Budget Cabinet Makeover Sand and Sisal

Hello Sand & Sisal readers! I’m Brandi from Nest of Bliss, I’m so excited to meet you all!

I’ve been a huge fan of Kim’s for a long time now, so when she asked me to come visit today I was delighted!

My fiancé and I live in a century farmhouse in the maritimes that we have been working to fix up on a budget. This includes a LOT of DIY and sometimes getting pretty messy. We’re often covered in drywall dust

and paint.

(Probably covered in paint in the lower half of this photo)

And here’s our kitchen today. Still a little ways to go, but progress is progress, right?

Our biggest issue that we had with our kitchen was our cabinets – The doors fell off almost constantly!

New cabinets just weren’t in the budget, so we found a way to make the doors more sturdy by thickening up the door frames, while of course taking advantage of this opportunity to give them a little makeover.

For this Budget Cabinet Makeover you will need the following items:

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• 1/4″ plywood cut to 2″ wide
• Pencil
• 3/4-Inch Wood Screws (This will depends on the thickness of your original cabinet doors)
• Paint – (we used a kitchen & bath semi gloss paint)

1) The first step is to remove your cabinet doors and hardware, and place them down on a workable surface with the outside facing up.

2) Next, measure the outside edges around your cabinet doors for each cabinet that is a different size, this is the measurement for the wood you will be cutting.

3) Cut your plywood into 2 inch wide strips (or the width of your preference) and then cut the strips to the measured dimensions you took before, mitering the edges.

Original article and pictures take http://sandandsisal.com/2013/09/budget-cabinet-makeover.html site


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