Applying Wood Trim To Old Kitchen Cabinet Doors

Before added the mdf trim to the cabinet doors the doors need to be prepped so they are ready for paint.

Applying wood trim to old kitchen cabinet doors.

Lay one board at the bottom of the panel angling it slightly upward to overlap the inside edge of the cabinet frame. There wasn t anything wrong with the hardware. Set up your doors on saw horses or somewhere easy to move around them on all sides. But i was tired of the dated look.

I just felt like that poke y part was a bit too dated. Then clean the doors with tsp cleaner or regular dawn dish soap. Cut 1 5 inch craft boards to the length of the inside measurement of the inset panel. You can attach it to the edges around the perimeter or flat on the face of the door.

But do we have it in the budget to demo this kitchen and start over. Use wood putty to fill in the gaps at the mitered corners and to fill in any nail holes. Adding trim to cabinet doors. Not bad when you consider what new cabinets would cost.

This kitchen cabinet update idea works well for recessed panel cabinet doors. Prep cabinet doors for trim. I screwed the hinges back onto the doors and made a trip to lowe s. I decided to trim the doors out to cover part of the old fashioned hinge that extended onto the cabinet door.

After the putty has dried sand prime and paint the cabinet doors image 2. I ended up needing 9 pieces of trim so this new look set me back about 72. And step one would be removing them from the cabinet bases. There are lots of choices.

I m so glad to have finally gotten this project done i could not be more thrilled with how it. Use tape to label the backside of your cabinet door and the inside of your cabinets so you know where they should go when you re ready to hang them back up. 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.