Decoration of the front door with your own hands. We decorate the old door with our own hands: decor ideas

If there is a desire to update the interior, while spending the minimum amount of money, then a do-it-yourself door decor would be an excellent solution. There are many ways to freshen up your home. Consider the most interesting and accessible of them.

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Beautiful door decor

One of the most simple ways do the decor of interior doors with your own hands - wallpapering. Wallpaper is a versatile material that can be used to different types finishes. Do not think that after the renovation the door will seem old-fashioned. The main thing is to do everything carefully and choose a good combination of colors. You can use the following types for decoration:

• trimming old wallpaper;
• plain bright materials;
• wallpaper with a pattern or ornament;
• wallpaper.

One of the most quick options- photo wallpapers for doors. You can implement decoration with such material quickly and accurately. In addition, there is an opportunity to show imagination, spend a little more of your time and become the owner of a unique result. So, how to decorate the door with your own hands using wallpaper? The work includes several steps.

Operating procedure

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Dye

Another easy way to update the interior is to paint the door. This design method has several important advantages.

• Affordable price.
• Durability.
• Ability to hide stains.
• Great scope for imagination.
• Ease of use.

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Decorating with paint includes several stages.

• Remove the door from the hinges, lay it horizontally (it is better to take it out of the living room) and clean it from the layer of the old coating. This step is very important, since paint, unlike other decor methods, does not hide surface irregularities.
• Clean up with sandpaper.
• Level with putty, dry, degrease the surface.
• It is better not to paint the entire surface at once, but in small squares, starting from the top. Each section must be painted evenly. If the plans include drawing a picture, then in any case, the even background of the canvas should come first. To prevent smudges, it is better to lay the door horizontally.
• After the paint has dried, the door must be varnished and dried again.
• The last step is to install the door in place.

When buying paint, it is better to make a choice in favor of acrylic, they lay down in an even layer. It is not necessary to use brushes, the spray gun will allow you to evenly and quickly change the color of the surface.

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Door decoration in different shades

Additional decor

There are several more ways to add uniqueness to the design of the door.

• Lacquer craquelure. If you apply it on a painted door leaf, then small original cracks will appear on it.
• Moldings, if available, can be painted in a contrasting color. They are also easy to make with your own hands and decorate the door.
• Painting. Such decoration will take a lot of time, but the result will please. For painting, minimal artistic abilities and boundless imagination are enough. You can draw anything: ornament, flowers, ornate patterns, landscapes.
• The stencil is suitable for those who do not know how or are afraid to draw "by hand". You can buy them in specialized stores or make your own from cardboard.

stained glass

Stained glass is perfect for doors with glass. The result, as a rule, looks original and impressive. Acrylic or special stained glass paint may be suitable. You can actually buy them in stores for artists. Most often they are sold in whole sets with detailed instructions.

Any design can be applied to glass. In addition to paints, you will also need an outline. It is he who creates the "metal" borders between the painted pieces of colored glass.

When working, it is better to carefully remove the glass from the door to avoid smudges and accidental drops on the tree itself.

Glass door decor

Beautiful door decor

Actions are performed in the following sequence.

1. Glass is cleaned of dust and dirt, degreased.
2. They translate from a printed drawing or apply a contour “by hand”. It should dry well, it can take up to three days. Most likely, you will need to re-apply the contour to make it look more voluminous.
3. Paint the separated pieces in different colors, allow to dry.

Decoupage

An original and creative way to decorate doors with your own hands. Moreover, you can decorate with it absolutely any surface. Work is especially good on high-quality wood. And vintage style is back in fashion.

Before applying the pictures, the door must be treated with a primer or acrylic paint (if you want to level it, putty will do). After that, you can start the creative process.

For decoupage, they usually use special napkins (sold in needlework stores), wallpaper or fabric. In addition, you will need:

• scissors;
• PVA glue;
• brushes, sponges, rollers.

