How To Update Old Kitchen Cabinet Doors
Camila Farah
Add style and functionality for a fraction of the cost of installing new cabinets with these tricks.
Even if your kitchen is more than a few years old it is still possible to update it with new kitchen doors without having to buy new carcasses. This can be done using pieces of wood that are painted to match your cabinets. This is a great inexpensive way to update. New hardware can also make a dramatic difference so that s something to consider for an updated look.
Prime and paint the doors and cabinets. See how you can diy shaker cabinet doors from your existing doors. These old wooden cabinets and hardware made the room appear dark and dated. You can get as decorative as you want by adding trim.
The cabinet doors are the flat w rounded edges very dated. Let it dry then finish with a flat top coat of the base color brushed on perpendicular to the glaze. Apply the glaze over a dry base coat brushing in only one direction thick for large cracks and thin for fine cracks. This is an easier way to give your flat cabinet door a makeover.
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Update the cabinet doors to shaker style by turning them over adding a face frame and filling in any holes or nicks. Update an old cabinet door by adding a glass panel. You can order panels from a glass shop selecting between clear frosted seeded or ribbed glass for a unique look. Replace the cabinet hinges with a more concealed hinge.
Thanks for the instructions. The paint will start to form cracks as it dries a process that takes about an hour. Have the glass cut to size adding an extra half inch on each side. 8 ways to update kitchen cabinets.
I have an older kitchen w many cabinets and doors drawers not complaining. Many people would expect that their old carcasses would not be compatible with new kitchen doors because the sizes are different or the hinges are in the wrong place. Lol but wanted to update. Replacing the doors involves taking off the existing doors face frames and hardware while keeping the cabinet boxes where they are and putting on new doors and face frames with the same hardware or new hardware.
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If your cabinets don t go all the way to ceiling a great way to update the look is to close off the area above the cabinets.View Video For How To Update Old Kitchen Cabinet Doors
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