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Glass Pantry Door Makeover for the Kitchen

DIY Projects· Renovations· The Kitchen

20 Oct
How to repaint a glass pantry door for the kitchen | North Country Nest
How to repaint a glass pantry door for the kitchen | North Country Nest
How to repaint a glass pantry door for the kitchen | North Country Nest

See how we transformed this glass pantry door found at the thrift store with elbow grease and paint!


About three years ago, my mom and I found this beautiful glass door at a local antique store and although we were years away from the kitchen renovation, I knew it would be the perfect pantry door. Thankfully, Brett was on board and we brought this baby home for only $60!

Fast forward to today and we finally have it installed! Giving this door a refresh wasn’t a terribly hard process but it did require some time, a little scrubbing and a lot of patience.

The Supplies

  • Palm sander
  • 80 grit sand paper
  • Paint thinner
  • Chip brush
  • Paint brush (1.5″, angled)
  • Paint roller, smooth finish
  • Paint scraper / putty knife
  • Paint: Dutch Boy, Flint Stone
  • Windex
  • Paper towels

 

How to Repaint a Glass Pantry Door

Shortly after purchasing said door, I tried sanding down one of the sides. Well, it wasn’t as easy as I thought and decided to pause the project until we actually knew what we were going to do with said door. You can see how far I got below 🙂

How to repaint a glass pantry door for the kitchen | North Country Nest

 

When we started the kitchen renovation, the original plan was to have a barn-style door for the pantry so only one side needed to be refinished. Of course, after I finished off that one side, we realized it made more sense to do a regular style door that opened and closed, so I was back to work removing all the old paint.

How to repaint a glass pantry door for the kitchen | North Country Nest

First, I used a palm sander and 80-grit sandpaper to get the paint around the outside and edges removed. The wood separators between the glass was the hard part – the sander was too big and using my hand was too tedious.

How to repaint a glass pantry door for the kitchen | North Country Nest

So, I tried the paint thinner for the first time and the rest of the paint came off fairly well. I worked in sections and let the paint thinner sit for about ten minutes each time and then went over it with a putty knife, wiping off the excess on paper towels. It took about two passes through to get a majority of it off.

How to repaint a glass pantry door for the kitchen | North Country Nest

Worth noting: it wasn’t perfectly ‘clean’ or down to the wood. There was still some leftover paint around the glass which is why I then sanded everything down one more time by hand. I used the 80-grit sandpaper, just to rough it all up.

How to repaint a glass pantry door for the kitchen | North Country Nest

Once that was done, I wiped everything down with windex, let it dry and then it was finally time for paint!

How to repaint a glass pantry door for the kitchen | North Country Nest

Because paint came off the glass easily (I tested first!) I didn’t worry about having to tape anything.

How to repaint a glass pantry door for the kitchen | North Country Nest

I put two coats of blue on both sides – we chose Dutch Boy in Flint Stone – in a door and trim, high gloss paint. Aka, no top coat necessary.

Actually installing said door was a little more of a pain in the ass than we anticipated. Brett started with buying a cheap door and frame, and was just going to swap in our door but that didn’t end up working out. So, he had to build a custom frame and then hang the door from that. There were touch-and-go moments but he finally got that baby installed!

How to repaint a glass pantry door for the kitchen | North Country Nest

We decided on black hardware to go with the cabinets and because the door handle had some extra contraption inside, we ended up doing a push-and-pull style opening with the latch in the top right corner.

How to repaint a glass pantry door for the kitchen | North Country Nest

Still up in the air is whether or not to apply frost paper to the glass so it’s not entirely visible inside. I like the clean look but, as you can see above, the pantry isn’t the most organized so having something to cover that up would be nice. Stay tuned 🙂

How to repaint a glass pantry door for the kitchen | North Country Nest

So, what’s left with the kitchen?

Install the baseboards on the wall with the pantry door, pick out some artwork for that wall and for a few other spaces, and that about does it!

Nearly one year later and we’re almost wrapped up with this renovation 🙂

All our best,

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