I committed to adding more color to my life in 2013 and i started by painting the french doors that lead to our living room space.
Painting french door trim.
Diy blogger kate riley of centsational girl tells glidden how to easily add a pop of color to your room by painting your french doors.
Plastic door trim can fade dull or yellow from sun exposure and time.
The question is what to do with the trim.
We re thinking the crown moulding will be the same as the upper wall and the chair rail and baseboards the same color as the lower wall.
Ahhhh there s no finer sight than new ultra pure white paint on dirty yellowed old paint.
The most difficult frustrating part of painting a french door of course if figuring out how to avoid getting paint all over the glass and how to end up with a nice crisp finished product.
Use a particular type of paintbrush or the finish will dry flawed with brush marks.
Painting french doors and windows without having to use tape sounds like a dream right.
If you are planning to paint the plastic trim on your door employ the proper prep strategy or it will inevitably reject its new finish.
Painting the plastic door trim can restore a bright appearance and update the look of your doors.
But what do we do about the closet door trim the french doors trim and the large bow window.
It gives the smoothest finish and leaves no brush marks duh.
Even the brown color of the french style doors and windows is not the same as other brown shades used in this living room.
Right now they are all white as are the risers going up the stairs.
The bit of sugar and limousine leather were used in various places throughout the 70 s landing pad and the crumb cookie was used in the.
To paint french doors windows trim and cabinets i always use a foam roller.
Behr s standard semi gloss white that you just pick up right off the shelf behr s bit of sugar a white white behr s limousine leather black and crumb cookie by valspar more of a creamy white.
Once the trim is properly conditioned you may apply a painted finish.
I gave both sides of the door 3 coats of paint.
Since plastic is smooth and.
Painting doors and trim different colors can be a good idea for you to try.
It is seen that the compatibility level in the design is quite high.
If the idea of spending days and days taping off each pane of glass sounds torturous to you you re not alone.