Cover Cabinet Doors With Contact Paper

Don t worry about getting it perfect.

Cover cabinet doors with contact paper.

Spray your adhesive about 8 inches away from the paper and coat the backing very lightly. But we love the idea of using contrast with the existing material and contact paper even standard white. It takes a long time to cover a full kitchen with contact paper but the process itself is pretty simple. Measure your cabinet and cut a piece of your wrapping paper large enough to cover the surface of the cabinet.

Plan for about an hour per cabinet both doors. See more ideas about contact paper cabinets contact paper apartment kitchen. Just be sure it s large enough. I spent a lot of lunch hours weekend nights and downtime working with contact paper.

I can t cut a straight line to save my life so the grid on the back of this dry erase contact paper is soooo helpful. How to cover kitchen cabinets with contact paper. Jun 28 2016 explore lani l s board contact paper cabinets on pinterest. A hand carved kitchen cabinet design from contact paper.

Spotted in the kitchn post. Faux wood grain contact paper self adhesive shelf liner covering for kitchen cabinets doors drawers countertop arts and crafts 23 5x169 inch 4 2 out of 5 stars 58 26 99 26. Line up the end with the corner then mark the other end with a tiny snip of the scissors. I found the water activated paper to be easier to handle cleaner cuts more forgiveness if a tear occurred and easier to line up on the cabinet doors.

Cut the contact paper to fit the cabinet door. Lightly coat the back of your paper with spray adhesive. Refacing our cabinets using contact paper. If the facing to the side of the door is also 4 inches cut the contact paper lengthwise to fit so the grain continues going in the same direction as on the cabinet doors.

You could get very creative with contact paper to cut out a graphic woodland scene or something a little simpler. However the water activated paper isn t as durable as the contact paper material so it will likely require more touchups in the long run. Use the contact paper to cover some of the flat surfaces of the cabinets such as the doors facings or the border where the cabinet tops meet the ceiling. References this old.