By updating the doorways within the Nursery/Visitor Room, it immediately elevated the house. By utilizing a bit of paint and a few trim, we utterly remodeled the dated Bi-Fold closet doorways and foremost door.
As a reminder, that is what the closet doorways initially appeared like. Together with ALL the opposite doorways in our house. This was the primary one I’ve painted and I’m not going to lie it felt fairly good.
HOW TO UDPATE DATED DOORS
Step 1
Work out the design you need in your doorways. This may decide what trim you utilize and the way a lot of it you’ll want. I made a decision to do a easy rectangle on every panel.
Step 2
Lower your trim to measurement! We used this pine wood screen trim and lower every bit to size after which lower every finish at a forty five° for a extra seamless look.
STEP 3
Apply some wooden glue to the again of your trim.
STEP 4
Use a nail gun to connect every bit of trim to your door.
TIP – be certain your nails aren’t too lengthy and undergo the again of your door!
STEP 5
Fill in your nail holes utilizing some spackling paste. As soon as dry, sand them down.
STEP 6
Prime your doorways. I used Kilz All Function Primer and did one coat.
STEP 7
Paint! I used the colour Child Fawn by Benjamin Moore of their Advance Paint and used it on all of the trim all through the whole room. It’s the primary time I did contrasting trim and I LOVE IT.
STEP 8
Add new {hardware} or replace your previous! That is the icing on the cake. I opted for some easy matte black knobs on the closet doorways and spray painted the unique deal with on the primary door. I saved the opposite facet of the door wooden and wished to maintain that deal with the identical to match the remainder of the home so spray portray appeared like the best choice.
I’m amazed at how a lot of a distinction updating these doorways made! The ability of paint is an incredible factor and completely introduced a extra refined look to this house which is precisely what I wished.
