Little by little it's getting there, 5 years in! It's fun seeing it transform into a much more updated home.If you're renovating your kitchen, you may decide to give your kitchen cabinets a new look with an updated overlay. Which we were excited about so we could make it our own. Our house is an 80s split entry that was completely lacking in updates. We probably will be installing/replacing cabinet doors in other areas of our house (basement bar has shutter style folding doors we'd loved to replace at some point) so it will probably get used later on at some point again. I did seek Kreg sells one so I might get one of those. I am definitely going to look into a jig. ![]() ![]() I am super excited to start this project but have been in the research phase of every step of the prep work involved. I'm definitely going to test on one of our over the fridge doors first to check stability on it first to make sure it feel like it'll be sufficient. If you think that will work, that's the direction I'm shooting for. I'm ok with the labor intensive part of it though. it looks like we are just over $500 for all the products for finishing. From what I've priced out for slides, hinges, wood grain filler, dowels, primer, paint. Cost to replace the doors at 22/door is over $700 before paint/prime. using our decent shape 80s oak doors seemed to be a better option. Hubby and I had entertained the idea of new doors but the cost of new doors vs. Thank you for your insight and the direction on new doors. Spending slightly more for some well made, simply adjusted, hidden hinges will be the best route to take. Your overlay will not matter with new doors.Ī word of caution about soft close hinges, drawer glides and such. (if you get really tall or wide doors they are slightly more expensive)Ī quick google search turned up these guys looks like $22.00 per door prepped with hinges. In my part of the country i can get a local cabinet shop to order me new routed raise panel doors prepped with hinges for about $15 each. Some of the better (more expensive) hinges will allow adjustment if your prep work varies slightly, some do not and if your prep holes vary, it will be hard to make the doors look right. This is best done with a drill press and a good jig, but it can be done with a well designed jig and a hand drill. To install the hidden hinges you will need to set up a jig, giving you the proper spacing (most critical is the measurement from the door edge to the center of the fostner bit hole (receives the round part of the hinge). Glue the ripped down stock to the doors, and then sand and fill. You will need to buy some wood stock, and rip it with a table saw so it fills the cut out on the existing doors. I think what you are trying to do will probably work but it is going to be labor intensive. Once painted, it should look pretty good! It will certainly be an improvement going from the inset look to a true partial overlay door. Door just needs a couple spots touched up with wood filler and sanded smooth. Seems like the idea will work and the 3/8” overly blum hinges will work. UPDATE: (mostly) completed my first test door. Any help/suggestions or links to similar projects would be great. I have looked and can’t seem to find anything that completely matches what I am trying to do. Since my doors are 3/8” overlay that seems a bit less out of the norm and more pricey for hinges and attach differently than the ones on our pantry. What I am wondering is, has anyone ever tried adding a 3/8” square dowel (around all edges of the door) to build up the inner lip of the inset door to make it possible to use a more common concealed hinge and essentially turning the door into a normal partial overlay door (like our new cabinet)? Would this be a feasible option? I am still having issues with finding out how much play there with the overlay amount as it appears 1/2” overlay is pretty common. would cost almost $600 for my whole kitchen). Concealed hinges for this old style door are ridiculously expensive (approx $30/pair, $26 with 10 pair discount. We recently installed a pantry cabinet with a similar door profile (raised panel, partial overlay 3/4” thick with concealed hinges) The old cabinet doors are 3/8” partial inset overly. ![]() I am in the process of researching everything I need to do to give my dated 80s kitchen a makeover (painting existing cabinets). r/DIY now has a Discord channel! Come chat with us!ĭid you miss the AMA with Patrick DiJusto? Click here to read it!Īll content must be DIY - if you paid for the work or found it posted online it is not DIY. AMA with Travis Larson is over Check it out!. ![]() COVID-19 DIY PPE Post is live, connecting medical professionals with DIYers!.Quinn Dunki of Blondihacks answers your questions! Read her insights into machining and cat dentistry here.
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