Facades for kitchen by own hands

If you want to change the boring environment in the kitchen, you do not need to buy new furniture. It is enough to change the facades and your "office" will be transformed. Kitchen facades can be ordered in a specialized workshop, but it's more interesting and cheaper to do it yourself. Read our article and transform the space around you according to your taste and without large investments.

Materials for the facades of the kitchen

Choosing the material for the implementation of the planned project, one should focus not only on its external beauty, but also on the quality characteristics. In any other way, because the kitchen furniture is operated in more severe conditions than, for example, room.

Requirements for kitchen facades

To ensure that the facades of kitchen furniture retain a decent appearance for as long as possible, the material from which they are made must have the following qualities:

• moisture resistance;
• resistant to high temperatures;
• is easy to clean;
• strength;
• is resistant to mechanical damage.

Materials for the facades of the kitchen

There are a lot of materials for making kitchen facades. All of them have their own features and properties:

1. Laminated wood-chip. It is obtained by applying a layer of glue and a paper-resin film to a conventional chipboard. Unfortunately, this beautiful and inexpensive material is short-lived because of its low wear resistance.
2. Plastic. The chipboard is also based on the chipboard, but the coating is more expensive, so it is more reliable, well resists mechanical damage, has a large range of colors, is moisture resistant, but can not be restored after damage.
3. Tree. These facades are solid and noble. Performed in different styles, are subject to restoration, and repeated, eco-friendly. They are made of birch, oak, walnut, ash, cherry, pear, exotic species. As a finishing patination, varnishing, aging, painting is applied.
4. Glass. The facade can be glass completely or decorated with glass inserts, decorated with patterns or painted, toned, with a photographed image. Sometimes reinforcing film is glued to the inside on the inside, some manufacturers use unbreakable plexiglass.
5. Stone. Applied as inserts. These facades look amazing in combination with a stone countertop. The main drawback is that they are very heavy, they require reinforced fastening.
6. MDF.The service life of this material is at least 6 years. The structure, as well as some characteristics, it resembles natural wood, but much cheaper. In addition, it can not be deformed, environmentally friendly, it holds fasteners well.

When choosing a material, one should take into account the general style of the kitchen. For futuristic high-tech, the most suitable option is the MDF facades, both glossy and film. In the kitchen classic organically look painted aluminum profiles, wood, stained glass. In a small room, blind, dark facades are inappropriate, it is better to stop the choice on the doors with glass - transparent or white matte.

Facades for kitchen from wood

Wooden kitchen facades, radiating special warmth and comfort, are the most popular. They are classified as elite.

The category includes 2 types of facades:

1. Veneered - a plate of fiberboard and whether MDF, veneered, i.e.plates of expensive wood. They are cheaper than the facades of the array, but they look attractive, they are easy to process.
2. Massive - made of natural wood, pre-processed by special technology. Sometimes facades are carved, artificially aged, applying patina, turning kitchen furniture into works of art.

The cheapest among the facades for the kitchen of the array are those made of pine. Expensive, elite facades are made of mahogany, wenge, cedar.

A selection of photo facades for the kitchen, made of wood

Facades of aluminum

Aluminum facades for the kitchen look stylish, modern, interesting, perfectly combined with other materials. They have many advantages:

• does not burn out in the sun;
• resistant to temperature changes and moisture;
• long-lived;
• is light;
• are environmentally friendly.

In addition, kitchen aluminum doors can be made not only swinging, but also sliding.

There are also disadvantages:

• is more expensive than the facades made of MDF, plastic and other artificial materials;
• fades with time;
• damage from contact with sharp objects and from the use of abrasive cleaners.

Types of aluminum facades

Facades of this material come in two types:

1. Solid or slab. They are made from a single sheet of ground aluminum. They are well combined with household appliances, which have chrome surfaces.
2. Frame is a design consisting of:

• from the frame;
• filler;
• mounting;
• accessories.

Inserts made of glass, wood, plastic, PVC, MDF, particleboard or a combination thereof are used as a filler material.

Useful to know: Another advantage of the facade of the aluminum profile is that the frame is dismantled, so its filling can be changed.

Facades for kitchen from MDF

This group of facades is the most numerous. There are several types of such facades:

• Veneered - visually the surface is difficult to distinguish from natural wood.
• Painted - glossy surface, looks perfect in any interior. The product is first primed, then covered with enamel in several layers. The surface of enameled facades from MDF is matte, glossy, silky, pearly, flickering. They do not absorb moisture, but under the influence of ultraviolet rays, the painted surface burns out.
• Laminated - analog version of the chipboard, covered with PVC film, imitating marble, plastic, wood, metal and other materials. They are relatively inexpensive, but have one unpleasant quality - under the influence of moisture and heated air, the film lags behind the base.
• Plastic - durable, not afraid of hot air, but the surface is exceptionally smooth - other options are not possible.

Acrylic facades for the kitchen

The basis of these facades is MDF or particleboard, coated with polymethyl acrylate, which is a plastic, obtained by special technology. The surface is perfectly glossy. The thickness of the acrylic coating is about 0.2 cm, the whole plate is 1.6-1.8 cm. The acrylic facades are made in two versions:

• is one-sided, when the plate is covered with acrylic only outside;
• double sided - acrylic coating is present on 2 sides.

