Adding Molding To Cabinet Doors Before And After

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 molding to cabinet doors before and after.

See the picture below for the before and after sanding. Adding crown molding to your kitchen cabinets. You will want to sand over the caulk to get a smooth finish. After adding the trim pieces to all the cabinet doors sand the edges of the trim to make everything even.

The first problem was that there was no lip on the cabinet in which to add molding. Be sure to factor in the size of the four embellishments for the corners. Adding trim to kitchen cabinets sometimes the smallest and least expensive changes make the biggest impact. Add interest to a plain cabinet door by parading pretty trimwork around the door s perimeter.

This blogger wanted to open up one cabinet for shelving and add trim and fresh paint to the rest of the cabinet doors. Opening the cabinet doors and going up through the frame into the wood securing it in place. Use a miter box to cut the molding strips to size. As the doors ended so did the top of the cabinet.

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. How to add crown molding kitchen cabinets abby lawson adding moulding to upper kitchen cabinets before after our new updated kitchen reveal diy remodel mini makeover crown molding on my kitchen cabinets how to nest how to add crown molding the top of your cabinets young house kitchen cabinet crown molding make them fancy hometalk. We need something simple and on the thinner side. Adding trim to cabinet doors has obviously been done before.

The first step in the molding process was picking out the molding. 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. Measure your cabinet door to determine how much molding you ll need. It s hard to believe these are the same cabinets original to this house.

As the doors ended so did the top of the cabinet. Another before 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. 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.

Paint the cabinet molding and embellishments the same color. Sand the mdf shaker cabinet doors. May 30 2017 9 comments.