Repair expanded cupboards?

You could cover with removable contact paper

Hi Glenys, it depends how much you are willing to do, you can sand them down and patch the areas with filler then paint he same color, that would be the best and the landlord will not mind that at all, or just put a temporary fix on them by gluing the loose pieces back down and putting a temporary cove on them like mactak/contact paper

First, let the landlord know so you're not charged for the damage. Then ask him/her what can be done. Some landlords do not want their tenants doing any improvements. On the other hand, he/she may say, 'go ahead and fix it'. It looks like the top layer of laminate is lifting, so I would try regluing it first.

Yes, take pictures (as you have done for documentation and walk through in the beginning and end of your lease) and talk to the landlord. They may let you fix it-or not, it looks like cosmetic damage on the side edge. I would glue it back on and then apply those clear removable wall corner edges, cut length to fit. The bigger corner patch by the silver colored handle I would leave that alone.

Removable contact paper (or wallpaper) may do the trick!

Hi! Communicate with your landlord and find out what they are willing to let you do.

Hello. Checking with your landlord or lease might be the first wise thing to check out to see what your limitations are before proceeding

Cover with contact paper or removable wallpaper. You might want to change hardware as well.

Hello there,

Rub the door down and re-paint! You may be able to re-touch the damaged parts only by using a matching artist Acrylic paint! Best of luck!

Thanks for the suggestions. The cupboards are a cheap wood base but the white cover is a thick hard plastic material. For that reason, I don’t think sanding would work in plastic? Landlord is fine with us changing things so not an issue. For those who have suggested gluing back down, do you know what kind of glue is best?

Great that the landlord is willing to let you refurbish the cabinets. I would peel the white plastic off as a last resort. You can use Loctite Grabber glue. I use it all the time. If you can get an even board, you can try to paint, but I think your best bet is to cover them with contact paper. Then go to DLawless and see what kind of handles you like or clean up the ones on the doors and spray paint with Rustoleum

Looks like the paint is coming off ask the landlord if you could paint it peel. The part they coming off or pull up and glue it back on

That is plastic laminate over particleboard. If the particle board has swelled from moisture and pushed the laminate up there really isn't a repair. If the laminated just unglued from the particleboard then you can use contact cement or gel super glue to glue it back. But to me it looks like the particleboard has swelled.

You definitely have an issue with damp or a leak. Wood blows out like that when it gets wet.

You can repaint it if they give you permission

It looks like it is a Formica covered cheap fiber board to me. You can try heating the covering with a heat gun/hair dryer and then clamping the area. The other option is to not worry about it since you are in a rental.

Here's a post that might help - https://www.hunker.com/13418706/how-to-repair-kitchen-cabinet-doors-with-particleboard-swelling

this is water damage ... you can sand it off and make sure to paint wiwth ater proof paing

Water damage has wicked into the fiberboard under the very thin Melamine “foil” face.

You cannot sand it without further damaging the Melamine.

The “mushroomed” parts are going to continue to decay if exposed to further west & moisture.

You cannot paint it with water-based paints.

You could buy a can of what we in the States call white “project paint”. That is the cheapest spray enamel paint you can get.

And then a cheap camel hair Size 00 paint brush.

Outside, spray some of the shaken paint into the cap of the spray paint and make a well of liquid enamel paint.

Go inside, dip the brush in the white enamel paint and let the mushroomed parts wick up the enamel paint.