Updating Flat Panel Interior Doors

This fairly simple updating interior doors project took our boring flat panel doors from drab to fab.

Updating flat panel interior doors.

Panel doors for every budget. For around 15 to 25 dollars per door you can update each door in your homes interior for a beautiful look and feel. For a flawless paint job be sure to check out these door painting tips and tricks. That s far easier and less expensive than replacing the whole door which would have cost 64 for a standard prehung 6 panel door about 20 for new door casings and a lot more time and effort for installation.

You can find another very thorough blog and video tutorial in this post. Using trim to update doors lots of different styles. Measure and calculate the size. Measure and mark a template for the trim moulding on the door using a pencil.

Fill in the nail holes and any cracks in the corner. Use a chop saw to cut your trim pieces and then glue them on with liquid nails. And the style is limited only by your imagination. The easiest flat panel door update ever.

Consider this simple diy project an investment on the future of your home. It looks like a million bucks but only costs 12. By doing this you can also increase the value of your home. Something even faster and easier.

Caulk every seam between the trim and the door and let dry for 24 hours. We love how upgraded the doors look now thanks to some ingenuity and homeright. But when it came time to update the garage door i wanted to try something different. Use painter s tape to hold the trim in place while the glue dries for 24 hours.

Cut your moulding pieces down to size for each door with a mitre saw and lay out your trim on the doors. You want to choose a molding that accents but doesn t overwhelm your interior doors. If you have plain flat doors in the interior of your home here is a fast and easy way to update them. January 29 2016 diy projects.

The 1 4 plywood looks seamless on the old doors and looks like it s always been there. Using carved molding and or flat trim to update doors makes for a fairly quick simple and inexpensive update to a flat door.