Measurements were the same aside from the hinge placement and i was recklessly confident that this would be cake.
Replace wooden door panel with glass.
You might find a few tiny nails where the panel meets the frame.
Remove any fasteners in the corner of the panel with a small pry par.
If you have the tools it is actually pretty easy to make a double pane window.
I would cut out the wood panel at the top of the door leaving the frame and the rest of the door entirely intact.
Put a new moulding on top of the glass panel.
The two pieces of wood moulding will hold the glass panel in place.
A quick visit to google confirmed that swapping out a wooden panel for a glass panel was totally possible.
To get started on glass cabinet doors remove the doors from the cabinets and remove all hardware from the doors.
Examine the back side of each door.
I found the perfect 2 paneled door for 75 at a salvage store up the road.
I would then route out the detail on the back of the paneled area allowing us to drop in a piece of glass and then fixing the glass with a bead or square wood trim stop.
We go through taking the retaining trim off to.
My pipe dream was to replace the solid hollow door with something that echoed the architecture around the house a bit more.
Try to choose a new moulding that matches the old one.
What if i found an old paneled door and was able to replace one of the panels with a clouded glass.
Then remove the panel replace with glass and install trim to lock the glass into place.
You would simply need 2 panes of glass of the same size.
You would insert the first as normal then use thin strips of wood i d say approximately 1 8.
All the doors in our home are beautiful old paneled doors which got me thinking.
Unscrew the top hinge first and remove the lower hinge with an assistant holding the door in place.
If so gouge away wood with a utility knife to expose the nail heads and pull the nails with a pliers.
The glass broke and we changed out glass panes that were broken for fresh plexiglas that was lying around.
Remove the door from its frame.
Nail the moulding to the door taking care not to damage the glass.
Insert the glass panel into the cut area carefully and press the glass onto the moulding that was not removed.
Score one for the powder room.