Changing Interior Door: Small Change with Big Impact

So, we're still at the renovation of our home.  You know I'm all about making small, and cheap changes for big impact.  I'd already cleaned and repainted our white, flat panel, hollow core doors.
That phrase, "hollow-core doors" sounds so dirty.

Uugh!

I have no love for these things.  They have NO personality to me.  I've seen ways to paint them to make them have depth and interest, but my only desire was to remove and chuck them in the truck for the run to our local Goodwill.

Last summer, we found new interior doors at a builder surplus company for $14 each...any size. Since, we keep all of the room measurements and information on our phones, it was easy to buy all the doors we needed and store them in the basement.

Our Cheyenne Interior Door

We've finally gotten to having them installed and painted and it's made such a huge difference in every room.

This made me think about all the ways the common interior door adds so much character to a home.  How many ways can you amp up your interior door space?

Paint Them A Cool Color

Painting these flat panel doors and adding small ceiling medallions look very cool.

Going bold with black and white

Upholster It!

Trompe l'oeil

British telephone booth door wrap

ONLY for the truly artistic! 

Add Flat Panels

Flat wood trim and added horizontally

Add Molding or Trim

Go simple or fancy.  You're only limited by your imagination.

Adding Molding and Paint can really be dramatic!

Add Graphic Paper

Go Frameless with Added Wallpaper

Removing the door frames and wrapping the doors in wallpaper

Add Wallpaper

Modern tromp wallpaper from Couture Deco.

Buy New Doors


 If privacy isn't needed, consider adding interior French doors.



If you just have no love for your doors or no desire for a DIY project, find new doors with character and depth and replace them.




Now, go make it happen!