I briefly considered making completely new doors but as you might expect that can cost quite a bit.
Adding trim to flat cabinet doors before and after.
So what looked like this before.
The doors started out looking like this and after the molding was applied and the cabinets were painted they now look like this.
She updated her flat slab cabinet doors with molding and a fresh coat of paint and the difference is remarkable.
Adding trim to kitchen cabinets sometimes the smallest and least expensive changes make the biggest impact.
I was shocked how easy this came together.
There are lots of choices.
Trim of any type makes cabinet doors appear expensive.
Painful and gave them some character with a little trim.
See the picture below for the before and after sanding.
Now looks like this.
After lots of research and planning i created a plan.
And what used to look like this.
Now looks like this.
You can attach it to the edges around the perimeter or flat on the face of the door.
And these drawers once plain and boring and desperately in need of a new paint job now freshly painted and full of life.
Sand the mdf shaker cabinet doors.
After adding the trim pieces to all the cabinet doors sand the edges of the trim to make everything even.
What i ended up doing is transforming my flat doors into shaker style cabinets by simply adding trim to the doors.