First, the elements are applied to the surface, mark the exact location, try different variants. Glue them with PVA (it is not recommended to replace the glue). You need to stick the picture from the center, leveling the bubbles and folds.

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Door decoration in different shades

After drying, be sure to coat the surface with varnish.

Many people use it for decoupage. various photos. The technique remains the same, it is enough just to separate the bottom layer of paper from the photo so that the gluing is reliable. You will have to do the same with wallpaper.

Textile

Another one from original ways door decoration - patchwork technique. Please note that not all fabrics will work. The choice largely depends on the room for which the door is intended. Cloth decoration is more suitable for bedrooms or living rooms, but very impractical for the bathroom, toilet, front door.

Using the patchwork technique, you can create a unique piece of furniture with your own hands. Particular attention will have to be paid to the choice of materials:

• when choosing a fabric, it must be taken into account that it can sit down or stretch (it is better to take measurements with a damp cloth if glue is used);
• glue should not leave marks when dried;
• the edges of all flaps must be processed;
• it is recommended to use not easily soiled types of fabric near the door handles.

For work, it is not necessary to use glue. With glazing beads or a furniture stapler, decorating will go even faster. A durable fabric (tapestry) will be more reliable for the door leaf.

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stickers

Fairly simple and fast way decorating doors with your own hands - using vinyl stickers. It is perfect if the door is in good condition, but just tired and the owners want to add variety to the interior, decorate something. You can combine stickers and wallpapers.

Ready-made stickers can be selected at any repair store or ordered on specialized sites on the Internet. If you want to add even more originality, you can order photo-based stickers. For example, a door decorated with a collage of photos of all family members will look original.

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Door decoration in different shades

You can also create them yourself. This will require:

• scissors;
• PVC film;
• cardboard.

The desired pattern is carefully transferred to the cardboard, then its contours are cut out from the self-adhesive film. The unique sticker is ready.

If there is some defect on the door leaf, then you can buy stickers.

The option with stickers is more suitable for the bathroom than for interior doors, as it repels moisture perfectly.

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Mirror

Installing a mirror on the door surface is an original and quick method of updating. It will help to hide many defects of the old piece of furniture. Best of all, the mirror will look at the front door, since the hallway must have a reflective surface.

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Door decoration in different shades

Mosaic

One of the most unusual options decoration - mosaic. It is used quite rarely, since not all doors can withstand a layer ceramic coating. The thickness of the door leaf itself increases significantly, its quality suffers, but the result looks incredibly beautiful.

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DIY door decor is a great way to add variety and a touch of creativity to the interior or exterior of your home. This is especially true on the eve of the holidays. In addition, small defects may appear at the door over time, which, again, decoration will help to eliminate. How to decorate your door so that it looks stylish and beautiful, read in this article.

DIY Christmas wreath: making the base

Perhaps the most traditional and easiest way to decorate a door in a New Year's way is a spruce wreath. Of course, you can buy ready-made wreath stencils. But it is much more interesting to make a wreath with your own hands.

So, in order to make a traditional New Year's wreath, you will need the following materials:

• fir branches;
• wire (it can be replaced with newspaper, paper, embroidery hoops);
• small Christmas decorations;
• New Year's tinsel;
• beads;
• bunches of rowan;
• medium-sized tangerines, sweets;
• ribbons.

The most important thing in the manufacture of any wreath is the creation of a solid base-frame. Of course, you can buy ready-made stencils. But, if you did not find them in the store, then there is nothing complicated in making the base. As a material, you can take a wire and, winding it several times in the shape of a circle, get a base. Other interesting wreath stencils are embroidery hoops, newsprint, and paper towels. An unusual, but troublesome option is to fasten the bushings from toilet paper(see photo).

Do-it-yourself New Year's wreath: let's start decorating

The next step is the most interesting. This is the decoration of our base. The most traditional way is to attach spruce branches to it. If you used wire, then you can easily do this with it. If you used paper as the basis, then the branches can be attached with staples, threads, or the same metal wire. Once again, we glue the protruding spruce edges with glue. It is necessary that the entire base be covered with branches. Let's dry. And let's start decorating. And you will get a New Year's wreath, as in the photo. It can also be used on sliding door wardrobe.

