Adding Molding To Plain Cabinet Doors

Add interest to a plain cabinet door by parading pretty trimwork around the door s perimeter.

Adding molding to plain cabinet doors.

Dress up your plain cabinets with molding around the top to make them more sophisticated. Base cap molding is intended to be used to dress up plain baseboards like if you have a house where simple 1 x 3 s or 1 x 4 s were used as baseboards but it can be used for so much more. And these drawers once plain and boring. Ace hardware expert mike jakubowski walks us.

Trim of any type makes cabinet doors appear expensive. You can attach it to the edges around the perimeter or flat on the face of the door. Here is how to update kitchen cabinets without replacing them by adding trim to the cabinet doors. The first step in the molding process was picking out the molding.

We purchased the molding above from lowe s. 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. Use a miter box to cut the molding strips to size. We need something simple and on the thinner side.

A beautiful upgrade today s tutorial is for adding trim to a cabinet. 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. See how you can diy shaker cabinet doors from your existing doors. This trim is almost as versatile as the panel molding above that i love so much and it s also sold by the linear foot.

There are lots of choices. This is an easier way to give your flat cabinet door a makeover. Adding decorative molding to basic cabinets is an easy affordable way to make a big impact in your kitchen. Measure your cabinet door to determine how much molding you ll need.

Paint the cabinet molding and embellishments the same color. I am thinking about doing this to our flat faced cabinet doors and drawers too and i have a couple. Adding trim to cabinet doors has obviously been done before. Be sure to factor in the size of the four embellishments for the corners.

And is it just me or does the crown molding stand out more now. I promised a few weeks back in my laundry room reveal that i would show you some of the problems and creative solutions we had along the way. The next step in adding cabinet molding was deciding where to place the molding on the cabinet. Adding trim to cabinet doors.