Spruce Your Decor with the Interior Door

Doors are just a thing we open and close, right? Most people really don’t think about the interior door in depth and this situation can lead to a decorating void. Interior doors can really add elegance and style to the inside of your home.

 

There are so many choices to make when shopping for interior doors. With all that choice there are styles of doors that will fit any budget or tastes you might have. Some of the options will be quite surprising. There aresolid hardwood doors or doors with veneer facing.  You can find raised panel and flat panel designs with a variety of different woods and if you are really serious about your interior doors, you can get them custom made. Imagine, you could have one-of-a-kind interior doors in your custom-built home. 

 

With the housing market on its nose and the value of homes dropping, many people are looking for ways to make their home feel new and ways to upgrade their value without taking large amounts of money out of their budgets. The fact is that there is such a wide variety of doors that taking on this project might just be fun. Nothing like removing an old door and putting in something that will change the entire look and feel of the home for pennies on the dollar compared to a remodel job. 

 

Sometimes the door frame in your home is not a standard size. There is no need to worry because many door manufactures can make custom doors to literally fit your need. The types of door you can get might surprise you. Arched doors, craftsman, mission style, rustic country or even an arts-and-crafts door might be the perfect way to change the look and feel of your home or office. 

 

To give you an idea about the types of woods a person might find in the door market, I will list just a few. Wood species differ in many ways; light wood versus dark wood or knotty wood, and soft wood or hard wood are just a few things to consider. Availability of various species include, but are not limited to Honduras mahogany, Brazilian cherry alder, Oregon maple ash, American cherry, African mahogany, birch, Brazilian walnut, Spanish cedar, cypress, hickory, hard maple, soft maple, knotty pine, knotty alder, poplar, pine, plain red oak, plain white oak, quartersawn red oak, quartersawn white oak, teak and walnut to just name a few. 

 

So spruce up your home with interior doors and feel good about the value of your home.

Hanging Your New Interior Doors

There are many reasons to replace a door. You may have chosen to go with a more decorative door, or your current portal may be damaged or warped. In any case, if you have picked out your door and brought it home, your next step would be to hang your new purchase. The idea of hanging a door seems quite simple, and in fact, in most ways it is. However, there are certain things you will need to be aware of and certain steps you will need to follow before and during hanging the door. If you do not follow certain steps to hanging a door, you could end up with serious and annoying problems. The door could be off balance and be hard to close. And, at the worst, you may end up with a door that will not close. So, in order for your door to be perfect and for you to have completed a satisfactory job, follow these steps:

After you have purchased your door (being sure to choose the right size for your doorway) you may need to trim sections of it. For example, if the door will be over carpet, you will need to trim a bit off the bottom of the door. You will need to mark your trim section precisely with a pencil and then use a saw or planer to trim and smooth the edge.

Next, you will be able to put the hinges on the door. First, make sure you are placing the hinges on the side facing the way the door will open. You will want doors to open into a room. Lay the door down with the side you will be placing hinges upward so you can make appropriate hinge marks. You will need to mark six inches from the top and the bottom of the door. This mark will be the top and the bottom of the hinges. You will need to cut a recess for the hinge to sit in at your marks. Do this carefully with a chisel. You can now open a hinge (in the correct direction) and attach it to the door.

 

With someone’s help, you are now ready to attach the hinges to the door frame. Be sure to mark in advance where they should go and be very careful to make sure the door does not slip or move in the process.

    

Your door should be hung correctly now. Just open and close it to make sure that it is hanging correctly.