Door Decorations for Valentine's Day

On this day, you can make a special decoration for front door. For this, hearts of different sizes, cut out of cardboard or fabric, and hung in the form fairy lights on the doorway (as in the photo).

A great idea could be a small embroidered by you personally decorative pillow in the shape of a heart with a declaration of love. It can be hung on a carnation on the front door. It will be not only a decoration, but also a gift to a loved one. As a temporary decoration, you can use heart-shaped balloons that can be tied on sliding doors.

Decorations on the door for March 8

You can surprise your loved one on this day not only with a chic bouquet of fresh flowers. An original gift can be placed right on the door. This will also make a great decoration. If live tulips are attached around the metal wire, your hand does not rise, then you can use artificial flowers. Such an element of decor can be used not only for the door, but also for sliding wardrobe doors.

Doorway Decor

Do not disregard not only the door itself, but also the space around the doorway. A good New Year's decor can be made by attaching colored ribbons around it. And at the top of the doorway place such a festive element as a bow. On February 14, you can make an impromptu curtain of hearts, stringing them on long strings. And on March 8, the top of the doorway can be wrapped with a wreath of artificial flowers.

Door decor in case of damage

However, the need to decorate a door is not always associated with such pleasant chores as decoration for the new year. Sometimes such decor is caused by necessity. After all, the doors are short-lived and may eventually lose their original appearance.

If this option does not suit you, then mirrors can be used as decor. So, you can use acrylic panels with amalgam. And in this case, special attention should be paid to the preparation of the door. You can also use figured acrylic mirrors in the form of animals, flowers and other shapes. Such decoration will also look good on sliding doors. In a similar style, you can decorate the doorway. In addition, you can also decorate the cabinet doors.

Consider some of the easiest ways to decorate interior doors with your own hands using improvised materials.

As you know, doors are not eternal, and anything can happen. For example, often scratches, chips, cracks appear on the door leaf. In this case, you can repair, replace or decorate carefully, hiding all defects.

Covering the door with wallpaper

To decorate the door, you can use not only paper, vinyl and non-woven wallpaper, but also fabric or liquid.

In this case, the canvas should be prepared by removing a layer of paint in advance, filling irregularities, cracks and sanding the surface.

The applied primer layer will provide additional adhesion of the wallpaper to the door surface.

Wallpaper can be pasted over as completely the entire canvas, as well as panels, cutting out pieces of wallpaper right size. Don't forget to choose the glue that suits the type of wallpaper and dilute it according to the instructions.

Wallpaper classic

Lubricate the cut wallpaper with glue and apply it to the door, making sure that there are no jams and distortions. We smooth the wallpaper with a soft cloth, roller or wide plastic spatula. Carefully cut off the excess with a clerical knife. Additionally, you can decorate by gluing a foam plinth frame over the wallpaper.

For the period of drying of the wallpaper, it is advisable to close the windows in the house and exclude the appearance of drafts, a sharp temperature drop.

Textile

The door decorated with fabric looks very unusual and attractive. In addition to the standard surface preparation, attention should be paid to the fabric itself, ascertaining the degree of shrinkage.

We cut off a small piece of fabric, measure its dimensions, moisten it with water and dry it. After drying, we again take measurements, comparing the readings and finding out the degree of shrinkage. If the value is large, then we also wet the entire piece of fabric before decorating and leave it to dry.

Note! You can use not only a single piece of fabric, but also cut fragments of different colors and textures. This technique is called "patchwork" and is often used by designers in the design of premises.

For fabric, casein glue, a composition based on CMC, as well as Bustilat or Gumilaks mastics are best suited. We apply the adhesive to the fabric and apply it to the door, smoothing it with a spatula. When pasting the door with fragments, it is important to monitor their geometry, otherwise the work will look sloppy.