These facades are in demand due to a number of positive qualities:

• surface is perfectly smooth, glossy;
• resistance to all kinds of deformations high;
• colors are deep, saturated, resistant to changes under the influence of the environment;
• heavy metals, carcinogens are absent.

How to make the facades for the kitchen with your own hands

Maybe the furniture made by your hands is inferior to something that is sold in furniture stores, but it is exclusive and not so expensive. Most often self-made facades for the kitchen from the array, paneled, from the chipboard.

Manufacture of facades for kitchen from wood

In order to produce a wooden facade, a wooden board with a thickness of 2-3 cm or an edged pine board with a width of 20 cm, fittings, stain, lacquer, screws, and also the following tools will be needed:

• kijanka( 1);
• set of saws - lath frame( 2), grooving( 31), tenoning( 32), small hacksaw small( 33);
• clamp( 3);
• clamping transverse( 4);The metal ruler
• ( 5);
• jointer( 6);
• hammer locksmith( 7);
• Malka( 8);
• thicknesser( 9);
• elbow( 10);
• file( 11);
• turning tool( 12);
• a batch( 13);
• plane face plates( 14);
• measuring tape( 15);
• is circulating and simple( 16, 17);
• pencil( 18);
• knives-large, small( 19, 20);
• Forstner drill, spiral( 21, 23);Screwdriver cross-shaped( 22);
• ;
• cutter used to drill plugs( 24);
• countersink( 25);
• keys face( 26), adjustable( 28);
• round-nosed pliers( 27);Soldering iron
• ( 29);
• chisel with a faceted blade( 30).

Caution: Wood must be dry, maximum 10% humidity allowed. Planks with large knots, resin pockets, cracks, damages by insects are not suitable.

We start all with the measurements and drawing up the project. To open the doors of cabinets properly, you need to accurately calculate the width of the facade. It is equal to the size of the opening plus 1 mm. Further we perform the work on the following technology:

1. We lay out the boards on a wide flat table, fix and transfer the measurements from the project, marking the cutting lines.
2. Cut out all the elements.
3. Grind the workpiece.
4. We clean the ends using sandpaper.
5. Fixing holes for fasteners.
6. Apply antiseptic.
7. We connect the details, for which we apply glue to the ends of the blanks, level the corners, clamp everything in the clamp until it dries.
8. We process the facade with stain.
9. We cover 2-3 times with varnish, each time removing unevenness with fine sandpaper.
10. We fasten the hinges, fittings, for what:

• we determine where the hinges will be placed on the walls of the cabinet;
• note the place of installation of fasteners on the facade;
• we fasten the hinges to the facade;
• we insert the door into place and screw it to the body so that when there are no gaps and misalignments left.

Production of paneled facades

To upgrade your kitchen with paneled facades, you will need to purchase a board with a thickness of about 20 mm for a frame and plywood 6 mm thick for panels. The sequence is as follows:

• we produce a frame, for which we cut 2 vertical and 2 horizontal parts;
• is made in the elements of the frame from the inside of the groove to a depth of 10 mm and a width of 0.6 cm;
• we cut out a plywood from a plywood - the internal panel;
• perform on the horizontal frame elements spikes 0.6 cm wide and 10 mm long;
• we grind all the elements, incl.spikes and grooves;
• we put framing on a panel, we force landing;
• apply glue in grooves, on spikes, ends of panels;
• we collect the facade, inserting the panel into the grooves of the frame, additionally fix the connections with screws;
• leave to dry;
• grind connection sites;
• apply antiseptic composition;
• perform the finish;
• we fasten the hinges, install them in place, mount the fittings.

Bear in mind: plywood can be replaced with glass, MDF, forged parts, polycarbonate, plastic.

Facades for the kitchen in an aluminum frame with their own hands

The facade of an aluminum profile combines 2 materials - an aluminum frame and a panel. This tandem prevents deformation, increases durability.

To make such a facade of our own operate according to this algorithm:

1. Cut the panel of any material you like, and make its centimeter by 2 more both in length and width. If it is chipboard or MDF, then we paste plastic on top of it, evenly load it from above and let it dry.
2. Select the aluminum profile of the corresponding section.
3. We perform trimming considering the thickness of the profile. We measure the profile, at the same time, when it is planned to decorate the corners using decorative corners, the length of the profile is equal to the corresponding size of the edge of the panel. To produce a frame without corners, we cut the blanks longer than the edge of the insert for two thicknesses of the profile. For example, the length of the insert is 500 mm, the thickness of the aluminum frame is 4 mm, then the length of the workpiece is 500 + 8 = 508 mm. It is necessary to join the slats at an angle.
4. Fasten the profile to the panel with a stapler or small nails.
5. Cut the plastic insert along the length of the profile, insert it one end into the groove and slide, thus closing the fastener.
6. In the established part of the frame we insert a decorative corner, cut off the end profile and join the two parts.
7. In this way we make a complete frame, but we mount the last two parts at the same time so that the corner can be sealed. If there are no corners, we proceed as follows:

• cut a piece of material intended for insertion, at an angle of 45 degrees;
• we put on the cut profile, cut off with a saw.

Details and some nuances in this video:

All materials for the manufacture of kitchen facades have their pros and cons. Some are cheap, but short-lived, others - will last for many years, but they will cost a lot, but you can save considerably by completing facades of expensive quality materials with your own hands. Experienced furniture makers provide for this training video: