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Can I not see the forest for the trees? Hoping someone can tell me what I'm looking for. I want to dress up my old plain 60's kitchen cabinet doors by applying molding.

If you've ever shopped for molding, then you know there's millions (maybe trillions) to choose from. The door to the left is what I want to create. The molding will be applied onto solid birch wood doors, then painted. 3 maybe 2, moldings used here. A.) the outer frame, B.) ½ round rope molding, and C.) A small pencil thin molding OR is the ½ round rope molding sitting in a router track?

The problem. What is the outer frame made of? I’ve looked all weekend online for the outer frame molding with no luck. Then it dawned on me that maybe the outer frame is not really molding, but strips of flat wood that can be purchased at any Lowe’s or Home Depot and cut with a miter saw to create a frame. If so, what is it called?

The starting price for that door is $35 dollars. I have 30 total cabinet door. Since the house was built in 1950, the cabinet maker made the cabinets in the house (no pre-fab back then). The owner and the cabinet maker weren’t stingy in my house, but the biggest problem is the multisized doors. Of 30 doors I have 15 different sizes (now you know why new cabinet doors are not in the budget). I have 4’ tall doors, the small doors typically of the over the refrigerator, and I have one door that when it’s opened a ironing board drops down. With that said, I will need several different sized outer frames (oh boy, I get to use the table saw).

I would appreciate any feedback, as I want to get this done before Spring (which usually starts in late March or April around here. Thanks



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I believe the piece of trim you are looking for is called lattice. It is thin, around a 1/4" thick by about 1 1/2" wide. It is sanded on all four sides. It is available in the moulding section of big blue or big orange. Don't have Menard's here so I'm not sure what color they use.

Maybe it is just me but I cannot get the photograph to come up. I might suggest that you look at a regular lumber yard for molding. Most big box stores fall short of a selection of specialized design. Might even "google" moldings and I am sure you will find a variety of molding designs available. Unless it was a special hand made molding it should be around.

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Originally posted by redoverfarm:
Maybe it is just me but I cannot get the photograph to come up.

Same here.

So sorry about that. I'll go straight to the site for a view of the door. Thank you. Pat

http://www.cabinetdoorsdepot.c...&price=0.00&name=821

You might check out these sites.

http://www.vandykes.com/moldings-trim/c/16/

http://www.constantines.com/decorativemouldings.aspx

I was thinking that it was probably the door frame itself until I saw the corners were mitered. A mitered corner on the door would be very weak structurally so it is probably applied to a panel in back. If they were structural they'd likely be lap jointed at a minimum if not mortise and tenoned.

If you go to a real lumber yard they can probably create the size pieces you need and finish them on all four sides.

I couldn't see the first photo you posted but the second worked ok. I does look like a built up molding; that is, one made up of several pieces put together.

You sure won't find that in a home center, and I doubt that you would find it in a lumber yard. I think you will have to go to a specialty molding store to even find the parts.

It would sure help if you would include your location; put it in your profile as I have done. For example, if you are in SoCA I could direct you to two speciality molding stores.