Additionally, you can decorate the door with beautiful furniture carnations, shiny nylon or leather cords, fabric paint, baguette frames.

- are universal. They cover not only walls, but also doors, creating unimaginable patterns and compositions. In this case, you do not have to mess with cutting canvases. However, it will not be possible to expose the door to moisture. Therefore, for decorating a door in a bathroom or kitchen, this method is unacceptable.

To work, you need a dry wallpaper mixture, a few spatulas different sizes, hopper gun, roller, clear lacquer, color.

Decorate the door with a mirror

A very unusual door finish can be made using mirrors. Such decor will not only attract everyone's attention, but also visually expand the space of the room, add light. However, cutting and attaching a classic glass mirror is very inconvenient, since there is an alternative - acrylic panels with amalgam, which has excellent reflectivity.

Acrylic mirrors are available in a wide range of colors. You can choose any shade you like or several to make a mirror panel. Plastic panels do not break, are easily processed and attached to the door, and are light in weight. The cost of mirrored plexiglass is not the lowest, but the quality and aesthetic qualities are fully consistent with the declared prices.

Thickness	Color	Trademark	Sheet size, mm	Price per sheet, rub
2	silver	SPD (Italy)	1220*2440	5950
2	silver	Plexiglas Mirror (Germany)	2050*3050	11150
3	silver	PLASKOLITE (USA)	2050*3050	14000
3	gold	PLASKOLITE (USA)	2030*3050	15700
3	gold	Plexiglas Mirror (Germany)	2030*3050	16000
3	red, blue, green, orange, yellow, black (colored opaque)	Extruded acrylic glass ZENOCRYL OPAQUE XT	2050*3050	10989
3	color transparent (red, orange, yellow, light blue, blue, green, violet)		1220*2440	5453
3	fluorescent transparent (yellow, pink, brown)	Cast acrylic glass ZENOCRYL TRANSPARENT	1220*2440	5075

Before attaching the mirror plastic to, you should carefully level the surface by deepening the nail heads, sanding and covering all the bumps / recesses with putty.

at the door and reverse side acrylic canvas in without fail a deep penetration primer is applied. After it dries, the cut panels are fixed with double-sided tape and mounting adhesive. For convenience, use mounting suction cups, with their help it is much easier to carefully glue the panels to the door leaf.

As one of the decoration options, you can consider figured acrylic mirrors. Such a mirror can be attached in the center of the door or you can purchase several elements and arrange them beautifully. Usually small parts are produced with an adhesive layer already applied.

Even from such a simple material as buckwheat husks, excellent work is obtained. The cost of the material is minimal, but the service life of such a coating, unfortunately, cannot be called too long.

Step 1. Remove the layer from the door old paint, the existing vinyl coating, we eliminate all irregularities with putty.

Step 2. Remove the door from the hinges and put it on the floor / stools / table. We paint the door leaf with dark brown paint. If there are glass inserts on the door, we protect them with masking tape.

Step 3. We thickly grease the dried door with PVA glue, lay out the husk, distributing it with our hands. If necessary, add small gold sparkles.

Step 4. We cover the door with a transparent varnish (glossy or matte). It is advisable to apply three layers in order to qualitatively fix the buckwheat on the door leaf.

A beautiful door is ready. To prevent the door from knocking out general design room, decorate the picture frame in the same way and place the creation on one of the walls.

We decorate the door in vintage style

Vintage is sophistication and sophistication, the beauty of artificially aged things, in harmony with the chic of individual decorative elements. The door in vintage style will become a work of art, an exclusive element of the interior.

For decoration you will need:

We will combine door painting with decoupage technique and add decorative elements in addition. We will carry out the work on the already removed from the hinges, puttied and carefully sanded door, laid horizontally.

Step 1. Paint the door white. We apply the paint with a wide brush with stiff bristles in one direction, in a thin layer.

Step 2. When the paint dries, gently sand it with coarse sandpaper, achieving the effect of "old times".

