I didn t want to spend hundre.
Convert cabinet doors to shaker style.
Sand the doors lightly to remove any dirt and gloss from the old finish.
Remove all the hardware from the cabinet doors.
Except shipping killed the deal.
I found a few sites that made custom doors for a decent price.
The new shaker style cabinet doors previously double raised panel doors.
In this video i go over how to make simple shaker style doors with just a table saw.
Shaker style cabinets supplies.
While there are a few different ways that these d.
Not bad at all.
My shaker style cabinet doors needed to be 13 5 inches wide by 39 5 inches tall.
Then i looked at just buying new cabinet doors and hinges.
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.
About 15 each plus the cost of hinges.
Buying new shaker style doors.
It consists of a type of frame around the side of a flat cabinet to give it depth.
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.
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 is a throwback to a simple design.
It s classic and fits almost any style of home.
This is a diy project on how to make flat and blah cabinet doors into beautifully made shaker style cabinet doors.
This tutorial will be for how i actually transformed the doors into shaker style cabinets.
I will be sharing with you my process for painting kitchen cabinets and doors tomorrow.
These are actually new cabinets.
With a table saw cut a sheet of 1 4 inch thick plywood into 2 1 4 inch wide strips along the length.
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.
That worked out to be 225.
Here s how to do it.