Decor doors with their hands .How to update the old door

Usually, when it comes to repairs, few people take into account the shift or the restoration of an old door.If it was not "knocked out" of the new design on the door leaf does not pay any attention.Minor cracks, scratches and abrasions go unnoticed, but sooner or later comes the hour when passing an old door can not be passed without a shudder.What is desired in this case - to spend money and buy a new door?Certainly not!This article focuses on economical and hard working owners, who are not afraid to show imagination in their work.Today we'll show you how to elevate the front door with your hands.

Preparation door

known that the wallpaper should be changed every 3-4 years, as they accumulate dirt, bacteria, fumes and odors.And now remember how many years did not change the input cover and interior doors in your apartment?And if the wallpaper in most cases are not subject to mechanical stress, the doors we are constantly touched by hands or feet, causing them to appear scratches, hairline cracks, scuffs and dirt.In addition, wooden doors with time warp quite independently - wood tend to crack and shrink.

Buy new doors every few years - a luxury for most people, but it is not required.Even the oldest and cracked the door leaf can be updated by using the means at hand, or at least putting finances.But before embarking on a decorating wooden door, you need to carefully prepare it.

Progress:

1. first step is to remove the old paint.This is to ensure that the new decoration was kept on the surface of the most hard as well as from health considerations - old paint in many years managed to absorb a lot of germs.Remove the door leaf from its hinges.To do this, slightly open the door, stick one between its lower edge and the floor crowbar or other suitable object, to gain leverage likeness.Gentle but confident movements push the lever, opening the door.Be careful - it can weigh quite a lot, especially when it comes to the doorway of the old Soviet pressure-treated wood.
2. Put the door on a table and remove all hardware - hinges, locks, handles.If you have glass inserts, they also better to remove.
3. Now you are ready to remove the old paint.To do this, you can use sandpaper or a special solvent.When working with solvent is required to wear a dust mask and gloves.Another way - be removed by using a hair dryer construction.That it is used to work in the video below:
   
4. After removing the paint reassess the web.If it is, chips and cracks, fill them with wood putty.
5. Treat the entire surface of the sander or sandpaper manually - the door must be flat and smooth.
6. Wipe the surface with a damp cloth to remove dust, but in no case do not soak the wood.
7. Deal door antiseptic.
8. If you want to keep the natural texture of wood, after this step, the surface can be covered with several layers of lacquer.You can also make a darker tone, treating the door leaf stains.With its help, it turns out to imitate noble breed, turning pine tree in a cherry or merbau.Such decoration door will keep the naturalness and natural beauty.
9. If you want to repaint the door again or to resort to other methods of finishing, after drying antiseptic coat the surface of the primer layer 2.

After such simple procedures, you can start decorating decor doors.

decor Choice

If you figure out ways to decorate and update the door there is so much that all of them did not get to try in a lifetime.We will focus on the most interesting and popular ones.Almost any of the following pans can be implemented without having absolutely no artistic skills.

repaint doors

Let's start with the most simple method - the door cover new paint.It sounds boring, but no one says that the paint should be self-colored or classic white.To begin with we shall understand with what you can do to paint the door.To do this, fit not only familiar from Soviet times enamel that has been used for nearly everything from painting panels, finishing walls, doors, floors and stools.Modern building materials market offers such a variety of colors, what to buy enamel even somehow ashamed.

best option for painting doors - acrylic paint.They are very easy to work, does not exude almost no smell (unlike smelly enamel), presented in a wide color palette.With a choice of colors should be careful, of course, if you decide to stay in the striped version.The image below shows the best combination of colors that can be used to decorate the front door.

bad option - latex paint.She is not afraid of water, it can be washed and cleaned.Such coverage will serve well in the bathroom and child.The paint is odorless and dries very quickly, so you can cope with the work of an hour and a half.By the way, about the children's room.If you live in the house of little children, invite them to participate in creating a unique design of future doors - drawings will delight parents and writers for many years.Plus, there is the educational moment - the children will take care of the fruits of their labor.

Patchwork for

doors very interesting technique that will fit almost any decor.For door decoration patchwork can be used not only shreds the fabric, but also interesting magazine clippings, pieces of wallpaper, photos, and other items that will look harmoniously in a single collage.

Before mold on the door all in a row, keep in mind that you can use for decoration is not any fabric.If you go to the sewing store, you will see on the stands that patchwork materials stand out.They are more compact structure and small repetitive patterns.In addition, the door collage is not worth doing in the bathroom or in the kitchen, because the fabric is very quickly saturated with vapors, turn yellow or even begin to rot.

Patchwork - ideal for a child's room or bedroom.To work you need PVA, glazing beads and furniture stapler.If you do not use a special fabric for patchwork, choose a dense patches that through them could not see the glue.Do not take scattered on the edges of the fabric, while the remaining lengths of cloth is best to handle overlock.Lace looks very elegant, but use them carefully and do not overdo it.Do not stick to the door, especially in the area of ​​the handle and on the edge, bright brand of fabric - to wash a trim will not work.

Since tissue collecting dust, it will have to be vacuumed from time to time.Patchwork is suitable for anyone, even the classical interior, if properly pick up the texture and the color patches.

