cabinet doors that are lying flat the trim should be covered with a plastic wrap. 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.

Remove your cabinet doors and place all hardware screws in a ziploc baggy. 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. See the picture below for the before and after sanding. Adding trim to cabinet doors.

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. The frame measures the exact same size as the sides and front of the cabinet. Another before and here s what that little cabinet above the fridge looks like now. Trim of any type makes cabinet doors appear expensive.

Adding trim to cabinet doors has obviously been done before. Using liquid nail the border trim was glued on the door flipped over and a heavy load was applied i used two 60 lb bag of concrete and my toolbox the screws are then added. The doors were let to dry for about 30 minutes. 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.

This step completes the addition of trim to the kitchen. After adding the trim pieces to all the cabinet doors sand the edges of the trim to make everything even. As the doors ended so did the top of the cabinet. Then it s time to fill in all the holes and gaps with wood filler or spackling paste.

There are lots of choices. After 10 minutes press again. The screws will be used to keep the molding flush with the cabinet door and will prevent warping. This will assure the bond is firm.

Cabinet doors updated with molding on january 4 2012 by kristi 5 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. It s hard to believe these are the same cabinets original to this house.