Convert Cabinet Doors To Shaker Style

Here s how to do it.

Convert cabinet doors to shaker style.

Sand the doors lightly to remove any dirt and gloss from the old finish. Do you love the look of the classic shaker style cabinet doors. Typical shaker style uses 3 4 inch for the overlay but if you have existing flat front doors you can. I will be sharing with you my process for painting kitchen cabinets and doors tomorrow.

It is usually also done on the cabinet doors. I found a few sites that made custom doors for a decent price. The new shaker style cabinet doors previously double raised panel doors. That worked out to be 225.

These are actually new cabinets. Except shipping killed the deal. With a table saw cut a sheet of 1 4 inch thick plywood into 2 1 4 inch wide strips along the length. About 15 each plus the cost of hinges.

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. Buying new shaker style doors.

Not bad at all. Shaker style is a throwback to a simple design. Remove all the hardware from the cabinet doors. It s classic and fits almost any style of home.

It consists of a type of frame around the side of a flat cabinet to give it depth. My shaker style cabinet doors needed to be 13 5 inches wide by 39 5 inches tall. 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. Shaker style cabinets supplies.

Then i looked at just buying new cabinet doors and hinges. Adding plywood trim is an economical way to convert plain or outdated cabinets to shaker style. Also known as an inset panel door they have a perimeter of hardwood glued to the door. This tutorial will be for how i actually transformed the doors into shaker style cabinets.

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.