How To Add Decorative Molding To Cabinet Doors

When i couldn t afford new cabinet doors for my kitchen i had to do a little creative surgery on my double raised panel doors to turn them into recessed panel doors.

How to add decorative molding to cabinet doors. Measure your cabinet door to determine how much molding you ll need. Anyone can add value to cabinet doors with the right trim and clean tight fitting mitered corners. 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. 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.

I used it on my headboard attached as a small frame for the vinyl and nailhead trim. This cabinet door was made using the same method but i used only mdf to make cabinet drawers from scratch. Remove all the hardware from the cabinet doors. We need something simple and on the thinner side.

We used a spare piece of wood and marked 1 from the edge with chalk. At this point the cabinet doors are all ready for some paint and primer. Paint the cabinet doors. When buying new cabinets isn t an option it just takes a little creativity to update what you have.

We purchased the molding above from lowe s. Add interest to a plain cabinet door by parading pretty trimwork around the door s perimeter. Sand the doors lightly to remove any dirt and gloss from the old finish. Paint the cabinet molding and embellishments the same color.

We used titebond wood glue for this step. After adding the decorative panels to the sides of the bathroom vanity using 1 4 inch plywood i used the small cabinet trim on the front edge of the vanity to cover the raw edge of the plywood. Frame the shape of the door with flat or angled molding or add an extra. On january 4.

Cabinet doors updated with molding. The first step in the molding process was picking out the molding. Cut two of the plywood strips to the height of the door and apply wood glue to the backside of each. Types of trim trim molding consist of two types.

Be sure to factor in the size of the four embellishments for the corners. The next step in adding cabinet molding was deciding where to place the molding on the cabinet.