Update Flat Panel Interior Doors

The easiest flat panel door update ever.

Update flat panel interior doors.

The classic raised panel style will look wonderful in any home tutorial from the painted drawer here on remodelaholic. They were sooo boring and really dated the look of our house. Cut your moulding pieces down to size for each door with a mitre saw and lay out your trim on the doors. Panel doors for every budget.

Consider this simple diy project an investment on the future of your home. This step by step tutorial from jenna sue design company takes a plain slab door and turns it into a five panel door. I redid the main door and closet door in our bathroom. Use a chop saw to cut your trim pieces and then glue them on with liquid nails.

Use painter s tape to hold the trim in place while the glue dries for 24 hours. Saw off the top portion of the door leaving several inches above the middle hinge. Measure and calculate the size. By doing this you can also increase the value of your home.

If you have plain flat doors in the interior of your home here is a fast and easy way to update them. It looks like a million bucks but only costs 12. Cut out a section in the middle of the door piece and replace it with pet proof screening. And the style is limited only by your imagination.

Measure and mark a template for the trim moulding on the door using a pencil. You can find another very thorough blog and video tutorial in this post. Using carved molding and or flat trim to update doors makes for a fairly quick simple and inexpensive update to a flat door. 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.

The black paint gives her doors an extra luxurious appeal too. Something even faster and easier. But when it came time to update the garage door i wanted to try something different. Caulk every seam between the trim and the door and let dry for 24 hours.

Another update i was excited for was adding new hardware to the doors especially a locking door knob on the main one. For around 15 to 25 dollars per door you can update each door in your homes interior for a beautiful look and feel. You can see the original flat pine door in these photos. Fill in the nail holes and any cracks in the corner.

To make a door like the one shown remove an existing solid core interior door and all its hardware. For a flawless paint job be sure to check out these door painting tips and tricks.