Step 3. We start decorating the panels or the central part of the door. We tear musical notebooks and old newspapers into small pieces with our hands. We draw a field for activity of a rectangular or square shape on the door with a pencil. Lubricate the outlined areas with PVA glue. Immediately lay out the paper randomly, smoothing it with your hands. On top, apply a transparent varnish in two layers.

Step 4. Along the perimeter of the areas pasted over with paper, we fasten a black baguette to the mounting glue.

Additionally, you can decorate with a beautiful wreath, a large lace bow or plastic beads imitating pearls (glue-based).

There are many other ways to decorate doors. Operate with the materials available in your home arsenal, connect your imagination and create your own masterpieces.

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Characteristics:

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Characteristics:

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• doors can be installed in any room, even with high humidity;
• easy to use, as well as durable and reliable.

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Characteristics:

• due to the telescopic effect, the design is suitable for walls of any thickness. Thanks to a tighter fit to the wall, the box does not warp over time;
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Characteristics:

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Characteristics:

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Interroom doors act not only as functional elements of the environment, separating and isolating rooms from each other, but are also an important decorative component of the interior. One of the ways to diversify the situation without resorting to expensive repairs is original design and door decor.

Thanks to so simple solution the interior will acquire individuality, which is quite difficult to achieve with ready-made store solutions.

Often the reason for decorating doors is negative changes in their appearance due to operation, when the door leaf is covered with scratches, cracks, chips and other defects. At the same time, the door itself works as it should: it closes and opens perfectly, does not jam or creak. It is a pity to change it, and it is not necessary. There are many simple and effective tricks that allow you to quickly and inexpensively reanimate old doors, giving them a second life. We'll talk about this.

In various styles

Doors are an important style-forming element of the interior. Most likely, one of the criteria for choosing when buying was their style. For the same reason, when planning to decorate doors, decide immediately on the style component of the future design. Consider popular styles:

• Classic style. The well-balanced proportions of doors, inherent in ancient Roman and Greek classicism, and the luxurious artsy decor of paintings, characteristic of palace styles, and the simplest design in neoclassical trends are considered classics. Authentic classic doors, due to their massiveness, are usually associated with interiors. country houses. In reality, they often decorate the most different apartments, corresponding to the owners' idea of ​​comfort. You can update their appearance in many ways.

So, the design of paneled interior doors is distinguished by the presence of a visible wooden frame, which performs a supporting function and curly inserts - panels. They can be glass or sheet materials - MDF / chipboard or plywood. Relief elements can be interestingly beaten with a mirror mosaic, and glass surfaces can be painted with acrylic.

• Minimalism and high-tech. Among the most sought-after styles, leadership belongs to high-tech and minimalist designs. They are characterized by impersonality, inconspicuousness, versatility, thoughtfulness and convenience. They are combined with furnishings in any modern design and do not make claims to the most daring artistic experiments of the owners.

With a penchant for frequent space changes, but without drastic changes, you can simply limit yourself to changing the color of the doors.

• Provence. Decorated in the style of a gentle pastoral French country, as well as Scandi design, they gravitate towards a light palette of shades. Therefore, white doors are often found in such houses and apartments. You can transform their appearance by finishing with a patinated effect. known various ways creating a fashionable antique touch from simple patination to the use of gold, silver and bronze and sophisticated surface treatment technology with two effects - patination + craquelure. The last two coating methods are quite difficult to reproduce at home, but the first option can be mastered by anyone.

• Vintage. The vintage direction echoes the French country. However, vintage interiors are distinguished not by cozy lightness, but by well-groomed old-fashionedness or even artificial “aging”. The versatility of vintage doors allows them to fit into living spaces of any size, including open-plan spaces.

Decoupage technique is a great way to update door designs.

• Loft. The popular brutal design in the attic style allows the use of door structures in any design, but ideal solution for such interiors, sliding door structures remain. With their help, you can divide large spaces of studios by performing zoning. In this case, it is worthwhile to design the doorways in an original way.

