Convert Cabinet Doors To Shaker Style

Adding plywood trim is an economical way to convert plain or outdated cabinets to shaker style.

Convert cabinet doors to shaker style.

My shaker style cabinet doors needed to be 13 5 inches wide by 39 5 inches tall. Here s how to do it. These are actually new cabinets. About 15 each plus the cost of hinges.

Shaker style cabinets supplies. Except shipping killed the deal. I found a few sites that made custom doors for a decent price. I will be sharing with you my process for painting kitchen cabinets and doors tomorrow.

I didn t want to spend hundre. In this video i go over how to make simple shaker style doors with just a table saw. This is a diy project on how to make flat and blah cabinet doors into beautifully made shaker style cabinet doors. Sand the doors lightly to remove any dirt and gloss from the old finish.

Remove all the hardware from the cabinet doors. While there are a few different ways that these d. It s classic and fits almost any style of home. You can see that the doors don t match perfectly with the ones in the kitchen but they re pretty close.

Do you love the look of the classic shaker style cabinet doors. Then i looked at just buying new cabinet doors and hinges. 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. 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. Shaker style is a throwback to a simple design. The new shaker style cabinet doors previously double raised panel doors. It is usually also done on the cabinet doors.

1 or 2 sheets of 4 8 1 4 plywood ripped down into 2 5 strips miter saw nail gun orbital sander detail sander. Typical shaker style uses 3 4 inch for the overlay but if you have existing flat front doors you can. 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. Also known as an inset panel door they have a perimeter of hardwood glued to the door.

That worked out to be 225.