Giving Old Garage Cabinets New Life with 3M Di-Noc
Howdy reader - Devin here. In this blog post we’ll be going over a familiar subject - cabinet wraps - but in an atypical setting - my own garage!
Before
The previous owner of my home had haphazardly mounted this bank of 3 upper cabinets on one wall of the garage. Where they came from exactly - whether a previous renovation of the home, or some other source entirely - I’m not sure, but these things had definitely seen more than their fair share of use. We’re talking over-paint on the edges where they used to meet a wall, chipped corners, scratches, dents, broken and shoddily-repaired hinges, large chunks of the face frames cracked and/or completely missing, mismatched and stripped screws - the works. Still, what these cabinets had going for them is what matters most - they were super sturdy. Also, I already owned them, and it’s hard to beat a cost of “free”.
After
While going through my garage doing spring cleaning in 2024 I took them down for a time, but I knew I wanted as much storage as possible in my garage, so rather than wastefully dispose of these cabinets and try to find some new ones, I decided to freshen these ones up as much as possible. It just so happened we had a roll of 3M Di-Noc wood grain WG-1815 laying around the shop from a mis-order that couldn’t be returned to the distributor, so we kept the “use-it, don’t waste-it” train a’rollin and wrapped the cabinets. We even got a couple videos out of it, showing what’s possible with some Di-Noc material and a bit of elbow grease.
Hopefully this serves as a little bit of inspiration for someone with a similar upcycle-style project of their own!
Randy talking about how we used Bondo to fill in and repair the major instances of damage on the cabinets before we wrapped them.
Finished Shot - and yes, I wrapped the fridge too! You can see that video here: https://youtu.be/G-tNewrw5xw?si=leZ2PS0kFoScXo7-
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