Old Cabinets New Doors

Drill concealed hinge holes.

Old cabinets new doors.

But the old door hinges weren t located at the same spot at the top and the bottom so i decided to drill them myself. This is a simple diy project that is great for. Instead of spending say 5 000 on new cabinets save some serious cash and reface the ones you have for under 1 000. You can order your new cabinet doors with the hinge holes pre bored into the back.

And you ll have less diy labor to worry about since you ll just be removing the existing doors and replacing them with new ones. Get the new doors ready to mount on the frames. Measure the width and height of your opening. Today on modern builds i m transforming some old outdated kitchen cabinets into modern slab style cabinets.

Step 1 order the new cabinet door. A standard sized cabinet door needs two hinges. Carefully place the hinges on the door. The clamps are attached to the cabinet door securely with screws and the overall project has a very farmhouse like quality.

You ll also want to take note of the style of the surrounding cabinet doors if there are any so you can match them. According to lowe s home improvement a national home. Replacing the doors involves taking off the existing doors face frames and hardware while keeping the cabinet boxes where they are and putting on new doors and face frames with the same hardware or new hardware. What s old may be new again but those grease caked kid scratched cabinets have to go.

Take that old cabinet door and use it to hold mason jar vases. Just use metal clamps like the ones that hold your dryer vent in place to hold the mason jars. If you re planning to install new kitchen cabinet doors as opposed to an entirely new cabinet set the main structure of your cabinets will stay in place so you ll still save on costs for demolition and construction. We re not saying you must gut and rebuild.

First thing first order the new cabinet door.