With the renovation that is imminent, we again have a number of choices that we can make. As I wrote in the blog about pimping our kitchen, we are about to start a renovation again. In that renovation, two walls are removed (the bar to the kitchen and the wall between the living room and dining room). But I also want to do something about the doors. I've been busy refurbishing old doors, but we decided to make another choice after all.
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A few months ago I suddenly got it on my hips. I was (and still am) so tired of that old brown in our house! I so badly want it to be a little more modern that I've already started painting the doors from old brown to black. Even though I knew that we might change the doors during the renovation, I couldn't bear to see that old brown anymore. No sooner said than done.
So I have already painted a number of doors in the kitchen, the hall and the utility room. Four pieces. That is of course quite a bit of work, sanding four doors, filling and painting. But it's worth it because it already looks a lot better. Check it out. I only miss cool black door fittings. Because door handles made of beautiful door fittings give such a black door an even tougher look.
Do you also want to refurbish old doors by painting them? Then make sure that you first degrease them well with, for example, Monastery pride. Then sand well. If necessary, repair broken spots with 2 components wood glue, sand again and then you can start painting. First a primer, then paint twice and your door can take it again!
Even before I chose new door fittings myself, we decided last week to install a number of steel doors instead of refurbishing the old doors. I like the industrial black look of it. We first looked at steel look doors, but they do not seem to be the right solution in our house. I think they are (almost) as beautiful as real steel doors and with beautiful door fittings they also give a really industrial look, so completely okay in that regard.
But now it appears that the frames we have ourselves are already steel frames. With hardwood doors in it (the ones I've painted black now). Only in those steel frames do the steel look doors not fit. So it needs a new frame. And since we are going to cut and break anyway, we have decided that we will also apply the steel doors in a few places. Unfortunately, not everywhere yet, because then the project will become much too big again. We also have to keep thinking about the financial picture in order to keep it affordable.
First of all, we go for one steel revolving door (with a frame) and a steel sliding door (without a frame). That fits exactly in the plans that we now have in the renovation.
That does mean, however, that I painted some of our interior doors black for nothing. It keeps me off the street, of course, but secretly I think it's a bit of a shame now. Maybe I shouldn't have refurbish those old hardwood doors and still sell them in wood color? With this painted variant, that probably won't work.
Fortunately, there are still a few interior doors that I have already painted black that can stay for a while, not all the work has been in vain, haha. Like the door of the toilet for example. Only the toilet lock is still shiny there, a black door fitting could still be used, but otherwise it can go on for a while. Then I only have to decide whether I want a sleek modern handle for this door or whether I prefer a more rural look, such as the door handles from De Oude Deurklink. What do you think is the best thing about a toilet door that also has such an edge in the door as you see above?
It's actually funny that there are many people who refurbish their old door by attaching a piece of wood to it to make it into a 1930s door and that I want to get rid of that. In any case, it is true that I enjoyed those black doors for several months and still do. Because as it always goes with a renovation… it's just a matter of waiting until the new doors are actually there and hanging. And until then I'm pretty much rid of that brown!
