How to Reface Cabinets With Beadboard
Beadboard is a compressed composite of other woods and is often used for decorative touches because of the etched lines running along its length. You can use beadboard for many different home improvement projects, like refacing your cabinets. Covering the front of your cabinets with beadboard gives character to plain or otherwise unattractive doors. This easy fix up can be done in a day and with just a few supplies. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Measuring tape
- Screwdriver
- Beadboard sheets
- Table saw
- Sandpaper
- Paint or stain
- Finishing nails
- Hammer
- Wood putty
- Caulk
Instructions
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Measure the size of the cabinets to be refaced with a measuring tape.
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Use a screwdriver to take down all of the doors that you are refacing.
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Cut the sheets of beadboard with a table saw according to the measurements of your cabinets. Hold the cut pieces against the cabinets to make sure they are correctly sized and trim down if they are not.
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Sand the edges of each of the pieces of beadboard. Use sandpaper to get all of the edge smooth and to rough up the surface a little.
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Treat the beadboard with whatever finish you want to use. Make sure you get the paint or stain on the edges of each piece.
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Attach the beadboard to the fronts of the cabinet doors using finishing nails and a hammer. Fill the indentations of the nail heads with wood putty.
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Apply a fine bead of caulk around the edge of the cabinet where the door and the beadboard meet. This will seal them together.
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Apply one more coat of your chosen finish to cover up the putty and caulk. Let the finish dry for several hours.
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Reattach the doors to the cabinets. Make sure you put the correct doors on each cabinet.
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Tips & Warnings
If you have drawers near your cabinets, you can reface them using the same method to make the entire unit match.
If this is your first time working with beadboard, buy more than you need in case you make a mistake.
References
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Comments
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Love that I can find instructions to do these projects, but not loving that you do not show the picture of the old cabinet door, for each step, and the finished project.
