How to add glass inserts into your cabinets
~Hi Friends~
Over the weekend my hubby installed the glass into our upper kitchen cabinets. This literally saved us hundreds of dollars by completing this simple task ourselves. The cabinet maker wanted to charge us close to $100 to PER CABINET for each glass insert. Having done this ourselves in our last kitchen remodel we asked for the cabinets to be delivered glass ready. You know how much it cost us to have 4 pieces of glass cut? $14.40, We saved about $400, CRAZY!
Directions
Take your door to a glass shop, and have the glass cut to fit the door.
Add a bead of silicone on the back of the cabinet door around the entire groove where the glass will lay.
Carefully insert the glass into frame, pressing glass firmly. Wipe excess silicone off of glass.
Add another bead of silicone ontop of the glass around the outer edges and smear with finger and wipe off excess.
Allow to dry and hang your door back up.
****If you are adding glass to a larger cabinet I would suggest securing the glass with clips placed 12 inches apart.
With these easy step-by-step instructions, anyone can quickly and inexpensively add glass inserts. If you would like to see how we added glass to our original kitchen and cut out the panels you can find that post here.
Meanwhile our quartzite is being fabricated right now and we should have it installed next week. I can’t begin to tell you how excited I am!
~Thanks so much for stopping in today~
Great job on the glass inserts! And your quartzite looks gorgeous! I’ll be following this closely as we start our kitchendemo next week! Yikes! Love your cabinets!
I’m so excited for you 🙂 Hopefully in about 2 weeks I can show the whole kitchen!
So smart to do it yourself. Looks great. Love that countertop too!
Oh…I am sure you are so excited to be able to have that beautiful kitchen completed. I can’t wait to see it all together. Congrats I know it’s been a long road.
Thanks Laura, we are super excited 🙂
I love the look of glass front cabinets. I may have told you this already, but I’m working on adding glass to a few of our cabinets. I lucked out with the first set, and a friend did it for me at no cost.
Now I have another set of doors I want to do, and I’m wanting to find a way to DIY it. I’m nervous about the cutting. I need to get brave and do the cutting myself.
Oh, and the quartzite is gorgeous! I can’t wait to see it in your kitchen…I’m sure not more than you though. 🙂
Wow, Kristin. The sneak peaks are looking amazing. I’m so happy for you!
Crazy is right (wow, you guys saved a LOT)! The glass inserts look amazing … your kitchen is over-the-top gorgeous, and I can’t wait to see a full reveal!
Gorgeous, Kristin! I can’t wait to see that quartzite installed – it’s stunning!
I love these glass front cabinets! We’ve done this ourselves to our bar cabinets and it is amazing how much money it saves. I can’t wait to see your ‘new’ kitchen. Did you change anything with the layout or did you love your layout just the way it was?
Love the peek of your kitchen Kristin! It looks gorgeous! I know it’s been quite a process and long road for you. Must be so nice to have a kitchen again! The glass is a nice touch and wonderful you saved so much money doing it yourself.
WoW..that quartzite looks amazing and I can’t wait to see it installed!
Looks Great! Can’t wait to see your beautiful kitchen!!
Super smart to diy that! Sheesh. What an overcharge on that!! Everything is really shaping up! I bet you can’t wait for those counters.
Okay lady….for the day when I finally tackle my kitchen…..I am bookmarking this post so I remember to install our own glass and save $$$$. Thank you Kristin & Ray! Also your new countertop is GORgeous!!!!!!!!!!!
Please send pics. for this. I am desperate to insert glass in my cabinet doors email address is: [email protected]
I can’t believe how much money you saved – awesome! The glass fronts looks so gorgeous!
Unless you are linking to an archived post, I think someone has hijacked your blog, at least part of it – check the link you posted to the “… see how we added glass to our original kitchen and cut out the panels you can find that post here.” The link goes to a location that does not look like your blog, and the title of the blog is “My Uncommon Slice of Surbibia” – note the misspelling. Just a head’s up.
Amazing savings on adding the glass yourself! Good thing you and hubby are handy!
How strange, I will take a look at it, thanks for the heads up!
Hi-
In one of your pics, the silicone looks a bit green — at least on my screen. Is it actually clear?
Thanks. We’re about to attempt the same thing, but I’m hoping to use some old wavy glass.
Thanks for the tips!
It came out looking a little on the creamy side. Since it is on the backside thought you can’t see it 🙂
Kristin, I want to come hang out in your beautiful kitchen!!
xoxo
Denyse
Wow your cabinets look great and I love the amount of $ you saved by doing it yourselves! Your new countertop is going to look beautiful too, looking forward to that post!
Your home is AWESOME!!!!!! Just beautiful…please come to my home:))))
Love this look! We are about to order new cabinets and I just came across this post. We have 9 foot ceilings and were going to do a stacked cabinet with molding to bring them to the ceiling. As you know, doing the glass up top is not cheap so I will definitely consider doing something like you did!
Shelley
thank you for posting
Can’t wait to do this
I’m going to start with just one to see how I do
Good Luck, let me know if you have questions along the way
My wife and I are always looking for family home projects that we can do and things that will improve the overall aesthetics of the home. Like you mentioned, to do it on your own you have to have the glass individually cut and the cabinets with the centers missing. It seems like a fun project, however with our young children wanting to be involved I don’t trust letting them play with glass. I think that we will have a professional install it for us and we will look for a more kid friendly home project.