Adding Trim To Laminate Cabinet Doors

When i couldn t afford new cabinet doors for my kitchen i had to do a little creative surgery on my double raised panel doors to turn them into recessed panel doors.

Adding trim to laminate cabinet doors.

But looked too thick i would appreciate any info. Yes even stuck on. Start by cutting baseboard trim pieces with mitered corners to create a thick frame on the face of your door. Using wood glue attach your 4 pieces of trim to the front of your cabinet door.

This will remove dust to help the liquid nails or wood glue adhere. I love what you have done to your cabinets can you tell me what type of trim you used and what the measurements are on the thickness of the trim. 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. Sand down your wood filler and any rough edges.

Use wood clamps while glue is drying especially if your wood is a little warped wavy. As the doors ended so did the top of the cabinet. The first problem was that there was no lip on the cabinet in which to add molding. How to add trim and paint your laminate cabinets.

Adding trim to cabinet doors has obviously been done before. But all these new things made the rest of the kitchen more drab than ever. 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. Take the mdf trim pieces off the cabinet door and place them right next to the side they will be installed on putting them right side down.

I printed the picture of your trim and took it to lowes and they had no idea what it was i found a piece of mdf that was 1 1 2 in. Adhere the pieces with wood glue and a pin nailer. And a wider view of the whole kitchen. When buying new cabinets isn t an option it just takes a little creativity to update what you have.

I m no stranger to budget cabinet door makeovers myself. The melamine cabinets with oak trim looked so sad next to the bright white and stainless steel. Use wood filler or trim caulk to fill in your seams. Here is what our terrible cabinets looked like before.

Use medium sized decorative trim pieces to create another frame along the inside flat edge of the baseboard pieces. The frame measures the exact same size as the sides and front of the cabinet. Add your own trim to a simple slab cabinet door. After cutting the pieces to size secure them in place using wood glue and a pin nailer.