I am inspired by this idea of yours Mizz Lilybee. I just bought this vinyl adhesive coating and am going to redo my own kitchen cabinets as well. I too am a big fan of design on the dime... and so far have been content to watch great feats of design on the dime being carried out on TV. Now I think I'm ready to do some trickery of my own.
I am nervous of it turning into a giant disaster though. For example, I imagine that folding over the self adhesive coating will be a nightmare at the corners of the cabinet doors... what if it gets crinkly? Did you have to do some cutting to get the coating to cover your cabinet door corners so well?
dorkusmilorkus
March 16, 2007
Nice job! Your cabinets look great!
Just an FYI to those interested: Target carries stainless steel self adhesive vinyl, which would also look fantastic on cabinet doors.
tschoerda
March 15, 2007
self adhesive vinyl film! what a great idea, i love it! i just discovered self adhesive film for another tiny project, but it would definitely work on my dull / ugly kitchen cabinets too. thank you for the tip!
Brendamo
February 28, 2007
Loved reading about your clever idea. I have dingy dark brown wood cabinets that are almost 30 yrs old. This would definitely perk them up. Thanks for sharing.
jasimar
February 25, 2007
Very very clever. I love dollar store ingenuity. If it doesn't already exist, you might want to start a website blog about decorating only via dollar store in your own brilliant style. Really! I'd be a fan.
AinshaNit
February 24, 2007
I found an economic idea to change to your kitchen… and by 12 U.S. $ More in my blog ;)
lilybee
February 24, 2007
Thanks Keter! Those laminates have caused me to drool a bit. SOOOO pretty!
I have to say that I'm not sure the 'before' picture I used does justice to quite how horrible the kitchen was. It was BAT CAVE dark... there are other pictures on my profile but I can't figure out how to put them in here.
Keter
February 23, 2007
Nicely done...great idea for those in a rental. I really like the stickers, they add a nice touch.
I remember living for six years in a rental with cabinets that had dark walnut cabinets that were actually plastic laminate that was starting to have the color layer turn GREEN. I got the management to agree to let me paint the cabinets with an inoffensive beige lacquer. It took actual lacquer to stick to the plastic, and the place was almost uninhabitable because of the smell for three days, but WOW did it look better!
If I had it to do again, I would use one of these lexan coated laminates.
etodem
I am inspired by this idea of yours Mizz Lilybee. I just bought this vinyl adhesive coating and am going to redo my own kitchen cabinets as well. I too am a big fan of design on the dime... and so far have been content to watch great feats of design on the dime being carried out on TV. Now I think I'm ready to do some trickery of my own.
I am nervous of it turning into a giant disaster though. For example, I imagine that folding over the self adhesive coating will be a nightmare at the corners of the cabinet doors... what if it gets crinkly? Did you have to do some cutting to get the coating to cover your cabinet door corners so well?
dorkusmilorkus
Nice job! Your cabinets look great!
Just an FYI to those interested: Target carries stainless steel self adhesive vinyl, which would also look fantastic on cabinet doors.
tschoerda
Brendamo
Loved reading about your clever idea. I have dingy dark brown wood cabinets that are almost 30 yrs old. This would definitely perk them up. Thanks for sharing.
jasimar
AinshaNit
lilybee
Thanks Keter! Those laminates have caused me to drool a bit. SOOOO pretty!
I have to say that I'm not sure the 'before' picture I used does justice to quite how horrible the kitchen was. It was BAT CAVE dark... there are other pictures on my profile but I can't figure out how to put them in here.
Keter
I remember living for six years in a rental with cabinets that had dark walnut cabinets that were actually plastic laminate that was starting to have the color layer turn GREEN. I got the management to agree to let me paint the cabinets with an inoffensive beige lacquer. It took actual lacquer to stick to the plastic, and the place was almost uninhabitable because of the smell for three days, but WOW did it look better!
If I had it to do again, I would use one of these lexan coated laminates.
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