Not bad at all.
Changing cabinet doors to shaker style.
I found a few sites that made custom doors for a decent price.
These are actually new cabinets.
Just measure your pre existing cabinet doors and enter the dimensions on the website.
1 or 2 sheets of 4 8 1 4 plywood ripped down into 2 5 strips miter saw nail gun orbital sander detail sander.
Sand the doors lightly to remove any dirt and gloss from the old finish.
Shaker style cabinets supplies.
This tutorial will be for how i actually transformed the doors into shaker style cabinets.
First you choose the door style and wood species for your doors.
A slab cabinet door is usually preferred in contemporary designs and is a smooth flat slab with no contours panels or accents.
With a table saw cut a sheet of 1 4 inch thick plywood into 2 1 4 inch wide strips along the length.
Then i looked at just buying new cabinet doors and hinges.
Remove all the hardware from the cabinet doors.
I ordered shaker doors in maple.
A step by step tutorial on how to update kitchen cabinets without replacing them by adding mdf trim to the door to create a diy shaker style cabinet.
It s classic and fits almost any style of home.
Buying new shaker style doors.
The new shaker style cabinet doors previously double raised panel doors.
You can see that the doors don t match perfectly with the ones in the kitchen but they re pretty close.
Here s how to do it.
That worked out to be 225.
Adding plywood trim is an economical way to convert plain or outdated cabinets to shaker style.
About 15 each plus the cost of hinges.
The process for ordering your cabinet doors online is simple.
It consists of a type of frame around the side of a flat cabinet to give it depth.
It is usually also done on the cabinet doors.
Except shipping killed the deal.
Accent doors are generally just for decoration and not functionality and are not used as the design style for all the cabinets in the kitchen.
I will be sharing with you my process for painting kitchen cabinets and doors tomorrow.