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How to add panelling to cupboard doors?

I've recently purchased some of these cabinets: https://www.bunnings.com.au/flatpax-utility-600mm-2-door-wall-cupboard_p2666203 and installed them next to the one existing laundry overhead cabinet that I had.

As they're a slightly different white to what I had existing, I'd like to make it all look a bit more cohesive, by adding some kind of veneer panelling on top. Hoping for this kind of look:

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I'm just after some suggestions + tips on how to achieve this.

Many thanks!

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EricL

Hello @SamG95

Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community. It's sensational to have you join us and thanks for sharing your questions about your cupboard panelling.

I'm sorry but I am unaware of a veneer product that is similar to your cabinet doors. There are products such as the easycraft 900 x 1200 x 9mm easyVJ100 Wall Lining Primed General Purpose MR MDF E0, but these are large thick panels with large line spacings between them. One way to possibly duplicate the look is to use a router and create the line on the surface of the Flatpax door. The laminate door will then need to be painted the same shade as your existing doors.

Let me call on our experienced members @Dave-1 and @Nailbag for their suggestions.

If you need further assistance, please let us know.

Eric

Dave-1

Good Evening @SamG95

Thinking.... Is there a chance of a photo showing the cupboards installed and the surrounding area? It may help with ideas on what could be used/done to change it up.

Maybe some timber trim like a wainscotting style? or even more old school trim with rounded edges? Painted the whole lot or painted seperatly so the trim stands out more so? You could also go the route of a smaller rectangle piece of Ply over the top of the door 2440 x 1220mm 3mm Plywood Pine Premium BC Grade or 1220 x 810mm 4mm Plywood Hardwood Marine AA Grade

I wouldnt go much thicker then the suggestions I have made as if you open two doors back to back I am unsure how much space you will have hinge wise.

Dave

Nailbag

Hi @SamG95

I can't offer any functional solutions sorry that can match a flat panel face to a v-groove one without actually replacing the door itself. There isn't a veneer that would match that I am aware of. And anything you adhere to the doors will be of a different surface level. Instead of attempting to make them look similar, which I think will look odd, instead make them look more different as a feature. This could be spray-painting the plain doors a subtle colour that say matches the splashback tiles. To me this would result in a deliberate finish and not an attempted match one.

Nailbag

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