How To Add Moulding To Cabinet Doors

Paint the cabinet molding and embellishments the same color.

How to add moulding to cabinet doors. After the putty has dried sand prime and paint the cabinet doors image 2. Anyone can add value to cabinet doors with the right trim and clean tight fitting mitered corners. We purchased the molding above from lowe s. Paint the cabinet doors.

Cabinet doors updated with molding. Use a miter box to cut the molding strips to size. Be sure to factor in the size of the four embellishments for the 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.

On january 4. When buying new cabinets isn t an option it just takes a little creativity to update what you have. 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. Measure your cabinet door to determine how much molding you ll need.

Use wood putty to fill in the gaps at the mitered corners and to fill in any nail holes. One has a 90 degree lip to fit on edges and the. 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. 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.

At this point the cabinet doors are all ready for some paint and primer. Add interest to a plain cabinet door by parading pretty trimwork around the door s perimeter. And here s what that little cabinet above the fridge looks like now. We used a spare piece of wood and marked 1 from the edge with chalk.

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. The first step in the molding process was picking out the molding. Types of trim trim molding consist of two types. 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.

We need something simple and on the thinner side. It s hard to believe these are the same cabinets original to this house.