The main thing here is to decide on the shape of the opening: in the form of a rectangle, an arch - round, ellipsoidal, trapezoidal, asymmetric or an imitation of an arch with openwork corners.

The most popular materials include PVC panels, polyurethane moldings, artificial decorative stone and clinker - these are brick tiles. The design of the opening looks most spectacular, where the bricks are laid out by analogy with masonry. Since it is not necessary to clearly draw lines, then everyone can accomplish this task without involving specialists.

Purpose of premises

It is wrong to assume that the decor of doors is suitable exclusively for interior designs. It is no less interesting to decorate the door of the pantry, utility rooms and the entrance to the hallway. When choosing a design, they are repelled by the style orientation of the interior. It is important that the doors in the room are in harmony with the existing environment, and the entrance steel door did not contradict the interior design of the corridor. In addition, the dimensions of the room are taken into account, since some types finishing materials are able to visually change the proportions of space, and not always for the better. We'll talk about this a little later.

DIY patterns

The simplest and easiest to implement option decorative finishes doors is staining. You can make them plain or decorate them in different colors, if you wish, you can also create interesting patterns.

To emphasize the volume of protrusions and the originality of the design of decorative overlays on embossed door leaves, paints with interesting effects for metal, leather or marble will help.

Nuances of coloring

Regardless of the method chosen, the doors are removed and placed in a horizontal position - it is more convenient to work with the paint and it will lie more evenly, without forming ugly smudges. Preparation involves cleaning the surface of old paint, sanding and priming. Glass inserts are glued with masking tape. With a simple painting of the canvas in one tone, everything is clear.

But when several colors are used, they first paint the background areas, letting them dry, after which they start decorating decorative elements and moldings with contrasting shades. To create a simple geometric pattern - striped, diamond-shaped, combined with masking tape, delimit the desired areas, and then paint over them.

Decorating doors with more complex floral or fantasy patterns involves the use of stencils.

Acrylic painting features

Glass painting is done with acrylic paints. Since a stained-glass window is being created, without stencils and decorative mastic to form a contour with imitation metal frame not enough. To decorate the glass surface with stained glass paints, the canvas must be given a horizontal position. You can use ready-made stencils or your own.

How to decorate?

The following few methods are suitable for updating old doors in cases where you have to deal not with a couple of scratches that are easily masked by butterfly stickers, but with an orderly worn canvas. That is, it already requires global transformations.

Decoupage

Decoupage technique allows you to create unique stylish vintage products. Various items everyday life is decorated with original plots, using cut-out paper pictures, napkins, decoupage cards, matter. Although you can decorate any surface: glass, leather, plastic, plywood, however, it is on wood that the decoupage finish looks most impressive.

To decorate a door:

• The surface is prepared - cleaned, sanded and primed with a white / transparent emulsion
• They make blanks from napkins and stick them according to a planned pattern.
• Allow the composition to dry and varnish in several layers. Before applying each layer of varnish, the door leaf is passed over with an emery cloth to make it smoother.

Such doors will organically complement any interior, making it unique and memorable.

Decorative rock

The decor of openings with artificial stone looks most attractive in spacious rooms. With all the merit decorative stone it eats up space. For country house this option is ideal, while in an apartment the implementation of such door framing will be successful only if the interior is designed in minimalist trends. That is, the furniture ensemble is formed from the minimum number of furnishings.

Such a decision is also justified when it is necessary to hide the errors of the finish. They can be easily hidden if you put a stone around door block, capturing problem areas.

In terms of aesthetics, this option is one of the most advantageous, because the texture of the stone looks very beautiful. Diversity color solutions allows you to choose an option for any interior.

Wallpaper

If the wallpaper decor option is definitely not suitable for the entrance doors, then it’s quite enough to decorate the elements of the interior space. The advantage of this method is efficiency, and the minus is fragility due to the rapid wear of the material itself, which leads to the inevitable loss of the original appearance. Even if you glue the door leaf with washable wallpaper that is designed for a certain number of wet treatments, you still won’t be able to admire the results of your work for a long time.

