I have seen fluted furniture online and it has always caught my eye. Finally, I found the right project to give it a go! I wanted to give my bathroom cabinet doors something extra (without replacing the entire vanity cabinet which was out of budget) and I think it turned out so beautiful! Let me show you how I made these DIY fluted cabinet doors for my guest bathroom vanity!
Supplies
- Half rounds
- Wood glue
- Miter saw
- Sand paper/block
- Clamps
- Scrap wood
- Paint (I actually used a cabinet paint for the first time! The color is Farrow and Ball Setting Plaster.)
Step 1
Remove each cabinet door and drawer if possible (we had to leave one drawer in as well as the fake one beneath the sink).
Use a scrap piece of wood attached to some plywood as a ledger board to make a mark on your half round to determine the length. We did this once per door/drawer. Don’t assume every door is the same.
Step 2
Cut your half rounds. We cut ours with our miter saw using a nail and scrap wood as a stop block to make consistent cuts.
Step 3
Bundle the wood per door/cabinet together and label them for later.
Step 4
Sand the half rounds as needed and each door/cabinet front a bit (just to rough it up) before gluing.
Step 5
Apply wood glue to the entire door front and smooth with a scrap board. Place each half round down and adjust with a board so they are all lined up. Be sure to wipe any excess glue. Once the entire cabinet door/drawer is glued, place scrap wood on top and clamp it down overnight.
Step 6
Time to paint! We painted ours with Behr Cabinet paint in Farrow and Ball Setting Plaster. I absolutely love this color!
I painted the old cabinet knobs and pulls in the same cabinet paint/color so it all blends really nicely together and I did not have to spend any money on new pulls.
If you liked this DIY fluted cabinet doors project, you may also like:
Love this! Exactly what I have in mind. How have they been holding up with a more humid, bathroom space?
Hi Madison, thank you so much! We have had them for a few months now and they are holding up great….and this is mostly my five year olds bathroom (she is a bit messy at the sink ha).