Stained glass doors

If you need to make a glass door decor, the best option would be stained.There are several techniques of execution of stained glass, but we will describe the simplest.To work, you'll need a special stained glass paints on glass volume loop (silver, white or black), stencils or sketch in the scale of 1: 1.

How to decorate a door stained glass:

1. Lay sketch in full size on a flat surface (floor or a large table).Top
2. lower the glass door.By the way, you can make stained glass and glass inserts wooden door.
3. Since the sketch can be clearly seen through the glass, circle all line art circuit and wait until it dries.
4. spaces between the contour fill stained glass paints of the respective colors.
5. Wait the necessary time for drying door and install the update in place.

This is a very simple and interesting technique that instantly transform any interior.To stained glass door did not turn into a spot on the lurid background of the usual decor of the room, make it "support", for example, painted with just the ceiling chandelier or table lamp.

Mosaic on the door

Mosaic can be made of metal decor door or normal fabric without wooden inserts.This is the best option for the bathroom, because the mosaic is not afraid of moisture.The pieces, from which you can collect the image can be made not only of ceramics.Very nice look of glass compositions, metal mosaic.And if you crave peremptory originality, the door can be decorated with river or sea pebbles.

Whichever material you choose, it should be noted that the mosaic will significantly increase the weight of the door.Make sure that the door frame is in good condition and reinforce it if necessary.To reduce the burden, rather than a heavy ceramic or stone, you can use wood veneer or acrylic glass.

for fixing mosaics use "liquid nails".Before gluing, apply on the door of a sketch in pencil, think of all the colors and prepare the right amount of material.Start best with the largest fragments, for example, if you decide to put a bird on a branch, make the branch first, and then the bird's body, and then into smaller parts - eyes, leaves, legs, etc.

Art painting

We promised that almost all of the options set out in this article, can be put into practice without any artistic skills.But do not mention the painting of doors is simply impossible, especially since there are a lot of techniques.If you yearning inside artist questions asked - give him the will and razrisuy door up and down.For other options, you can choose the simpler.

stencil, for example, can also be called an art list, albeit at a stretch.Stencils for decoration door can make your own or purchase in the Art Shop.Apply paint over them can also be a variety of ways - from the bottle, using a sponge or brush.The idea for the stencil can take any, from simple plant ornaments, ending with prints of famous street artists.

Tip: Working with paint in a spray, keep in mind that the spray can reach the walls, floor and standing next to furniture, so all surfaces within a radius of meters from the door of the best cover with foil or cloth.

If you make yourself a stencil, cut it out of construction paper, plastic film or cardboard.Ideally for beginners is better to use a self-adhesive film (oracal) to get a clear picture.

Moldings door

If you want to make the door leaf more expressive highlight moldings.Moldings called relief contours and can be painted in a contrasting color, such as the classic version - white linen with black moldings.If the door leaf solid, do not worry - you can always buy the moldings separately and attach them to any liked the place.For fixing wooden planks use liquid nails.

Decoration of interior doors moldings should be careful not to overdo it with the hints.We recommend using the color table shown above.Favorite combination of interior design: white and black, white and green, dark blue with red, yellow and blue, red and white.

Decoupage doors

Decoupage in the last few years does not lose a total of popularity, but it is usually used to decorate boxes, bottles and stools.And why not decorate the door?To do this, you will need to gather up a little more beautiful clippings from magazines, newspapers and napkins, but the result will exceed all expectations.Having no artistic skills, you can turn an ordinary door into a true art object.

Required tools and materials:

• images that you want to move the door (swipe, clippings, postcards, etc.);
• synthetic brush;
• PVA glue;
• glitter;
• acrylic paint;
• acrylic lacquer;
• circuit;
• scissors.

In short, the whole process is quite simple: first surface stained with white acrylic paint and wait until it dries.Then the second layer.It is necessary to create the substrate - on a white background selected shade of paint for decoration door and drawings will look brighter and clearer.On the substrate, a layer of colored acrylic and stick to it image.If this tissue, the paper they are very thin - we have to work carefully to avoid the appearance of wrinkles, tears and bubbles.

Glitter and loop points are needed to draw, slips and other small parts that can supplement the composition and make it more volume.When the glue dries, cover the door with clear acrylic lacquer.As you can see, it all depends on your imagination and properly selected image.

Wallpaper on the door

easiest way after staining the door is taping their wallpaper.But in this case, we should not think that this is a mediocre "boring" pieces of paper - everything is much more interesting.Get at least a modern Mural - with their help you can not only decorate the door, but also visually expand the space.For example, if you select the landscape perspective.

Another interesting option - 3D-wallpaper.They usually come with a very beautiful and unusual designs, but the cost makes move back out of the store.To finish one small door does not make sense to buy a roll, so ask the remnants of the store (they usually are cheaper), or find out if anyone did from friends recently repair ...

Silkscreen and velor wallpaper look simply luxurious and look great inclassic interior.In this case it is not necessary to paste over the whole body - you can close the compartments delimited by moldings, and it too will look spectacular.

Decor old door with their hands - it's one of the most enjoyable and exciting moments of decoration in the house.We have reviewed the most popular variants of restoration of old doors, but there are a lot of ways, ranging from gluing metal rivets and collages, finishing carving or molding.

Decor Door: photo

Finally, we offer you to look at photos of beautiful finishes and doors, perhaps, they will push you to create your own original decor.