Since her budget would not allow for new doors we explored several options for dealing with her.
Update old sliding closet doors.
2 lay tarps or plastic.
Site in italian make any closet a little fancier with french doors.
Diy from vintage revivals.
Something similar to this photo but longer ones hung as high as possible.
Remove your old doors and replace them with a diy lightweight version of the classic sliding barn door.
You can remove the mirrored doors and replace them with a pair of grommet top curtains on a decorative rod.
You ll love having access to more of the contents and it would give a softer more luxurious look.
Using carved molding and or flat trim to update doors makes for a fairly quick simple and inexpensive update to a flat door.
I began by painting the room and ship lapping one wall and then as a challenge to myself i decided to see if there was anything i could do with the existing closet doors.
Prime and paint the closet doors.
Take off the hinges and hardware from your bi fold doors.
And the style is limited only by your imagination.
The classic raised panel style will look wonderful in any home tutorial from the painted drawer here on remodelaholic.
Once the primer was dry.
Start trimming out the closet doors.
Updating the old closet doors supplies.
Cover the doors in chalkboard paint to give your child a fun canvas to create on every day.
Knowing how expensive they are to replace i figured there was no harm in trying to update them myself before spending the money.
Replace them with a lightweight sliding barn door.
In order to stage this space properly for resale those doors had to go.
Since we were replacing all the hinges because they.
Using your medium grit sanding block sand the front back sides and edges of all your doors.
How to update 1970 s bi fold closet doors step 1.
First we removed the doors from the closet and started framing them out.
We decided it probably wouldn t hurt to prime the doors.
This mom converted her sons flat bi fold doors into these beautiful craftsman style closet doors that really stand out.
Take the doors off the tracks and remove the hardware including the top and bottom tracks that allow the door to slide and the handles using a flat head screwdriver.
The client s master closet had several great features.
But one feature that would definitely not appeal to home buyers was a set of floor to ceiling mirrored closet doors.
Sand with the grain.
They look so rustic.