Mullion Cabinet Doors: How to Add Overlays to a Glass Kitchen Cabinet

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So excited for this post! Today I’m sharing a super quick and easy DIY to transform your glass kitchen cabinets and make them look custom made.

Actually, the name of this cabinet insert design is Mullion (or Muntin), which it’s basically an accent glass door with narrow strips of wood that divide the individual panes of glass – or the grids that divide your glass kitchen cabinet!

For all the sources to my kitchen, make sure to check it out the following posts:

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When I first order my cabinets, I was nine months pregnant, I saw the cabinets once and I don’t even remember if I paid attention to the glass cabinet.

However, I knew I wanted to have two kitchen cabinets with glass doors flanking my window to break up a little all the cabinetry and add some visual interest.

Kitchen Cabinets with Glass Door – Before

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Once my cabinets arrived I noticed that the glass cabinets didn’t have any design on it, it was a just a glass! For some reason I thought that all kitchen glass cabinets had the same grid design as a window. Duh! They don’t!! So there it was my plain glass cabinet…

White kitchen cabinets


Upper Kitchen Glass Cabinets – After

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Don’t get me wrong, I love my cabinets. But I couldn’t help to be a little disappointed with how plain the upper glass cabinets looked.

kitchen upper cabinets with glass door

One day when I was scrolling through my Instagram, I saw this beautiful piece that Frills and Drills used a custom MyOverlay’s to create a cabinetry design. I’m very familiar with Overlays as I used them in my favorite Ikea Kallax Hack! I had no idea that you could order a custom design though.

Glass Door Cabinet Design Ideas With Overlays

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I reached out to MyOverlay’s and we started designing the overlays for my glass door inserts. In a couple of days we settled on my design, the folks at MyOverlay’s are great to work with, they gave me a couple of design options to choose from and made it work with my cabinets.

Since my cabinets are white, I didn’t have to paint over the overlays, but this is something you can do it.

To apply the overlays it’s so easy! After I cleaned the cabinets I just used glue dots to glue the MyOverlay’s to it. That’s it!! Told you it was simple! Look at that!!

Mullion Cabinet Door


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Now my upper kitchen cabinets have the most beautiful mullion insert. It makes my kitchen cabinets look custom and much more expensive, am I right?

I finally feel that my kitchen is complete and looks amazing!! The kitchen display cabinets with the overlays it’s the cherry on top!

With Love,
Ceres

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30 Comments

  1. Sara
    March 21, 2019 / 4:44 am

    What are they made of? Love how it looks!!

    • Ruth Ledyard
      April 24, 2019 / 8:29 am

      What a great idea. I have collected a lot of elegant depression glass over the years and this would be a great way to display. I started with the pink glass, then found the green and later the yellow. My only criteria being that it is etched. I don’t care which pattern; I love it all. Right now my spring table is set with pink hydrangea plates and both pink and green stemware. It looks so pretty. I plan more glass front cabinets for my new house.

  2. Kathy
    March 22, 2019 / 2:28 pm

    These are so beautiful!

    • Ceres
      Author
      March 22, 2019 / 2:35 pm

      Thank you!! ๐Ÿ˜˜๐Ÿ˜˜

  3. Jerrika Brantley
    April 8, 2019 / 4:36 pm

    Gorgeous. Where did you get the pink plates from?

    • Ceres
      Author
      April 9, 2019 / 10:19 am

      They are from ikea!!

  4. Jayne Finkbohner
    April 24, 2019 / 9:41 am

    Found a home we going to build and though it is not custom we get to pick out our cabinets and your kitchen being so gorgeous just reaffirms my choice of white cupboards. Just wish that glass doors were an option because your design is so beautiful.

    • Ceres
      Author
      April 24, 2019 / 9:44 am

      Thank you Jayne! They donโ€™t have glass cabinets? Ask! Most have it now! ๐Ÿ˜˜๐Ÿ˜˜

  5. Joanna
    April 24, 2019 / 10:39 am

    Those overlays made a huge difference. Took it from plain to interesting. I wouldnโ€™t have know you could buy these if you hadnโ€™t done this post. My bathroom has a large mirror and Iโ€™m wondering if I could do something down the sides to add dimension.

    • Ceres
      Author
      April 30, 2019 / 9:05 pm

      Thank you so much!! Yes, I donโ€™t see why not, they can customize to your needs! ๐Ÿ˜˜

  6. Shiva Mehta
    September 2, 2019 / 10:33 am

    Hi! Your kitchen is beautiful! I was going to do mesh radiator covers in the back of my glass cabinets to create some interest but this is a good idea!! Thanks! And also, I actually fell upon your page looking for a paint color to match my fabu galaxy frost cabinets and you did mention the bm paint for the trim but how about for the walls? What did you end up using?? We have a kitchen that’s open concept so this paint will be throughout the great room.

    • Ceres
      Author
      September 4, 2019 / 6:56 am

      Hi Shiva!! The house was already painted white so we ended up matching that color to repaint the kitchen (to avoid repainting everything)

  7. Allie
    October 9, 2019 / 11:52 pm

    Hi! Do you happen to know where you got the “trophy” vases your peonies are in? They are gorgeous.

  8. Lori
    October 12, 2019 / 12:14 pm

    Love the overlays-can you share the price of each overlay? I want to do the same, but am concerned about price for a custom piece (my glass cabinet doors are not a standard size so only custom would work- 7.5โ€ x 25โ€). Thanks for sharing!

    • Ceres
      Author
      December 12, 2019 / 10:39 pm

      Hi lori, please reach out to overlays for custom pricing! They will calculate the price for you ๐Ÿ˜˜

  9. Maureen
    November 24, 2019 / 8:13 pm

    I LOVE this it exactly what I am looking for, could you please give me the contact details for the company so that I can order these for my kitchen, Thank you x

    • Ceres
      Author
      December 9, 2019 / 10:19 am

      They are called @myoverlays

  10. Judie
    January 8, 2020 / 8:00 pm

    Are the mullions applied on the outside of the cabinet doors or the inside? If on the outside, are there cleaning issues? If on the inside, how would you suggest applying them for an invisible application (I have seen clear-ish adhesive squares and dots).

    • Ceres
      Author
      January 8, 2020 / 9:56 pm

      On the outside, I applied with glue dots! Very simple.

  11. Bonnie
    February 13, 2020 / 10:18 am

    What are โ€œglue dotsโ€ and where can you get them? Is there a brand name I can ask for?

    • Ceres
      Author
      February 18, 2020 / 3:21 pm

      You can find them at Michaels! They are used for crafts, just use glue dots! ๐Ÿ˜˜

  12. Deborah Swinbourn
    January 8, 2021 / 8:30 pm

    Love the look! May I ask if you recall the name of the tiles. I love them.

  13. Gina
    July 18, 2021 / 3:31 pm

    Using glue dots… don’t they show on the inside when you open the cabinet? Maybe you put an overlay on the inside as well so they don’t show.

    • Ceres
      Author
      July 19, 2021 / 7:38 am

      Hi Gina, they donโ€™t show up at all. These are most for my display dishes, so is not a door I use very much. Thanks ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป

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