Adding Trim To Slab Cabinet Doors

Set your top piece in place and secure it with the finish nailer.

Adding trim to slab cabinet doors.

Taking a putty knife or finger yes it works fill in all the nail holes and the sides of the cabinet doors where the trim meets against the door plus where the trim pieces meet on the front of the door. Use medium sized decorative trim pieces to create another frame along the inside flat edge of the baseboard pieces. 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. Set the side pieces in place.

Start by cutting baseboard trim pieces with mitered corners to create a thick frame on the face of your door. We used titebond wood glue for this step. However flat panel doors otherwise known as slab cabinet doors are increasing in popularity largely because they lend a modern. The moulding needs to be mitered trimmed on a 45 degree angle.

First trim one tip off your length of moulding at 45 degrees to give you a starting point. Adding trim to cabinet doors has obviously been done before. Adhere the pieces with wood glue and a pin nailer. Add your own trim to a simple slab cabinet door.

Nail in the center first then move to the ends. Remove all the hardware from the cabinet doors. 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. Sand the doors lightly to remove any dirt and gloss from the old finish.

But looked too thick i would appreciate any info. After cutting the pieces to size secure them in place using wood glue and a pin nailer. Using carved molding and or flat trim to update doors makes for a fairly quick simple and inexpensive update to a flat door. And bifold doors can quickly and easily be turned into french doors just follow the second half of this tutorial.

To trim the panel measure and cut your trim molding to fit around the panel. This raised panel design such as is found in shaker style cabinets gives a very traditional look. Tps header using trim to update doors lots of different styles. Cut two of the plywood strips to the height of the door and apply wood glue to the backside of each.

As soon as you have all your doors build it s time to get out the wood filler. 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.