How can I make over my kitchen cabinet doors?

Sue stone
by Sue stone

How do I update my kitchen cabinets. The doors are plain with no design to them.

  8 answers
  • Lifestyles Homes Lifestyles Homes on Nov 28, 2019

    Are they wood or melamine? Are they face frame or full overlay slab doors?

    Handles & pulls are the easy fix if the doors don’t need refinishing.

    Kitchen cabinets get a lot of use and need to be scrub-able.

  • Cindy Brooks Cindy Brooks on Nov 28, 2019

    Try chalk paint. I made mine using 1 cup paint, 1/3 cup each of plaster of Paris and water. Clean cabinets well removing all grease. No sanding or prep besides cleaning necessary. No brush strokes show but might need more than one coat to cover. Dried in 30 minutes. Wait a day then apply polyurethane. You can pick any color of paint.

  • Pamela Pamela on Nov 29, 2019

    Hi ! I had 1970's builder grade oak cabinets with ugly scalloped insets ., In the retirement home we bought . We had so many projects in all the rooms to bring it out of the 70's . We were doing each room , one by one . I couldn't wait until we were going to get to the kitchen , so I did my own redo until I could afford new cabinets and countertops . I measured and cut beadboard to cover the area of the door fronts and glued it down with locktite super glue . Then painted them ! It worked GREAT ! It's been almost 3 years and they have held up great . You can see my step by step tutorial on this site , called New kitchen on a budget . Good luck !

  • Pamela Pamela on Nov 29, 2019

    Here is what I did ...

  • Johnavallance82 Johnavallance82 on Mar 10, 2021

    Hello Sue,

    Add some moulding to them. or Stencil them or add a motif. Have fun!

  • Agnes Chrzanowska Agnes Chrzanowska on Mar 31, 2021

    sometimes change of hardware helps but if you like to paint Home improvement stores have whole kits of paint you should use for that diy project