Beautiful new 5-panel doors now live in the five doorways of our second story. We replaced four existing doors that where too short (due to removing carpet and vinyl tile) not square and UGLY! We added a door that's been missing since we moved in between the master bedroom and bathroom, and added mirrored sliding doors to the closet in the master bathroom.
When we painted the upstairs last year we took extra care to get perfectly straight lines where the walls met the doorway trim. It was only after we finished painting that we realized installing new doors would mean removing the trim and reinstalling it (which would completely destroy the paint job we slaved over). WHOOPS! Here's the state of the salvaged trim after the new doors were installed:
David tackled the touch-up work around the trim which included patching, sanding, texturing, priming and painting each blemished spot. Then he painted each door a ultra white to match the trim and added new oil-rubbed bronze hardware. Here's a look at the transformations:
(You might notice a sneak peak of the renovations that are almost done in both bathrooms--I'll be posting about those very soon!)
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| Guest Bathroom: Door now opens into the bathroom rather than out. (By far the worst door to begin with!) |
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| Master Bathroom: This doorway was sans door, trim or even flooring when we moved in | . |
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Guest Bedroom (now Aiden's room): We were sad to see this original five-panel door go,
but we donated it to a local rebuilding center through which we hope it finds a new home. |
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| Office (now the Office/Guest Room) |
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| Master Bathroom |
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| Master Bathroom Closet |
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