Adding Trim To Cabinet Doors Before And After

The frame measures the exact same size as the sides and front of the cabinet.

Adding trim to cabinet doors before and after.

As the doors ended so did the top of the cabinet. This step completes the addition of trim to the kitchen. Then it s time to fill in all the holes and gaps with wood filler or spackling paste. If trim is being placed on the cabinet doors that are lying flat the trim should be covered with a plastic wrap.

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. Another before and here s what that little cabinet above the fridge looks like now. Adding trim to cabinet doors. 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.

You can attach it to the edges around the perimeter or flat on the face of the door. 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. There are lots of choices. Adding trim to cabinet doors has obviously been done before.

See the picture below for the before and after sanding. If it is a wooden trim simply nail it to the cabinet. Remove your cabinet doors and place all hardware screws in a ziploc baggy. Place a weight on it and leave it for 10 to 12 hours.

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. After 10 minutes press again. It s hard to believe these are the same cabinets original to this house. 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.

Here is what our terrible cabinets looked like before. The doors were let to dry for about 30 minutes. The screws will be used to keep the molding flush with the cabinet door and will prevent warping. The first problem was that there was no lip on the cabinet in which to add molding.

Trim of any type makes cabinet doors appear expensive. After adding the trim pieces to all the cabinet doors sand the edges of the trim to make everything even.