Comments on: before & after: amanda’s doors

By: Anne

Anne — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:00:53 +0000

great job on these! i have the same problem. (i don’t think those brown hollow doors look good in ANY type of house.)
just wondering if you had any problems with the doors sticking after the layers of primer & paint?
also, can you skimp on the sanding if you use kilz or zinzer primer? and finally why did you paint the doors after you put them back up?

By: Karin

Karin — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:09:54 +0000

The doors look great – both before and after in my opinion.
Word of warning for others: if you live in a modernist or functionalist house, think twice before transforming the original wood doors this way. Even though the doors look great after the transformation they may be a big mismatch with the style of the house, and if you don’t like the style of the house, well, then maybe you should change houses if possible, or try to see the beauty of the style it was built in before changing it too much.
I have seen oodles of destroyed doors that don’t match the house they’re in. It makes the house look sad when it’s so obvious that the owners don’t appreciate it but would rather want something else. When I bought my home I stayed away from houses that were refurbished to something they were not meant to be, and I’m not the only one.
But if they suit the house, go for it, great idea and well executed!
(and yes, I am an architect, so I may be a bit style-hung up…)

By: Elena @ the white picket fence

Elena @ the white picket fence — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:59:54 +0000

Love this!! Great idea to try instead of replacing all the doors in our new house!

By: Kellie Tardif

Kellie Tardif — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 02:14:16 +0000

AWESOME! You saved me lots of $$!!! xoxo

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sun, 31 May 2009 14:48:24 +0000

Thanks for all of the lovely comments! Suzy, the trim is from Home Depot and is called Screen Moulding. Lowe’s has a cute little gathering of moulding profiles here: http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=howTo&p=HomeDecor/MldPrf.html&rn=RightNavFiles/rightNavHowTo

By: Margo Morgan

Margo Morgan — Sun, 31 May 2009 03:39:04 +0000

It looks nice. It’s too bad you can’t fix the weight of the door though. I hate how light they feel.

By: Suzy

Suzy — Sat, 30 May 2009 10:25:34 +0000

Great job Amanda! I’m in the sanding stage of doing this to my own horrible hollow cores. I am really curious, where did you find the nice flat trim? I’ve looked at the local big box DIY but can’t find anything suitable.