How to Update Basic Cabinets With DIY Furniture Feet

How to add decorative furniture feet to cabinet toe kicks with this DIY hack!

I've made so many small updates to our kitchen over the years, and this simple DIY detail is one of my favorites!

I love the look of furniture feet on bathroom and kitchen cabinets — they add a custom touch and make them look so much more expensive.
Years ago I came up with this hack to make them for much less, but never implemented it. When I added trim to our end cabinet panels, I knew it would be a perfect time try it out! I was left with a straight edge on the sides of the cabinets that made this even easier to implement. 

You can also add these decorative "feet" where your cabinets meet a wall or another cabinet. 

Instead of buying expensive feet for the cabinets, or jigsawing them out of wood (the jigsaw is my least favorite tool…I avoid it at costs 😂), I made some easy changes to these wood corbels: 
unfinished wood corbels
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You can find them at most hardware stores, I found my corbels at Home Depot

All I had to do was cut them down to the height of our kitchen cabinets. More specifically, the height of the toe kick. 
I marked that measurement on the bottom of the corbel and cut it down with a miter saw. Then I gave them a few coats of the cabinet paint color with light sandings in between:

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