How To Make Old Cabinet Doors Look New

This blogger wanted to open up one cabinet for shelving and add trim and fresh paint to the rest of the cabinet doors.

How to make old cabinet doors look new. There are plenty of options besides plain clear glass. Apply filler to nail holes and seams. Scrub off every bit of grease with tsp. Thanks to a fresh coat of white paint and new hardware that blends in better with the cabinets this kitchen has a whole new look.

Now white with new hardware the kitchen cabinets brighten up the room. Instead give the cabinets a completely new look by changing the hardware painting on a new color or even adding decorative trim and crown moldings. We opted for a coat of primer and then painted the door using benjamin moore s advance paint in semi gloss color is simply white. Replacing the cabinets is a costly and often unnecessary expense more so if the old cabinets are in good shape.

Get the tutorial. This gives the existing surface tooth and allows the polyurethane to adhere better. Video of the day volume 0. This week we are working on dressing up our plain stock cabinet doors to give them a little better look.

A lot of you may be watching this to see how you can. According to glass insert manufacturer bendheim refacing your cabinets costs about 20 of what replacing them would cost plus it s a project you can do yourself over a weekend without losing the use of your kitchen. Sand the cabinet doors with 220 grit sandpaper then wipe with a clean cloth. After the cabinet surfaces are clean and dry lightly sand the surface with no.

220 or higher grit sandpaper. To update cabinet style add strips of plywood or mdf to create shaker doors on a budget. For full step by step instructions shopping list and tools list see how to paint kitchen cabinets. Coordinate your new cabinet look with existing appliances and furniture as well as any woodwork sharing the same space especially in an open plan kitchen living dining area.

As long as the frames and doors are structurally sound you can clean them up and brush on a fresh coat of paint and within a weekend take that kitchen from dreary to sunny. You can choose from etched shown fluted crackled colored or patterned glass and set off your new look with interior.