So, you can use:

1. Wall wallpaper. If you want the doors to turn out to be solid - use wallpaper of the same type, and to make a complex composition - several. The main thing is to keep the color balance, then the design will be harmonious.
2. Wall murals. Modern types of photo wallpaper please with high quality images, accurate and trouble-free docking of canvases with each other. Thanks to special photo wallpapers, the size of which is equal to the standard size of the door structure, and its design does not involve glass inserts and moldings, finishing takes a minimum of time.
3. Liquid wallpaper. With their help, you can interestingly decorate the doors, creating beautiful, unique patterns. The advantages of this method are the originality of the design and the ease of pasting the doors with standard roll wallpaper, and the disadvantage is that it is absolutely unacceptable for rooms with high humidity- kitchens and bathrooms.

Regardless of the type of wallpaper used, it will be necessary to prepare the door surface before pasting, which involves cleaning old paint, filling cracks, sanding and degreasing the door leaf.

stencils

With this convenient and extremely effective way even those who are far from visual arts, can become the owner of exclusive interior doors. And all thanks to the stencil - a truly brilliant invention that allows you to realize yourself as a painter, not being one.

You can get hold of suitable stencils both in an ordinary building hypermarket and in a specialized store that offers a variety of patterns on floral and animalistic themes, drawings of hieroglyphs, geometric shapes, abstract ornaments and much, much more. The decorating process comes down to applying a stencil to the prepared canvas, followed by applying paint.

The advantages are obvious - speed, simplicity and accessibility to everyone.

Tile

You can stylishly decorate the entrance or interior door with bright mosaic compositions from ceramic tiles. An alternative to ceramics can be wood, veneer or finished glass mosaics. These materials are lighter, which eliminates the heavy load on the door unit, as can be the case with tiles, which still weigh a lot.

This option is great for door designs with a mirror.

Moreover, in addition to the door itself, you can also trim the slopes, highlighting them with an original pattern. You can decorate the door leaf both completely and partially, placing patterns symmetrically or vice versa, asymmetrically, which always looks very stylish.

moldings

One more interesting option- finishing of paneled doors with moldings made of polyurethane or foam plastic in the form of overhead volumetric strips. Their use allows you to imitate stucco. decorative elements fixed to the canvas with liquid nails. Contrasting color moldings are a popular design technique that is universally suitable for decorating bohemian boudoirs and strict classic living rooms. The black and white duet, although considered an interior classic, is already rather boring.

The new favorites of designers are pairs of green with white, yellow with blue, blue with red.

Refining an old canvas

It is never too late to get rid of an old or damaged door, although sometimes it is much more profitable to repair it than to buy a new one. In the same "Stalinka" there are real rarities handmade with a unique decor or copies from a valuable array. If you ennoble such a door, then the interior will only benefit from this.

And replacing doors in Khrushchev is generally a costly task, since dismantling the door block entails many hidden problems. You will have to build up walls, make soundproofing, and often transfer communications. Therefore, it is worth considering once again whether you are ready for such a turn of events. Much cheaper and easier to decorate doors.

Work order:

• The doors are removed from the hinges and laid on a flat base.
• Treat the surface with sandpaper - first fine-grained, then coarse-grained or grinder, until the door leaf is perfectly smooth.

Then choose a decoration method. The decor of antique doors is still better to be entrusted to craftsmen who are familiar with the intricacies of working with wood of different species.

The transformation of the door using the "decoupage" technique, see the following video.

Design Options

Doors are the face of the house, and their design largely reflects the character of the owners. Therefore, it is so important that the design of the doors is interesting and creates a welcoming atmosphere. Boring, faceless door designs deprive the interior of the main thing - individuality.

Ideas for decorating doors and openings in the interior of different rooms:

• Artistic painting turns the most ordinary doors into real works of art. Light door leafs with fine hand-painted look amazing, though, and cost accordingly. If you can draw well, you can easily reproduce such scenes or create your own unique pattern.