Convert Cabinet Doors To Shaker Style

The new shaker style cabinet doors previously double raised panel doors.

Convert cabinet doors to shaker style.

I will be sharing with you my process for painting kitchen cabinets and doors tomorrow. This tutorial will be for how i actually transformed the doors into shaker style cabinets. Remove all the hardware from the cabinet doors. Typical shaker style uses 3 4 inch for the overlay but if you have existing flat front doors you can.

In this video i go over how to make simple shaker style doors with just a table saw. Sand the doors lightly to remove any dirt and gloss from the old finish. It consists of a type of frame around the side of a flat cabinet to give it depth. Shaker style is a throwback to a simple design.

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. Also known as an inset panel door they have a perimeter of hardwood glued to the door. You can see that the doors don t match perfectly with the ones in the kitchen but they re pretty close. Buying new shaker style doors.

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. 1 or 2 sheets of 4 8 1 4 plywood ripped down into 2 5 strips miter saw nail gun orbital sander detail sander. That worked out to be 225.

My shaker style cabinet doors needed to be 13 5 inches wide by 39 5 inches tall. Not bad at all. Except shipping killed the deal. I found a few sites that made custom doors for a decent price.

These are actually new cabinets. Here s how to do it. Adding plywood trim is an economical way to convert plain or outdated cabinets to shaker style. This is a diy project on how to make flat and blah cabinet doors into beautifully made shaker style cabinet doors.

While there are a few different ways that these d. Since the outside boards will be 1x3s actually 75x 2 5 i subtracted 5 inches from the width and height to get the measurement needed for my inside panel 8 5 x 34 5. Do you love the look of the classic shaker style cabinet doors. It is usually also done on the cabinet doors.

It s classic and fits almost any style of home.