Scavenger Chic

Corbels and Shiplap in the Kitchen

• By Joan
• July 24, 2019
• 5 Comments

Last week I showed you my kitchen makeover with refaced kitchen cabinets.  Even with a  full refacing there are still tons of projects you can do to personalize your kitchen and make it unique to you.  I showed you a bunch last week but I still have one more.  This time I’m adding corbels and shiplap underneath one of my countertops.

If you get your cabinets refaced this is what you get, a very plain, very boring cabinet front.  It was OK here, this is where my bar stools usually sit.

This side of the cabinet (this is the before) faced both the kitchen table and family room.  I wanted something more than just a plain old piece of white laminate facing the rest of the house.  

When we bought the house this side was originally just a flat piece of wood.  We added the batten trim to jazz it up a bit with the last makeover.

We instructed the cabinet refacer to not include this side of the cabinet in his pricing though we did need a piece of molding that he used for the rest of the kitchen.

From Home Depot we purchased some tongue and groove shiplap.  Super easy to nail it to the old batten trim. 

I’m holding it in place with my feet while tapping the tongue and groove together.

Finished with 2 coats of white trim paint.

Now for a little pizzazz.  You may remember this pair of corbels I built way back in 2015.  They have happily been biding their time of my bookshelf as bookends for the past few years.

At the time I gave you 14 more ideas for what you can do with your old, or newly old corbels.  You can check them out here.

The corbels are perfect for adding a little architectural interest to the new shiplap cabinet.

The vintage wax on the corbels was a little too vintagy for my cabinet.  These two are becoming crisp and clean with more of my white trim paint.

To attach my brackets I’m giving them a backing of thin plywood cut just slightly larger than the corbel.

Sand the edges, paint, then screw onto your corbel from the back.

Yes, that does say (b)risket, leftover wood from one of the DIY wedding chalkboard signs from 2017.

Screw the backing board of the corbel in all four corners to your cabinets.

I’m using plain wood screws with these  Hinged Screw Covers,  You put the screw thru the part with the hole in it, then flip it over and you have a nice rounded screw cover. 

I painted the screw covers white as well so they blend in with the rest of the cabinet.

This built in cabinet from a buffet was created in April, 2018.

I see my pantry door  to the right of the refrigerator is still white.  If you missed it, that’s now a vintage door with a window, painted black.

A piece of corner molding hides the seam between the refaced cabinet and the shiplap.

Two more DIY projects here….cheese plate/ candlestick makeover and galvanized drink dispenser that was missing a lid.  BTW, the drink dispenser holds bird seed for the feeder that’s right outside the door.

I notice in these pictures that there is no molding next to the floor.  The cabinet guy ran out of molding and did have to come back.  It’s there now, but I’m too lazy to take more pictures (besides, I’d have to clean up my kitchen again  🙂  )

Until next time, stay inspired.

Related posts:

Kitchen Makeover, Refacing Kitchen Cabinets