Easy Process Of Making Chicken Wire Cabinet Doors
If you are looking for a quick as well as affordable & trendy update for your kitchen, the best option is to treat your existing cabinet doors to chicken wire inserts. Chicken wire is not only for chickens these days, but it can give your cabinets a beautiful simple farmhouse flair pliable & soft as well as user-friendly. You can create a number of unique designs when it comes to making chicken wire cabinet doors, such as cut square, round or octagonal shapes. You can color it with metallic silver, gold or copper paint & make it sparkle with glitter paint or install fabric or embossed faux leather behind it. You can also try chicken wire under glass when it comes to a sophisticated, classic look. In order to make chicken wire cabinet doors, go through the below-mentioned steps carefully:
Thing's Needed
- A Cabinet Door
- Chicken Wire
- A Staple Gun
- A Hammer
- Some Small Pin Nails
- A Foam Strip
- A Pair Of Wire Cutters
Steps
- Measure Cupboard Doors: First of all, pull out the cupboard doors from the cabinets, before measuring them with the help of a measuring tape or ruler. Design the shape as well as the size of the insert based on the outside measurements of each door, but make sure to leave at least 2 inches of the door frame around the insert. Draw the insert outline with the help of a pencil and ruler. If doors are a few different sizes, then it is important to keep the insert sizes uniform for each individual door size.
- Make The Opening For The Inserts: Now, cut through the pencil line on each door with the help of a jigsaw in order to make the opening for the inserts. Take a piece of paper & keep note of the number of inserts required, and the exact measurements for each to use as reference when you cut the wood frames and the chicken wire.
- Make Finishing Frames For The Inserts: Next, cut the wood molding with the help of a miter saw and miter box in order to make finishing frames for the chicken wire inserts on the interior of each of the doors. Place the doors as well as frames to one side & if there are different sizes, then set them in separate piles.
- Unroll The Chicken Wire To A Workable Length: After that, stretch out the chicken wire to a workable length, at least two or three inches larger than each insert, before cutting to size with the help of wire cutters. Stretch the wire inserts over the interior of the cupboard doors, before securing or affixing them with the help of a staple gun through all four edges about 1 inch apart. Secure the wood molding frames with the help of finishing nails in order to cover the edges of the chicken wire inserts.
- Reattach The Doors To The Cabinets: Finally, attach the doors back to the cabinets. If desired, paint or stain the wood frame on the interior of the doors in order to match the inside of the cabinets.